Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Florence, SC ranks #2,550 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 46 patents from 37 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Florence, SC include GE, Degen Medical, Hoffmann-La Roche. That works out to 1.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–37 of 37 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Weijun Shen GE 4
2 Timothy John Havens GE 3
2 Longzhi Jiang GE 3
#4 Edwin L. Legall GE 2
#4 Ronald W. Bennett 2
#6 Willie S. Edwards Degen Medical 1
#6 Jalal Hunain Zia GE 1
#6 George Petros Yiannikouros Hoffmann-La Roche 1
#6 Panos Kalaritis Abbott 1
#6 Jodie Brice Hoffmann-La Roche 1
#6 William Ladd Rutherford GE 1
#6 Chaminda Priyapushpa Gamage Enterome 1
#6 Paul C. Hoppie Otis Elevator 1
#6 Douglas S. Parris Sam Carbis Asset Management 1
#6 Benjamin Jacob Gronemeyer GE 1
#6 Kehai Li Unknown 1
#6 Denis Viktorovich Arefyev Enterome 1
#6 Christopher Reed Martin The Esab Group 1
#6 Kurt Ziegenfelder Sonoco Development 1
#6 Bill Milholland Abb Schweiz Ag 1
#6 David C. Griffin The Esab Group 1
#6 Joe H. Bailey 1
#6 Lilia Aviles Abb Technology Ag 1
#6 Wayne Stanley Severence, Jr. The Esab Group 1
#6 George Petros Yiannikouros Anacor Pharmaceuticals 1
#6 Zhiming Dong Hoffmann-La Roche 1
#6 Miall Cedilote Hoffmann-La Roche 1
#6 John C. Webb Queen'S University At Kingston 1
#6 William Louis Einziger GE 1
#6 Janakiram R. Citineni Ambit Biosciences 1
#6 Craig Black Degen Medical 1
#6 Aaron M. Stemphoski Anacor Pharmaceuticals 1
#6 Pingsheng Zhang Hoffmann-La Roche 1
#6 Ronald W. Bennett Rite-Hite Holding 1
#6 Gregory W. Diehl The Esab Group 1
#6 Charles Reginal Wingate, Jr. Baxley Equipment 1
#6 Rakesh P. Chokshi Degen Medical 1

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