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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Clemson, SC ranks #2,048 worldwide for total patents filed in 2018, with 61 patents from 33 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Clemson, SC include GE, Tti (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited, Pacesetter. That works out to 3.5 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 Aaron A. Yarbrough GE 17
2 Clinton C. Thackery Tti (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited 3
2 Xiaofei Jiang Pacesetter 3
#4 Judson D. Ryckman Intel 2
#4 Zhuochen Shi Electrolux Home Products 2
#4 Rhett Smith Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 2
#4 Michael K. Gallagher Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials 2
#4 Timothy Willis Electrolux Home Products 2
#4 Bogdan Zdyrko Sila Nanotechnologies 2
#4 Eric Montgomery Lucas Apple 2
#4 Thomas Kurfess Georgia Tech Research 2
#12 Nihar Ranjan Clemson University 1
#12 Mark A. Blenner Columbia University 1
#12 Russell Buchanan Clemson University 1
#12 Dustin Graham Albright Clemson University 1
#12 Jeoung Soo Lee Adhezion Biomedical 1
#12 Richard Epley GE 1
#12 Alison Martin Clemson University 1
#12 Charles Kenneth Webb Adhezion Biomedical 1
#12 Daniel Nevin Harding Clemson University 1
#12 March Maguire Hoowaki 1
#12 Dmytro Konobrytskyi Mitsubishi Electric 1
#12 Andrew C. Warner Clemson University 1
#12 Marek W. Urban University Of Southern Mississippi 1
#12 Brandon DelSpina 1
#12 Jacob Sorber Dartmouth College 1
#12 Christopher S. Tennant Power Tool Institute 1
#12 Allyson Beck Clemson University 1
#12 Jon Pennington Clemson University 1
#12 Tyler Silvers Clemson University 1
#12 Mark C. Thies Clemson University 1
#12 Brian Albert Williams Tti (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited 1
#12 Carrie Lirae Merck Ansell Limited 1

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