Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Clemson, SC ranks #2,198 worldwide for total patents filed in 2020, with 64 patents from 29 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Clemson, SC include GE, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Electrolux Home Products. That works out to 3.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–29 of 29 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Aaron A. Yarbrough GE 14
2 Rhett Smith Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 7
3 Zhuochen Shi Electrolux Home Products 4
3 Xiaofei Jiang Pacesetter 4
3 Martha Burriss Westpoint Home 4
#6 Bogdan Zdyrko Sila Nanotechnologies 3
#6 Clinton C. Thackery Tti (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited 3
#8 Daniel C. Whitehead Clemson University 2
#8 Christopher Holman Techtronic Cordless Gp 2
#8 Tim Willis Hubbell Incorporated 2
#11 Jesse KELLY Clemson University 1
#11 Christoph W. Aurich Gaston Systems 1
#11 Rodrigo Martinez-Duarte Clemson University 1
#11 Brian Albert Williams Tti (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited 1
#11 Serji Amirkhanian 1
#11 Ayman F. Seliman Clemson University 1
#11 Judson D. Ryckman Intel 1
#11 Michael K. Gallagher Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials 1
#11 Timothy Willis Electrolux Home Products 1
#11 Mary Beth Johnstone Clemson University 1
#11 Xiao Ran Zheng Clemson University 1
#11 Seyed Yasha Parvini Oskoui Clemson University 1
#11 March Maguire Hoowaki 1
#11 Chandima J. Narangoda Clemson University 1
#11 Valery N. Bliznyuk Clemson University 1
#11 Monsur Islam Clemson University 1
#11 Timothy A. DeVol Clemson University 1
#11 Richard Epley GE 1
#11 John David DesJardins Clemson University 1

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