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Cary, NC 2016

1,511 patents  ·  650 inventors  ·  8.7/1k pop.

Ranked #59 of 41,021 cities Top 1%

Cary, NC ranks #59 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 1,511 patents from 650 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Cary, NC include IBM, Lenovo (United States), Lenovo (Singapore) Pte.. That works out to 8.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 650 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Brian M. O'Connell IBM 43
2 Howard Locker Lenovo (United States) 20
3 John Carl Mese Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. 18
3 John Weldon Nicholson Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. 18
#5 Bernadette A. Carter IBM 17
#6 Scott Edwards Kelso Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. 15
#7 Carlos M. Pignataro Cisco 14
#7 James Michael Ferris IBM 14
#7 Martin G. Keen IBM 14
#7 Trudy L. Hewitt IBM 14
#11 Sei-Hyung Ryu Cree 12
#12 Bart P. Reier Cree 11
#12 Jenny S. Li IBM 11
#14 John Williams Palmour Cree 10
#14 John H. Yoakum Avaya 10
#14 Jianbang Zhang Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. 10
#14 Jeffrey B. Sloyer IBM 10
#14 Qingchun Zhang Cree 10
#19 Manmohan Singh Glaxosmithkline Biologicals Sa 9
#19 Mona Singh Scenera Technologies 9
#19 Richard J. Schuman Hill-Rom Services 9
#19 Albert D. Bennah IBM 9
#19 David W. Sherrer Nuvotronics 9
#19 Aaron K. Baughman IBM 9
#19 Lisa M. Bradley IBM 9
#26 David Wayne Hill IBM 8
#26 Garrett M. Drapala IBM 8
#26 John A. Feller IBM 8
#29 Peter E. Lopez Cree 7
#29 Matt R. Hogstrom IBM 7
#29 Rui Zhang IBM 7
#29 James J. Parsonese — 7
#29 Charles M. Swoboda Cree 7
#29 Yan Xu Magic Leap 7
#29 Stan Surmay Bandwith.Com 7
#29 Tiia Salo IBM 7
#37 Gerald George Pechanek Intel 6
#37 Timothy Samuel Farrow Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. 6
#37 Song Wang — 6
#37 Robert H. Hart Bioptigen 6
#37 Nataraj Nagaratnam IBM 6
#37 Sarah Haney Intel 6
#37 Dong Lu Cree 6
#37 Srinivasan Ramani IBM 6
#37 Cuong Huy Truong Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. 6
#37 Kyoung Min Lee Cj Cheiljedang 6
#37 Cesar A. Wong IBM 6
#37 Ravi Reddy Katpelly Modena Enterprises 6
#37 Keith M. Campbell IBM 6
#37 Kenneth Luis Arcudia Qualcomm 6

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