Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Clemson, SC ranks #3,346 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 33 patents from 22 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Clemson, SC include Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials, Intel, Jacobs Chuck Manufacturing. That works out to 1.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–22 of 22 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Michael K. Gallagher Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials 7
2 Judson D. Ryckman Intel 2
2 Eugen A. Bordeianu Jacobs Chuck Manufacturing 2
2 Carrie Lirae Merck Ansell Limited 2
2 Aaron A. Yarbrough GE 2
2 Christopher S. Tennant Power Tool Institute 2
#7 Konstantin G. Kornev Clemson University 1
#7 Halina Knap Clemson University 1
#7 Dmytro Konobrytskyi Mitsubishi Electric 1
#7 Xiaofei Jiang Pacesetter 1
#7 Timothy Willis Electrolux Home Products 1
#7 Neeraj V. Gohad Clemson University 1
#7 Mary Beth Johnstone Clemson University 1
#7 Kevin C. Miles Power Tool Holders Incorporated 1
#7 Jason Olbrich Poly-Med 1
#7 Eric Montgomery Lucas Apple 1
#7 Dhia Saleem Itron 1
#7 C. Kenneth Webb Clemson University 1
#7 Olin Thompson Mefford Clemson University 1
#7 Ganesh Kumar Venayagamoorthy Clemson University 1
#7 Nihar Ranjan Clemson University 1
#7 John David DesJardins Clemson University 1

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