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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Pinehurst, NC ranks #5,742 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 16 patents from 7 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Pinehurst, NC include Acushnet, Makerbot Industries, Prime Wire & Cable. That works out to 0.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–7 of 7 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Peter J. Gilbert Acushnet 6
2 Stewart Schmehl Makerbot Industries 4
3 Gerry Bateman Prime Wire & Cable 2
#4 Mark Wesley Parson 1
#4 Raymond Ford Voxx International 1
#4 Cody T. Nix Hendrick Motorsports Performance Group 1
#4 Jochem-Andreas Hess Voss Automotive Gmbh 1

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