Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Clemmons, NC ranks #1,853 worldwide for total patents filed in 2018, with 69 patents from 45 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Clemmons, NC include Rai Strategic Holdings, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco, Hayward Industries. That works out to 3.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–45 of 45 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Michael F. Davis Rai Strategic Holdings 7
2 Paul John Pepe 5
3 Pankaj Patel R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 4
#4 Jerry Wayne Pipes R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 3
#5 Gary Ortiz Hayward Industries 2
#5 Tao Jin Huawei 2
#5 Kenneth C. Kennedy, II Cook Medical Technologies 2
#5 Thomas M. MacLeod Analog Devices 2
#5 Robert Summers Wake Forest University 2
#5 Jack Gray Flinchum, Jr. Rai Strategic Holdings 2
#5 Huamin Gan R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 2
#5 Roger L. Thrush Amp 2
#5 Darrell Eugene Holton, Jr. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 2
#14 Richard L. Sizemore R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 1
#14 Mitch DELLINGER American Nano 1
#14 Nathaniel Paul Barcelos Hayward Industries 1
#14 Ken Kennedy Cook Biotech Incorporated 1
#14 Iris I Dillworth 1
#14 Cristina M. Furdui Wake Forest University Health Sciences 1
#14 David R. Wagner Cook Medical Technologies 1
#14 Alan B. Norman R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 1
#14 Rodney Hardy Memjet Technology Limited 1
#14 James Eric Jordan Wake Forest University Health Sciences 1
#14 Dean M. Vick R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 1
#14 Michael Andrew Liberti Rai Strategic Holdings 1
#14 Greg Floyd Hayward Industries 1
#14 Shaozhou Ken Tian Wake Forest University Health Sciences 1
#14 Scott Cross 1
#14 Billy Tyrone Conner R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 1
#14 Darell McCoy Prokidney 1
#14 Gong Chen R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 1
#14 James K. Davis Burlington Industries 1
#14 Michael Boland Honda Patents & Technologies North America 1
#14 William J. Dustman Asco Power Technologies 1
#14 In Kap Ko Wake Forest University Health Sciences 1
#14 Allen W. Tsang Wake Forest University Health Sciences 1
#14 William D. Wagner Wake Forest University Health Sciences 1
#14 Steven Borchardt Lydall 1
#14 Garrett Jacob Ferrell Hayward Industries 1
#14 Jon Terence Stone Hayward Industries 1
#14 Steven J. Kridel Burnham Institute For Medical Research 1
#14 Joshua Lee Hoots Hayward Industries 1
#14 David Smith Disney 1
#14 Omar Enrique Osuna Hayward Industries 1
#14 Thomas A. Lockwood Rock-Tenn Shared Services 1

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