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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Concord, NC ranks #1,703 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 77 patents from 39 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Concord, NC include Bank of America, Sensor Electronic Technology, Thomson Licensing. That works out to 0.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–39 of 39 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Scott Lee Harkey Bank of America 10
2 Saulius Smetona Sensor Electronic Technology 8
3 Sylvain Dumet Thomson Licensing 3
3 Nicholas Decker Freund-Vector 3
3 Charles D. Baker Electrolux Home Products 3
3 John Peter Patalak National Association For Stock Car Auto Racing 3
3 Shengmin Sang North Carolina Agricultural And Technical State University 3
3 Robert Jacob Smilie Virtual Strongbox 3
3 Thomas Gideon National Association For Stock Car Auto Racing 3
3 Roger Faulkner Teradyne 3
#11 Douglas M. Rukavina Techtronic Floor Care Technology Limited 2
#11 Harold L. Crowder Little Engine 2
#11 Michael David Parrish Adrenaline Barbecue 2
#11 Michael J. Miele IBM 2
#11 Thomas Josefsson Electrolux Home Products 2
#11 Nathan Dent Bank of America 2
#17 William L. Richey, Sr. 1
#17 James L. Wall, II First Ammonia Motors 1
#17 Cindy Sartain 1
#17 Luke Justin Breon Electric Power Research Institute 1
#17 Jeffrey A. Fink 1
#17 Gerald C. Rector IBM 1
#17 Alta Raymond 1
#17 Mark Wade Petersen Corning Cable Systems 1
#17 Tony Scott Reputation.Com 1
#17 James A. Hood Ingersoll-Rand 1
#17 Sukumar KAMALASADAN University Of North Carolina At Charlotte 1
#17 Thomas D. Logan Mirion Technologies 1
#17 Bhavin N. Desai Electric Power Research Institute 1
#17 Michael Borkowski Ingersoll-Rand 1
#17 Christopher Aaron Clark Google 1
#17 David A. Fowlie Phibro Animal Health 1
#17 Jacob Connelly Rubbermaid Incorporated 1
#17 Robert Schriever Husqvarna Ab 1
#17 Osbert Cheung Sbm Solar 1
#17 Brooks Alexander Agnew Polyfibron Technologies 1
#17 Scott James Danesi Teachers Insurance And Annuity Association Of America 1
#17 Kyle Hill Garmin Switzerland Gmbh 1
#17 Jonathan R. Mein Seminis Vegetable Seeds 1

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