Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Aiken, SC ranks #3,916 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 29 patents from 24 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Aiken, SC include Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, Capital One Services, Bank of America. That works out to 0.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–24 of 24 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Donald W. Benza Savannah River Nuclear Solutions 2
1 William Henderson Capital One Services 2
1 Edwin Andrew Wegleitner Bank of America 2
1 Steven M. Serkiz Savannah River Nuclear Solutions 2
1 Lucien M. Papouchado 2
#6 Peter James Swales Hubbell Incorporated 1
#6 Matthew D. Folsom Savannah River Nuclear Solutions 1
#6 Kimberly Alicia Strange Fessler Battelle Savannah River Alliance 1
#6 Dan Bowen Jaguar Land Rover Limited 1
#6 Jeffrey Lloyd Nabors Textron Innovations 1
#6 Travis L. DeVault 1
#6 Jean R. Plummer Savannah River Nuclear Solutions 1
#6 Donald Ken Baer 1
#6 Thanh-Tam Truong Cornell University 1
#6 Jared L. Clark 1
#6 Steven Purcell Visteon Global Technologies 1
#6 Henry T. Sessions Savannah River Nuclear Solutions 1
#6 Chris B. Cooper Columbia Insurance 1
#6 Randall Moody Allied Air Enterprises 1
#6 Paul R. Beaumont Savannah River Nuclear Solutions 1
#6 Scott B. Aase Bwxt Technical Services Group 1
#6 Brent Peters Battelle Savannah River Alliance 1
#6 Andrew J. Boggess Battelle Savannah River Alliance 1
#6 Nicholas F. Deroller Savannah River Nuclear Solutions 1

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