Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Easley, SC ranks #2,473 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 52 patents from 30 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Easley, SC include First Quality Tissue, Techtronic Cordless Gp, Hubbell Incorporated. That works out to 2.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–30 of 30 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Byrd Tyler Miller, IV First Quality Tissue 9
2 Clint Cagle Techtronic Cordless Gp 6
3 Mark Elmore Hubbell Incorporated 4
#4 Robert Gaut Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin 3
#5 Michael Romano Shaw Industries Group 2
#5 Peter Fernstrom Pacesetter 2
#5 Michael C. Gillespie Milliken & 2
#5 Thomas F. Strange Pacesetter 2
#9 Jonathan R. Van Bergen Techtronic Power Tools Technology Limited 1
#9 Bryd Tyler Miller, IV Structured I 1
#9 Cleo Rudolph Fulgham, Jr. Electrolux Home Products 1
#9 Jesse Otto Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin 1
#9 David Waddington Catalent U.K. Swindon Zydis Limited 1
#9 Larry Ralph Gibson 1
#9 Archie Lee Swanner, JR. GE 1
#9 Ralph Feria 1
#9 Kenneth W. Clinkscales Poly-Med 1
#9 Nicholas Puleo 1
#9 Michael Drake AMD 1
#9 Heber Sinab Vicario Afl Telecommunications 1
#9 Hunter Brown Seescan 1
#9 Mark Day Pactec 1
#9 Justin Moylan Techtronic Power Tools Technology Limited 1
#9 Cameron McPherson Havi Global Solutions 1
#9 Julia H. Moylan Techtronic Cordless Gp 1
#9 David Pearson Columbia Insurance 1
#9 Kyle B. Yeomans Techtronic Cordless Gp 1
#9 Matthew Peterson Shainin Ii 1
#9 Jody Addicott Lift Technologies 1
#9 Harold S. Phipps 1

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