Monroe, NC ranks #4,146 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 25 patents from 17 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Monroe, NC include Hand Held Products, AMD, Scott Technologies. That works out to 0.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–17 of 17 inventors
| Rank ↑ | Inventor ↕ | Primary Company ↕ | Patents ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel D. Yeakley | Hand Held Products | 4 |
| 2 | Richard L. Kennedy | AMD | 3 |
| 3 | Brian Roman Dobeck | Hand Held Products | 2 |
| 3 | Kimberly M. Henry | Scott Technologies | 2 |
| 3 | Clifford Birch | Newell Window Furnishings | 2 |
| #6 | Chad B. Vought | Bank of America | 1 |
| #6 | Gil Helms | Hand Held Products | 1 |
| #6 | Joseph T. Griffin | Schaeffler | 1 |
| #6 | Jeremiah J Yoder | The Babcock & Wilcox | 1 |
| #6 | Mike Duke | Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. | 1 |
| #6 | Nicholas DeBlasio | Scott Technologies | 1 |
| #6 | Edward Russell Propst, Jr. | Scott Technologies | 1 |
| #6 | Gaylord Posod | Scott Technologies | 1 |
| #6 | Douglas M. Hinson | Hand Held Products | 1 |
| #6 | C. Kevin Evans | AMD | 1 |
| #6 | Thomas Allen Mullis | — | 1 |
| #6 | Christopher M. O'Brien | AMD | 1 |
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