Top Cities in North Carolina 2020

Rank City Patents Inventors
#1 Raleigh, NC 2,034 895
#2 Cary, NC 1,648 635
#3 Durham, NC 1,084 617
#4 Charlotte, NC 1,058 588
#5 Chapel Hill, NC 634 346
#6 Morrisville, NC 455 203
#7 Apex, NC 450 237
#8 Winston-Salem, NC 378 172
#9 Greensboro, NC 209 151
#10 Wake Forest, NC 164 93
#11 Hickory, NC 161 77
#12 Wilmington, NC 154 106
#13 Huntersville, NC 135 77
#14 Mooresville, NC 105 59
#15 Holly Springs, NC 102 57
#16 Clemmons, NC 96 44
#17 Beijing, NC 87 28
#18 Matthews, NC 85 45
#19 Concord, NC 79 49
#20 Waxhaw, NC 77 46
#21 Asheville, NC 77 54
#22 Cornelius, NC 76 35
#23 Shanghai, NC 75 22
#24 Carrboro, NC 72 36
#25 Pittsboro, NC 68 20

Top Inventors in North Carolina 2020

Rank Inventor City Company Patents
1 Martin G. Keen Cary IBM 93
2 Russell Speight VanBlon Raleigh Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. 90
3 John M. Ganci, Jr. Raleigh IBM 82
#4 Aaron K. Baughman Cary IBM 67
#5 Nathan J. Peterson Oxford Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. 60
#6 John Carl Mese Cary Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. 47
#7 Carlos M. Pignataro Cary Cisco 45
#8 Trudy L. Hewitt Cary IBM 41
#9 Al Chakra Apex IBM 40
#10 Corville O. Allen Morrisville IBM 37
#11 Kevin Ahearn Nebo Berkshire Grey Operating Company 35
#12 Nagendra Kumar Nainar Morrisville Cisco 34
#13 Stephen Benson Sears Siler City Rai Strategic Holdings 32
#14 Aaron J. Quirk Raleigh IBM 31
#14 Brian M. O'Connell Cary IBM 31
#14 Arnold S. Weksler Raleigh Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. 31
#17 Gonzalo Salgueiro Raleigh Cisco 29
#18 John Weldon Nicholson Cary Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. 28
#19 Robert Paul Morris Cary Sitting Man 27
#19 Jerome Henry Pittsboro Cisco 27
#19 Dana L. Price Surf City IBM 27
#22 John Walter Diachina Garner Ericsson 26
#23 Christopher J. Hardee Raleigh IBM 25
#23 Robert James Kapinos Durham Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. 25
#25 Scott Wentao Li Cary Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. 24

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