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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Columbia, SC ranks #602 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 231 patents from 116 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Columbia, SC include IBM, Ark Therapeutic Services, Sensor Electronic Technology. That works out to 1.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 116 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Peng Xu IBM 56
2 Rebecca E. Lowsky Ark Therapeutic Services 14
3 Maxim S. Shatalov Sensor Electronic Technology 10
#4 Stephen F. Ridley Soma Research 6
#5 Ehsan Fallahmohammadi Prysmian S.P.A. 5
#6 Shixiong Chen Gree Electric Appliances, Inc. Of Zhuhai 3
#6 Robert L. Oelrich, Jr. Westinghouse Electric 3
#6 Eric Brown BMW 3
#6 Brian Benicewicz University Of South Carolina 3
#10 LAUREN WOLF University Of South Carolina 2
#10 Nirav Shah Rotex Automation Limited 2
#10 Peisheng Xu University Of South Carolina 2
#10 David M. Metts University Of South Carolina 2
#10 Victor Giurgiutiu University Of South Carolina 2
#10 Josiah Johnson Umezurike 2
#10 Ben H. Wells Prysmian S.P.A. 2
#10 Michael L. Ribbich Johnson Controls Technology 2
#10 Remigijus Gaska Sensor Electronic Technology 2
#10 Evan D. Lowsky Ark Therapeutic Services 2
#10 Debra C. Lowsky Ark Therapeutic Services 2
#10 Jinwei Yang Sensor Electronic Technology 2
#10 Hasala N. Lokupitiya University Of South Carolina 2
#10 Rakesh Jain Sensor Electronic Technology 2
#10 Morgan Stefik University Of South Carolina 2
#10 Trenton J. Johnson IBM 2
#10 John Lowsky, Jr. Ark Therapeutic Services 2
#10 William E. Brewer Integrated Micro-Chromatography Systems 2
#10 Brian R. Tomblin Zeus Industrial Products 2
#10 Wout De Backer University Of South Carolina 2
#10 Melissa Moss University Of South Carolina 2
#31 Harrison M. Floyd Rhythmlink International 1
#31 Marc Bartley 1
#31 Michelle Hunt Cummins Power Generation 1
#31 Srinivasan Ramanath Saint-Gobain Abrasives 1
#31 Joseph E. Smith Entegris 1
#31 MD. Sayful Islam University Of South Carolina 1
#31 Erik Frankforter University Of South Carolina 1
#31 James Richards University of California 1
#31 Yu Chung Lee Westinghouse Electric 1
#31 Ann F. Ramsdell University Of South Carolina 1
#31 Chuanbing Tang University Of South Carolina 1
#31 Sergey A. Razin Sios Technology 1
#31 Robert Michael Gower University Of South Carolina 1
#31 Joshua Letton University Of South Carolina 1
#31 Laura A. Murdock University Of South Carolina 1
#31 Zhaoyun Ma University Of South Carolina 1
#31 Wenfeng Xiao University Of South Carolina 1
#31 Jochen Lauterbach University Of South Carolina 1
#31 Lu Cai Westinghouse Electric 1
#31 Benjamin Davis University Of South Carolina 1

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