Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Greer, SC ranks #646 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 208 patents from 113 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Greer, SC include GE, Verizon, Aseko. That works out to 5.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 113 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Benjamin Paul Lacy GE 10
2 Thomas Edward Johnson GE 8
3 James Harold Westmoreland GE 7
#4 Jason Robert Parolini GE 6
#4 Zhaoli Hu GE 6
#6 Dechao Lin GE 5
#6 Gregory Thomas Foster GE 5
#6 James Mathison Verizon 5
#6 Robert C. Booth Aseko 5
#10 Scott Gabell Riddell GE 4
#10 Paul Stephen DiMascio GE 4
#10 David Spencer Ewens GE 4
#13 Douglas Frank Beadie GE 3
#13 Bruce Clark Busbey GE 3
#13 Mark Kirby Eureka Exhibits 3
#13 Richard W. Johnson GE 3
#13 Fang Zhu Michelin 3
#13 James Michael Traylor Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin 3
#13 Stefan Voss Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin 3
#13 Bradly Aaron Kippel GE 3
#13 Kevin Weston McMahan GE 3
#13 Roger Vaughn Afl Telecommunications 3
#13 Surinder Singh Pabla GE 3
#13 Pramod K. Biyani GE 3
#13 Anton Felipe Thomas Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin 3
#26 Stephen Gerard Pope GE 2
#26 Patrick E. Dobbins Afl Telecommunications 2
#26 David D. Newkirk Basf Wyandotte 2
#26 Zhenguo Liu Basf Se 2
#26 Joe Cignarale Afl Telecommunications 2
#26 Michael Allen Ball GE 2
#26 Raymond A. Brown Hubbell Incorporated 2
#26 Patrick A. Petri Milliken & 2
#26 Yon Han Chong GE 2
#26 William Francis Carnell, JR. GE 2
#26 Paul G. Deivernois GE 2
#26 Radu Ioan Danescu GE 2
#38 Michael Alan Finnern Proterra Ag 1
#38 Brian Denver Potter GE 1
#38 Bradley D. Schober Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin 1
#38 Jason Bedenbaugh Illinois Tool Works 1
#38 Vahid Vaezi GE 1
#38 H Landis Carter 1
#38 Trevor W. Davis Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin 1
#38 William R. Matson Zipit Wireless 1
#38 Lester A. Haney, II Ethox Chemicals 1
#38 Thomas Ernst Dinjus GE 1
#38 Derek J. Nash Irwin Industrial Tool 1
#38 Dustin Parsons Hubbell Incorporated 1
#38 Benjamin Arnette Lagrange GE 1

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