Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Clemson, SC ranks #2,606 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 47 patents from 33 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Clemson, SC include Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials, GE, Intel. That works out to 2.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–33 of 33 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Michael K. Gallagher Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials 4
1 Aaron A. Yarbrough GE 4
3 Judson D. Ryckman Intel 3
#4 Rhett Smith Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 2
#4 Shannon Gahan First Quality Tissue 2
#4 Raymond T Wooten 2
#4 Gary M. Rosen Schneider Electric Usa 2
#4 R. Kenneth Marcus Clemson University 2
#4 Christopher Holman Techtronic Cordless Gp 2
#10 Bogdan Zydrko Georgia Tech Research 1
#10 Eric Montgomery Lucas Apple 1
#10 S. Alireza Fayazi BMW 1
#10 Carrie Lirae Merck Ansell Limited 1
#10 Richard Czerw Clemson University 1
#10 Charles Derrick Quarles, Jr. Elemental Scientific 1
#10 William C. Buck Jacobs Chuck Manufacturing 1
#10 Bogdan Zdyrko Sila Nanotechnologies 1
#10 Ya-Ping Sun Clemson University 1
#10 Neeraj V. Gohad Clemson University 1
#10 C. Scott Tennant Tti (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited 1
#10 Andrew G. Tennyson Clemson University 1
#10 Eric Muth Clemson University 1
#10 Keith Buddendeck Xerox 1
#10 Kyle S. Brinkman Clemson University 1
#10 Jonathan HASTINGS Schneider Electric Usa 1
#10 Jacob Sorber Dartmouth College 1
#10 Andrew Metters Becton, Dickinson And 1
#10 O. Thompson Mefford Clemson University 1
#10 Ganesh Kumar Venayagamoorthy Clemson University 1
#10 Yamin Htet Clemson University 1
#10 Kenneth A. Christensen Panduit 1
#10 K. Prasanna U. Perera Michelin 1
#10 John David DesJardins Clemson University 1

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