Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Charleston, SC ranks #900 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 151 patents from 76 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Charleston, SC include The Urban Electric, Lincoln Global, GE. That works out to 1.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 76 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 David Dawson The Urban Electric 13
2 Christopher Roof The Urban Electric 10
3 Praveen K. Namburu Lincoln Global 9
#4 Brandon Shane Gerber GE 7
#5 Eric Stimpson Charles River Laboratories 5
#6 Christopher E. Johnson 3Play Media 4
#6 Al Fuchs Charles River Laboratories 4
#6 Dana M. Nutter Charles River Laboratories 4
#9 James Geiger Geigtech East Bay 3
#9 Long N. Phan Top Flight Technologies 3
#9 John A. Bobey Hill-Rom Services 3
#9 Halle Kern The Urban Electric 3
#9 Andrew M. Huckey The Boeing 3
#9 Graham Wimberly 3
#15 Diego F. Mayorga The Boeing 2
#15 Jerald A. Hull The Boeing 2
#15 Jake A. Wilson The Boeing 2
#15 Craig C. Beeson Musc Foundation For Research Development 2
#15 Erin Marie SHIPP Daimlerchrysler Ag 2
#15 William Park Omnicell 2
#15 Nate Justiss Distil Union 2
#15 Yuri K. Peterson Musc Foundation For Research Development 2
#15 Daniel J. Cook Cookgas 2
#15 Jose L. Rodriguez Siemens Energy 2
#15 Dennis R. Mathis The Boeing 2
#15 Clay Sampson Harper 2
#15 Cary Hudgins Bank of America 2
#15 Baerbel Rohrer Musc Foundation For Research Development 2
#15 Travis Propes The Procter & Gamble 2
#30 Richard Lence 1
#30 Jeffery L. Deal Ud Innovations 1
#30 Roger S. Williams Ingevity South Carolina 1
#30 Natalie Sutkowski Musc Foundation For Research Development 1
#30 Christopher J. Senesac The Boeing 1
#30 Jane Jourdan Musc Foundation For Research Development 1
#30 Robert William Eakins The Boeing 1
#30 Michael Kevin Hernandez The Boeing 1
#30 Michael Aiken 1
#30 Robert Gourdie Musc Foundation For Research Development 1
#30 Brandon W. White The Boeing 1
#30 Chad M. Boerst Mhs Care-Innovation 1
#30 David N. Ashcraft Hill-Rom 1
#30 Raul Enrique Torres 1
#30 Rupak Mukherjee Abbott 1
#30 Vern Trageser Robert Bosch Gmbh 1
#30 Michael J. Yost University Of South Carolina 1
#30 Stephen G. Hilliard Blue Force Gear 1
#30 Michelle Crivella The Boeing 1
#30 John C. Blackburn Halliburton Energy Services 1
#30 Gautam Ghatnekar Musc Foundation For Research Development 1

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