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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Bluffton, SC ranks #11,895 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 6 patents from 5 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Bluffton, SC include Pfizer, RTX (Raytheon), GE. That works out to 0.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–5 of 5 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Thomas Richard Jones Pfizer 2
2 David A. Ringheiser RTX (Raytheon) 1
2 Michael Hartsel 1
2 Thomas Franklin Perley GE 1
2 Edward L. D'Antonio University Of South Carolina 1

Part of South Carolina