South Carolina — Patent Inventors 2011

Top Cities in South Carolina 2011

Rank	City	Patents	Inventors
#1	Greenville, SC	271	158
#2	Simpsonville, SC	230	147
#3	Greer, SC	130	82
#4	Columbia, SC	107	73
#5	Charleston, SC	83	49
#6	Spartanburg, SC	71	49
#7	Anderson, SC	55	36
#8	Seneca, SC	37	27
#9	Easley, SC	33	26
#10	Aiken, SC	32	11
#11	Clemson, SC	28	21
#12	Florence, SC	27	18
#13	Rock Hill, SC	27	18
#14	Fort Mill, SC	26	16
#15	Irmo, SC	23	15
#16	Mount Pleasant, SC	23	15
#17	Chapin, SC	22	10
#18	Summerville, SC	22	14
#19	Mauldin, SC	20	15
#20	Greenwood, SC	20	16
#21	Fairfax, SC	19	15
#22	Taylors, SC	19	14
#23	Murrells Inlet, SC	17	5
#24	Blythewood, SC	16	9
#25	Myrtle Beach, SC	16	8

Rank	Inventor	City	Company	Patents
1	Nathan A. Scolari	Greenville	Zike	24
2	David Charles Hughes	Aiken	Cooper Technologies	17
3	John R. Hicks	Murrells Inlet	Intubrite	13
#4	Stefan Herr	Greenville	GE	11
#5	Robert C. Smith	Chapin	Covidien Lp	10
#6	Robert Lee	Simpsonville	Broadcom	9
#7	Shalaby W. Shalaby	Anderson	Poly-Med	8
#7	Robert Alan Brittingham	Greer	GE	8
#7	John J. Seehof	Blythewood	Hansen International	8
#7	Ronald Ralph Cairo	Simpsonville	GE	8
#7	Lisa Owen	Columbia	Bae Systems Tensylon H.P.M.	8
#12	Naoki Ito	Conway	Yazaki	7
#12	Willy Steve Ziminsky	Greenville	GE	7
#12	Jeffrey J. Parker	Fort Mill	IBM	7
#12	Scott R. Trenor	Greenville	Kraton Polymers	7
#12	Derick Lonell Harris	Simpsonville	Michelin	7
#17	Kevin Wayne Kinzie	Spartanburg	GE	6
#17	Kevin J. Standish	Simpsonville	GE	6
#17	Christian H. Reinke	York	Hill-Rom Services	6
#17	Daniel Robert Cabral	Greenville	Zike	6
#17	Timothy Good	Town and Country	Metrologic Instruments	6
#17	Ronald M. Marsilio	Ridgeland	Invue Security Products	6
#23	Christopher T. Caldwell	Clover	Plastipak Packaging	5
#23	J. Michael Saboe	Charleston	Conquest	5
#23	Richard E. Greer	Mauldin	Level 3 Communications	5