Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Denver, NC ranks #4,596 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 22 patents from 13 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Denver, NC include Vaztec, Milwaukee Electric Tool, Corning Cable Systems. That works out to 8.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–13 of 13 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Darrick Vaseleniuck Vaztec 4
1 David Vaseleniuck Vaztec 4
3 Scott D. Bublitz Milwaukee Electric Tool 2
3 Lars Kristian Nielsen Corning Cable Systems 2
3 Lisa A. Smith IBM 2
#6 Megan K. Baxter 1
#6 James L. Ryan IBM 1
#6 Daniel B. Spagnoli Warsaw Orthopedic 1
#6 Joshua Johnson The General Hospital 1
#6 Mark D. Marik IBM 1
#6 Jeffrey Neal Frushtick Leonard Automatics 1
#6 Osman N. Tanrikulu Avery Dennison Retail Information Services 1
#6 E. Arnold Fie, II Husqvarna Ab 1

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