North Carolina — Patent Inventors 2018

Top Cities in North Carolina 2018

Rank	City	Patents	Inventors
#1	Raleigh, NC	1,928	891
#2	Cary, NC	1,480	642
#3	Durham, NC	1,066	568
#4	Charlotte, NC	962	517
#5	Chapel Hill, NC	595	335
#6	Morrisville, NC	491	186
#7	Apex, NC	480	229
#8	Winston-Salem, NC	385	196
#9	Greensboro, NC	249	112
#10	Wake Forest, NC	162	99
#11	Hickory, NC	158	68
#12	Wilmington, NC	136	101
#13	Huntersville, NC	110	65
#14	Holly Springs, NC	95	49
#15	Mooresville, NC	93	48
#16	Kernersville, NC	90	44
#17	Fuquay-Varina, NC	80	51
#18	Cornelius, NC	76	30
#19	Matthews, NC	72	47
#20	Asheville, NC	72	51
#21	Oak Ridge, NC	70	22
#22	Waxhaw, NC	70	42
#23	Clemmons, NC	69	45
#24	Concord, NC	67	39
#25	Beijing, NC	64	31

Rank	Inventor	City	Company	Patents
1	John M. Ganci, Jr.	Raleigh	IBM	73
2	Corville O. Allen	Morrisville	IBM	59
3	Russell Speight VanBlon	Raleigh	Lenovo (Singapore) Pte.	51
#4	Aaron J. Quirk	Raleigh	IBM	50
#5	Nathan J. Peterson	Oxford	Lenovo (Singapore) Pte.	43
#6	Martin G. Keen	Cary	IBM	40
#7	Gary D. Cudak	Raleigh	—	38
#7	Dana L. Price	Surf City	IBM	38
#7	Aaron K. Baughman	Cary	IBM	38
#10	Jeff Cotner	Greensboro	Volvo Lastvagnar Ab	36
#11	Brian M. O'Connell	Cary	IBM	35
#11	Al Chakra	Apex	IBM	35
#13	Andrew R. Freed	Cary	IBM	33
#14	Christopher Bower	Raleigh	X-Celeprint Limited	32
#15	John Carl Mese	Cary	Lenovo (Singapore) Pte.	31
#16	Arnold S. Weksler	Raleigh	Lenovo (Singapore) Pte.	28
#17	Ian Anderson	Greensboro	Volvo Lastvagnar Ab	27
#17	Carlos M. Pignataro	Cary	Cisco	27
#19	Rod D. Waltermann	Red Mountain	Lenovo (Singapore) Pte.	26
#20	Lisa M. Bradley	Cary	IBM	25
#21	Matthew Meitl	Durham	X-Celeprint Limited	24
#22	Lukas Yates	Kernersville	Volvo Lastvagnar Ab	23
#22	Jana H. Jenkins	Raleigh	IBM	23
#22	Jeffrey R. Hoy	Southern Pines	IBM	23
#22	Judith H. Bank	Morrisville	IBM	23