Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Greer, SC ranks #603 worldwide for total patents filed in 2018, with 220 patents from 116 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Greer, SC include GE, Aseko, Afl Telecommunications. That works out to 6.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 116 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Gregory Thomas Foster GE 16
2 Benjamin Paul Lacy GE 13
3 Robert C. Booth Aseko 10
#4 Bradly Aaron Kippel GE 7
#5 Dechao Lin GE 6
#6 Surinder Singh Pabla GE 5
#7 Roger Vaughn Afl Telecommunications 4
#7 Jason Robert Parolini GE 4
#7 Xiaoyong Michael Hong Milliken & 4
#7 James Mathison Verizon 4
#7 David Spencer Ewens GE 4
#7 Zhaoli Hu GE 4
#13 Gilbert Otto Kraemer GE 3
#13 Taku Ohi One World Technologies Limited 3
#13 Bradley D. Schober Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin 3
#13 Mark Kirby Eureka Exhibits 3
#13 Scott Gabell Riddell GE 3
#13 Jean-Marie Turra Nonwoven Network 3
#13 Petr Valenta Milliken & 3
#13 Thomas Edward Johnson GE 3
#21 Warren W. Gerhardt Milliken & 2
#21 Paul Stephen DiMascio GE 2
#21 Tony Kinas Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A. 2
#21 Peng Tang Hunan Vathin Medical Instrument Co. 2
#21 Brad Wilson VanTassel GE 2
#21 John Anthony Hutz Michelin 2
#21 David D. Newkirk Basf Wyandotte 2
#21 Raymond A. Brown Hubbell Incorporated 2
#21 Angela Elizabeth Morgan Cryovac 2
#21 Dhavalkumar Patel Hubbell Incorporated 2
#21 Adam C. Fields Werner 2
#21 William Francis Carnell, JR. GE 2
#21 Rajib Mondal Milliken & 2
#21 Mark Allan Hadley GE 2
#21 Todd W. Baldree Katana Safety 2
#21 Jonathan Hale Kegley GE 2
#21 Brian Denver Potter GE 2
#21 Charles Van Buchan GE 2
#21 Joseph Cignarale Afl Telecommunications 2
#40 Dimitri G. Tsihlas Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin 1
#40 Mark W. Davidson International 1
#40 Ghulam Mustafa A. Sange Mitsubishi Polyester Film Gmbh 1
#40 Peter Ping-Liang Sue GE 1
#40 Robert James Boring GE 1
#40 Robert Davis Pine GE 1
#40 Robert G. Hartness International 1
#40 Victor Adolfo González Cortez The Esab Group 1
#40 Doug A. Imes Illinois Tool Works 1
#40 Patrick E. Dobbins Afl Telecommunications 1
#40 Lauren Ashley Wyant GE 1

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