Top Inventors in Hickory, NC — 2017

Hickory, NC ranks #722 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 188 patents from 77 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Hickory, NC include Corning Cable Systems, Us Conec, Corning Optical Communications. That works out to 4.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 77 inventors

Rank	Inventor	Primary Company	Patents
1	James Phillip Luther	Corning Cable Systems	20
2	Dennis Michael Knecht	Corning Cable Systems	15
3	William Carl Hurley	Corning Cable Systems	11
#4	Darrell R. Childers	Us Conec	9
#5	David Alan Seddon	Corning Optical Communications	8
#6	Eric L. Buckland	Bioptigen	7
#7	Warren Welborn McAlpine	Corning Optical Communications	6
#7	Thomas Theuerkorn	Corning Cable Systems	6
#9	Jeffrey Dean Danley	Corning Optical Communications	5
#9	Michael E. Hughes	Us Conec	5
#9	Robert Bruce Elkins, II	Corning Cable Systems	5
#12	Joseph P. Howard	Us Conec	4
#12	James Arthur Register, III	Corning Cable Systems	4
#14	Robert R. Riggsby	Commscope, Inc. Of North Carolina	3
#14	Jillcha F. Wakjira	Us Conec	3
#14	Christopher M. Quinn	RTX (Raytheon)	3
#14	Joel Laine Parker	Corning Optical Communications	3
#18	Eric Raymond Logan	Corning Cable Systems	2
#18	Brian Keith Rhoney	Corning Cable Systems	2
#18	Mark Tracy Paap	Corning Optical Communications	2
#18	Matthew Louis Fitzgerald, IV	Momentive Performance Materials Gmbh	2
#18	Carol Lee Buhrmaster Sparks	Corning Optical Communications	2
#18	Brandon Robert Williamson	Corning Optical Communications	2
#18	Jason Elliott Greene	Corning Optical Communications	2
#18	Simon Yakopson	Flint Trading	2
#18	Rebecca Elizabeth Sistare	Corning Optical Communications	2
#18	Joseph L. Graham	Us Conec	2
#18	John C. Chamberlain	Commscope Technologies	2
#29	Jonathan W. Godfrey	Hickory Springs Manufacturing	1
#29	Daniel Andrew Cassell	Corning Cable Systems	1
#29	David C. Steele	Sony	1
#29	William B. Limer	Hickory Springs Manufacturing	1
#29	Eric Childers	Us Conec	1
#29	George Erik McMillan	Unknown	1
#29	Dirk E. Schoellner	Us Conec	1
#29	Terry Lee Cooke	Corning Cable Systems	1
#29	Craig M. Conrad	Us Conec	1
#29	Leslee Kim Vance	—	1
#29	Sergey Vladimirovich Chernykh	Corning Research & Development	1
#29	Robert W. Lackey	R.W.L. Consultants Limited	1
#29	Kimberly H. Whitley	—	1
#29	Robert W. Lackey	—	1
#29	Mark Alan Bradley	Corning Optical Communications	1
#29	Donald Terry Hagood	Shurtape Technologies	1
#29	Sean Herman	Clark Equipment	1
#29	Sherrh Clint Reinhardt	Corning Research & Development	1
#29	Richard J. Anthony	Hickory Springs Manufacturing	1
#29	Gregory Kosar	The Raymond	1
#29	William Eric Caldwell	Corning Cable Systems	1
#29	Scott Eaker Buff	Corning Optical Communications	1

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