Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Charlotte, NC ranks #127 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 1,055 patents from 606 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Charlotte, NC include Electrolux Home Products, Schaeffler, Innovative Cellular Therapeutics Holdings. That works out to 1.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 606 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Josh Hanson Electrolux Home Products 14
2 Guihui Zhong Schaeffler 12
2 Lei Xiao Innovative Cellular Therapeutics Holdings 12
#4 Debashis Ghosh Bank of America 11
#5 John Brian Stewart Salesforce 10
#5 Ramakrishna Vetury Akoustis 10
#5 Ramesh Subramanian Electrolux Home Products 10
#5 Matthew D. Murphy Bank of America 10
#9 Lee Priest Etak Systems 9
#9 Michael E. Toth Bank of America 9
#11 Victoria L. Dravneek Bank of America 8
#11 Kristin E. McNeil IBM 8
#13 Sergey Mironets RTX (Raytheon) 7
#13 Peter Burke Schaeffler 7
#13 Jeffrey A. Grant Invue Security Products 7
#13 Oscar Madalena Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag 7
#13 Robby Gordon Arctic Cat 7
#13 Cameron Darnell Wadley Bank of America 7
#19 Gregory H. Leekley Vertigo Media 6
#19 Dean Patrick Nolan Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 6
#19 Allison White Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag 6
#19 Brian Lee Schaeffler 6
#19 Alan C. Lesesky Vehicle Enhancement Systems 6
#19 William Bradley Burks Bank of America 6
#19 Stephen T. Shannon Bank of America 6
#19 David A. Keller Dexcom 6
#19 Jun Li Hanamint Corporation 6
#28 Eric K. Mangiardi Q3 Medical Devices Limited 5
#28 Michael P. Lewis Akoustis 5
#28 David B. Werts IBM 5
#28 Glen Hardin 5
#28 Benjamin Shrader Electrolux Home Products 5
#28 Alberto Morales Bublup 5
#28 Jason Healy Fontem Holdings 4 B.V. 5
#28 Brian Butler Apex Brands 5
#28 Richard LeRoy Hayes Bank of America 5
#28 Samuel James Hanna Microban Products 5
#28 Wissam Rached Arkema France 5
#28 Ishwar D. Aggarwal US Air Force 5
#28 Jason Schwarz Apple 5
#41 Alexander Paul Spurrier Electrolux Home Products 4
#41 Remi Rieger 4
#41 Amit Pandey Capital One Services 4
#41 Guangli Xie Honeywell 4
#41 Bradley Hooley Rubbermaid Incorporated 4
#41 Zhong Tang Jiangsu University 4
#41 Christopher J. Fawcett Invue Security Products 4
#41 Bryan D. Hall Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 4
#41 George Albero Bank of America 4
#41 Roderick Burgess Tti (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited 4

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