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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Apex, NC ranks #250 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 501 patents from 221 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Apex, NC include IBM, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Cree. That works out to 8.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 221 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Al Chakra IBM 30
2 James Marvin Veal Bristol-Myers Squibb 15
3 Rohith K. Ashok IBM 11
#4 Shareef F. Alshinnawi 9
#4 James Michael Lay Cree 9
#6 Samuel R. Connor IBM 8
#6 Dinakaran Joseph IBM 8
#6 Craig Moore Katalyst Surgical 8
#9 Janice C. Jones Agbiome 7
#9 Scott Joseph Uknes Agbiome 7
#11 Everett Bradford Cree 6
#11 Paul A. Wormsbecher IBM 6
#11 Bouziane Yebka Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. 6
#11 Roberto DeLima IBM 6
#11 Galen C. Robertson Johnson & Johnson 6
#16 Burt Lee Price Qualcomm 5
#16 Brian S. Beaman IBM 5
#16 David L. Foshee Sta-Med 5
#16 Masud Beroz Tessera 5
#16 Himesh G. Patel Sas Institute 5
#16 Ankit Singh Dell Products 5
#16 Ramsey S. Lewis North Carolina State University 5
#16 Ralph E. Dewey North Carolina State University 5
#24 David Sterling Microsoft 4
#24 Stephen Edward Liles Qualcomm 4
#24 Paul H. Cohen Argentumcidal Electrics 4
#24 Joseph C. Pittman Emc 4
#24 Sterling R. Smith IBM 4
#24 Sumit Garg Parallel Wireless 4
#24 Karan Mehra Microsoft 4
#24 James C. Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Fletcher IBM 4
#24 Colin Beaton Verrilli IBM 4
#24 Prasad Kashyap IBM 4
#24 Marc A. Baumbach IBM 4
#35 Joshua M. Rhoades IBM 3
#35 Thomas E. Whittlesey Tipper Tie 3
#35 Mike Walters Cree 3
#35 James D. Otvos Liposcience 3
#35 Matthew Klein Liberty Hardware Mfg. 3
#35 Justin P. Bandholz IBM 3
#35 Frederick Knight Netapp 3
#35 Mahmoud K. Seraj 3
#35 Steven Moore Cisco 3
#35 John K. Dickson Bristol-Myers Squibb 3
#35 Dandala Vinod Reddy IBM 3
#35 Alan Tse Te Connectivity Co. 3
#35 Alan Ladd Painter Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. 3
#35 Brian J. Laughlin E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 3
#35 Michael David Herring Te Connectivity Co. 3
#35 Donald K. McAlister Certes Networks 3

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