South Carolina — Patent Inventors 2016

Top Cities in South Carolina 2016

Rank	City	Patents	Inventors
#1	Greenville, SC	451	239
#2	Simpsonville, SC	401	214
#3	Greer, SC	249	120
#4	Columbia, SC	210	94
#5	Charleston, SC	116	90
#6	Anderson, SC	104	68
#7	Fort Mill, SC	88	46
#8	Rock Hill, SC	76	29
#9	Spartanburg, SC	64	49
#10	Taylors, SC	63	20
#11	Easley, SC	53	36
#12	Tega Cay, SC	48	21
#13	Florence, SC	46	37
#14	Greenwood, SC	42	25
#15	Summerville, SC	41	22
#16	Lexington, SC	35	26
#17	Mount Pleasant, SC	34	28
#18	Clemson, SC	33	22
#19	Aiken, SC	32	25
#20	Seneca, SC	28	20
#21	Chapin, SC	27	10
#22	Fountain Inn, SC	26	10
#23	Myrtle Beach, SC	26	14
#24	Conway, SC	24	8
#25	Johns Island, SC	23	6

Rank	Inventor	City	Company	Patents
1	David M. Grigg	Rock Hill	Bank of America	31
2	Remigijus Gaska	Columbia	Sensor Electronic Technology	30
3	Lucas John Stoia	Taylors	GE	20
#4	Maxim S. Shatalov	Columbia	Sensor Electronic Technology	19
#5	Foster B. Stulen	Johns Island	Johnson & Johnson	17
#5	Srikanth Chandrudu Kottilingam	Greenville	GE	17
#7	Jinwei Yang	Columbia	Sensor Electronic Technology	15
#8	Tyler Johnson	Tega Cay	Bank of America	13
#8	Michael J. Wood	Taylors	Nike	13
#8	Richard Martin DiCintio	Simpsonville	GE	13
#8	Joseph Neil Johansen	Rock Hill	Bank of America	13
#8	Ted Lichoulas	Simpsonville	Afl Telecommunications	13
#13	Robert C. Smith	Chapin	Covidien Lp	12
#13	Brian Scott Carpenter	Summerville	Lexmark International	12
#15	Thomas Edward Johnson	Greer	GE	11
#16	Robert Lowery	Conway	Bioventures	10
#16	Johnie Franklin McConnaughhay	Greenville	GE	10
#16	James Harold Westmoreland	Greer	GE	10
#16	Alicia C. Jones	Fort Mill	Bank of America	10
#16	Benjamin Paul Lacy	Greer	GE	10
#16	Gilbert Otto Kraemer	Greer	GE	10
#16	Christopher Paul Keener	Woodruff	GE	10
#23	Heath Michael Ostebee	Easley	GE	9
#23	Kenneth Damon Black	Travelers Rest	GE	9
#25	Shalaby W. Shalaby	Anderson	Poly-Med	8