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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Greer, SC ranks #497 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 249 patents from 120 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Greer, SC include GE, Milliken &, Aseko. That works out to 7.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 120 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Thomas Edward Johnson GE 11
2 Gilbert Otto Kraemer GE 10
2 Benjamin Paul Lacy GE 10
2 James Harold Westmoreland GE 10
#5 Zhaoli Hu GE 8
#5 Kevin Weston McMahan GE 8
#7 Dechao Lin GE 7
#8 Brian Denver Potter GE 6
#8 Douglas Scott Byrd GE 6
#8 Jason Robert Parolini GE 6
#11 Radu Ioan Danescu GE 5
#12 Richard W. Johnson GE 4
#12 Gregory Thomas Foster GE 4
#12 Paul Stephen DiMascio GE 4
#12 William David York GE 4
#12 Patrick A. Petri Milliken & 4
#12 Robert C. Booth Aseko 4
#12 Korey Frederic Rendo GE 4
#19 William Thomas Ross GE 3
#19 Thomas M. Tao James River-Dixie Northern 3
#19 Sylvain Pierre GE 3
#19 Surinder Singh Pabla GE 3
#19 Cyril Guichon Michelin 3
#19 Michael Alan Finnern Proterra Ag 3
#19 Mark Allan Hadley GE 3
#26 Mark Kirby Eureka Exhibits 2
#26 Lester A. Haney, II Ethox Chemicals 2
#26 Adib Tony Chebli Michelin 2
#26 Nicolas W. Frank Abb Schweiz Ag 2
#26 Clay Lynwood Fellers Cooper Technologies 2
#26 Rajib Mondal Milliken & 2
#26 Michael Scott Standridge Columbia Insurance 2
#26 Scott Gabell Riddell GE 2
#26 Douglas Frank Beadie GE 2
#26 Barbara Martin Dr. Johannes Heidenhain Gmbh 2
#26 Michael Allen Ball GE 2
#26 Bruce Clark Busbey GE 2
#26 Charles Van Buchan GE 2
#26 Robert J. Gulotty, Jr. 2
#26 Roger Vaughn Afl Telecommunications 2
#26 Daiichiro Tanaka Fujikura 2
#26 Paul J. Czeresko, Jr. Hansen International 2
#26 Bradly Aaron Kippel GE 2
#44 Christopher David Suttles GE 1
#44 Michael Paul Downey Precision Valve 1
#44 Tim Stafford Proterra Ag 1
#44 Shirley Ball Afl Telecommunications 1
#44 Charles Van Buchan GE 1
#44 Dimitri G. Tsihlas Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin 1
#44 Ambika Bumb The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary, Department Of Health And Human Services 1

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