Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Concord, NC ranks #1,567 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 79 patents from 42 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Concord, NC include Bank of America, Husqvarna Ab, IBM. That works out to 0.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–42 of 42 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Nathan Dent Bank of America 14
2 Scott Lee Harkey Bank of America 7
3 Jeffrey C. Hickman Husqvarna Ab 5
#4 Eric B. Smith IBM 4
#5 Eric D. Rossman IBM 3
#5 Charles D. Baker Electrolux Home Products 3
#7 Nicholas Decker Freund-Vector 2
#7 Michael J. Miele IBM 2
#7 Charles E. Burris Yale Security 2
#7 Terry C. Peters Lincoln Industrial 2
#7 Douglas M. Rukavina Techtronic Floor Care Technology Limited 2
#7 Roger Faulkner Teradyne 2
#7 Steve Lepard Indian Head Industries 2
#14 Michael S. Gorman Cellco Partnership 1
#14 Brandon Thomas National Association For Stock Car Auto Racing 1
#14 David Patrick Erceg Mantissa 1
#14 Christopher Prager Indian Head Industries 1
#14 Doug Carroll Avent 1
#14 William James Fernandez 8X8 1
#14 John Daniel Davidson Bank of America 1
#14 John K. Sutton National Association For Stock Car Auto Racing 1
#14 Jeremy Huddleston Flir Systems Trading Belgium Bv 1
#14 David A. Fowlie Phibro Animal Health 1
#14 Michael D. Horton National Association For Stock Car Auto Racing 1
#14 Robert Raymond Niederman General Motors 1
#14 David Oles Alcoa Closure Systems International 1
#14 Brandon Rummage Electric Power Research Institute 1
#14 Glenn Singletary Indian Head Industries 1
#14 Kevin F. Kennedy Source Technologies 1
#14 Margaret Garyga 1
#14 Natalie Reitz Hurst Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 1
#14 Donald E. Krueger National Association For Stock Car Auto Racing 1
#14 Kyle Hill Garmin Switzerland Gmbh 1
#14 Sean Bracken Simmons Auria Solutions Uk I 1
#14 Robert Jacob Smilie Virtual Strongbox 1
#14 John Morphey Electrolux Home Care Products 1
#14 Taffy Williams US Air Force 1
#14 Shengmin Sang North Carolina Agricultural And Technical State University 1
#14 Sam Harrell Electric Power Research Institute 1
#14 Daryl Nebrich Verizon 1
#14 Timothy J. Masud 1
#14 Alex Evrard Husqvarna Ab 1

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