Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Clemmons, NC ranks #1,534 worldwide for total patents filed in 2020, with 96 patents from 44 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Clemmons, NC include Rai Strategic Holdings, Huawei, Hayward Industries. That works out to 4.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–44 of 44 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Michael F. Davis Rai Strategic Holdings 16
2 Tao Jin Huawei 10
3 Jack Gray Flinchum, Jr. Rai Strategic Holdings 7
#4 Paul John Pepe 6
#4 Jon Terence Stone Hayward Industries 6
#6 Michael Andrew Liberti Rai Strategic Holdings 3
#6 Melissa M. Clark Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations 3
#6 Chandra Kumar Banerjee R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 3
#6 Joshua Lee Hoots Hayward Industries 3
#10 Barry Bryant Ttn Holdings 2
#10 Darrell Eugene Holton, Jr. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 2
#10 Thomas M. MacLeod Analog Devices 2
#10 Kenneth C. Kennedy, II Cook Medical Technologies 2
#14 Michael Andrew Zawadzki Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 1
#14 Robert Summers Wake Forest University 1
#14 Hamid Moheb Prodelin 1
#14 Jennifer A. Holton Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 1
#14 Kyung Soo Hong Rai Strategic Holdings 1
#14 Gary Ortiz Hayward Industries 1
#14 Jerry Wayne Pipes R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 1
#14 Kevin Goode Inmar Supply Chain Solutions 1
#14 John Henry Vynalek Corning Optical Communications 1
#14 Fleming Vaughn Carroll 1
#14 Eugenia Theophilus Rai Strategic Holdings 1
#14 Ann R. Treadaway Essentra Filter Products Development Co. Pte. 1
#14 David Conrad University of California 1
#14 Roger L. Thrush Amp 1
#14 Alvaro Gonzalez-Parra R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 1
#14 Yunde Xiao Targacept 1
#14 Nathaniel Paul Barcelos Hayward Industries 1
#14 Huamin Gan R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 1
#14 Gong Chen R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 1
#14 Billy Tyrone Conner R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 1
#14 Jannell Rowe Rai Strategic Holdings 1
#14 Randolph Taylor R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 1
#14 Robert Suber Law Enforcement Intelligent Devices 1
#14 William D. Wagner Wake Forest University Health Sciences 1
#14 Jon Terrence Stone Hayward Industries 1
#14 Larry H. Smith Onan 1
#14 Scott Petty Hayward Industries 1
#14 Martin T. Vicens Nordson 1
#14 Fritz Haller United States Endoscopy Group 1
#14 Pankaj Patel R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 1
#14 Michael Boland Honda Patents & Technologies North America 1

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