South Carolina — Patent Inventors 2005

Top Cities in South Carolina 2005

Rank	City	Patents	Inventors
#1	Greenville, SC	108	69
#2	Simpsonville, SC	102	70
#3	Greer, SC	86	61
#4	Spartanburg, SC	76	56
#5	Columbia, SC	65	46
#6	Charleston, SC	57	45
#7	Florence, SC	52	30
#8	Anderson, SC	37	27
#9	Easley, SC	27	16
#10	Clemson, SC	25	21
#11	Piedmont, SC	24	6
#12	Rock Hill, SC	23	20
#13	Fort Mill, SC	22	19
#14	Elmore, SC	21	1
#15	Inman, SC	20	12
#16	Mauldin, SC	19	14
#17	Myrtle Beach, SC	18	13
#18	Taylors, SC	18	17
#19	Aiken, SC	17	15
#20	Town and Country, SC	17	1
#21	Moore, SC	17	10
#22	Hilton Head Island, SC	14	8
#23	Woodruff, SC	14	6
#24	Lexington, SC	13	12
#25	Seneca, SC	12	10

Rank	Inventor	City	Company	Patents
1	Timothy Good	Town and Country	Metrologic Instruments	17
2	Kenneth M. Brazell	Piedmont	—	12
3	Taku Ohi	Greer	One World Technologies Limited	8
#4	Daniel Alex Chunn	Greenville	One World Technologies Limited	7
#4	Shannon Cassell	Easley	Bombardier	7
#4	John Tony Kinard	Simpsonville	Kemet Electronics	7
#7	Jeffrey Allen Campbell	Hilton Head Island	Syntex (U.S.A.)	6
#7	Weijun Shen	Florence	GE	6
#7	John D. Anderson	Woodruff	Milliken &	6
#10	Jon Conrad Schaeffer	Greenville	GE	5
#10	Darin L. Dotson	Moore	Milliken &	5
#10	Billy Wayne Garrett, Jr.	Charleston	Rambus	5
#10	Jeffrey R. Jones	Inman	Milliken &	5
#10	Brian M. Burkhart	Greenville	Milliken &	5
#10	Mehmet Ciray	Simpsonville	Arvinmeritor Technology	5
#10	Benjamin J. Thomas	Anderson	Eastway Fair Company Limited	5
#10	Brian G. Morin	Greenville	Milliken &	5
#18	Craig Black	Florence	Degen Medical	4
#18	Shalaby W. Shalaby	Anderson	Poly-Med	4
#18	Kirkland W. Vogt	Simpsonville	Milliken &	4
#18	Steven E. Tomberg	Simpsonville	GE	4
#18	Jing-Chung Chang	Columbia	E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And	4
#18	Peter Heffernan	Piedmont	Oracle	4
#18	Dalero Winston Berkeley	Greenville	GE	4
#18	Daniel T. McBride	Chesnee	Milliken &	4