Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Fairfax, SC ranks #3,802 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 30 patents from 20 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Fairfax, SC include Causam Enterprises, Valet Living, Avery Dennison Retail Information Services. That works out to 19.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–20 of 20 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Nathaniel Taylor Brockman Causam Enterprises 4
2 Kelly Veatch Valet Living 3
3 Michael A. Lake Avery Dennison Retail Information Services 2
3 Gregory Joseph Deutschmann Standex International 2
3 Rick G. Schnellmann Musc Foundation For Research Development 2
3 Brandon M. Courter The Boeing 2
3 Laura Steiner Standex International 2
#8 Stacey Pierce 1
#8 Rebecca DeLegge Boston Scientific Scimed 1
#8 Julie Weldon Hickory Springs Manufacturing 1
#8 Lauren Giovingo 1
#8 Andrea Abbott Musc Foundation For Research Development 1
#8 Andrea H. Marshall Clinical Biotechnology Research Institute At Rsfh 1
#8 Dave A. Maness Cactus 1
#8 Vince Beachley Rowan University 1
#8 Sandi McGee 1
#8 Chung-Jen James Chou Musc Foundation For Research Development 1
#8 Edgar Baur Robert Bosch Gmbh 1
#8 John J. Mutter IBM 1
#8 David Vroblesky 1

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