North Carolina — Patent Inventors 2019

Top Cities in North Carolina 2019

Rank	City	Patents	Inventors
#1	Raleigh, NC	2,150	963
#2	Cary, NC	1,681	704
#3	Durham, NC	1,201	655
#4	Charlotte, NC	1,112	592
#5	Chapel Hill, NC	631	365
#6	Morrisville, NC	544	217
#7	Apex, NC	486	235
#8	Winston-Salem, NC	395	203
#9	Greensboro, NC	263	156
#10	Wake Forest, NC	193	118
#11	Hickory, NC	178	75
#12	Wilmington, NC	142	90
#13	Huntersville, NC	125	72
#14	Holly Springs, NC	113	60
#15	Mooresville, NC	110	56
#16	Cornelius, NC	91	33
#17	Clemmons, NC	86	39
#18	Fuquay-Varina, NC	82	55
#19	Asheville, NC	75	52
#20	Hillsborough, NC	75	48
#21	Kernersville, NC	74	42
#22	Shanghai, NC	69	16
#23	Oak Ridge, NC	68	27
#24	Beijing, NC	67	30
#25	Concord, NC	67	38

Rank	Inventor	City	Company	Patents
1	John M. Ganci, Jr.	Raleigh	IBM	87
2	Martin G. Keen	Cary	IBM	74
3	Corville O. Allen	Morrisville	IBM	64
#4	Aaron K. Baughman	Cary	IBM	49
#4	Russell Speight VanBlon	Raleigh	Lenovo (Singapore) Pte.	49
#6	Christopher Bower	Raleigh	X-Celeprint Limited	43
#7	Carlos M. Pignataro	Cary	Cisco	42
#7	Nathan J. Peterson	Oxford	Lenovo (Singapore) Pte.	42
#7	Aaron J. Quirk	Raleigh	IBM	42
#10	Matthew Meitl	Durham	X-Celeprint Limited	41
#11	Gary D. Cudak	Raleigh	—	37
#12	Robert Paul Morris	Cary	Sitting Man	36
#13	Al Chakra	Apex	IBM	33
#13	Brian M. O'Connell	Cary	IBM	33
#15	Gonzalo Salgueiro	Raleigh	Cisco	32
#16	Trudy L. Hewitt	Cary	IBM	29
#16	John Carl Mese	Cary	Lenovo (Singapore) Pte.	29
#18	Jeffrey R. Hoy	Southern Pines	IBM	27
#19	Nagendra Kumar Nainar	Morrisville	Cisco	26
#20	Arnold S. Weksler	Raleigh	Lenovo (Singapore) Pte.	25
#20	John Walter Diachina	Garner	Ericsson	25
#20	Andrew R. Freed	Cary	IBM	25
#23	Rod D. Waltermann	Red Mountain	Lenovo (Singapore) Pte.	24
#23	Christopher J. Hardee	Raleigh	IBM	24
#25	Dana L. Price	Surf City	IBM	23