Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Greer, SC ranks #831 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 177 patents from 102 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Greer, SC include Kyocera Avx Components, Milliken &, Aseko. That works out to 5.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 102 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Marianne Berolini Kyocera Avx Components 11
2 Haihu Qin Milliken & 8
3 Robert C. Booth Aseko 7
3 Benjamin Paul Lacy GE 7
#5 Brad Wilson VanTassel GE 5
#5 James Mathison Verizon 5
#7 Jason Robert Parolini GE 4
#8 Bradly Aaron Kippel GE 3
#8 Scott Lee Brady Rai Strategic Holdings 3
#8 Michael Allen Ball GE 3
#8 Bryan G. Dods The Boeing 3
#12 Dhavalkumar Patel Hubbell Incorporated 2
#12 Xiaoyong Michael Hong Milliken & 2
#12 Matt Cupelli North American Rescue 2
#12 Yon Han Chong GE 2
#12 Russell J. Weston Hubbell Incorporated 2
#12 Stefan Voss Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin 2
#12 Roger Vaughn Afl Telecommunications 2
#12 Robert Alan Brittingham GE 2
#12 Joseph Cignarale Afl Telecommunications 2
#12 Surinder Singh Pabla GE 2
#12 Kevin Weston McMahan GE 2
#12 Daniel Robert Burnos GE 2
#12 Matthew Bernard Wilson GE 2
#12 Paul Stephen DiMascio GE 2
#12 Thomas Edward Johnson GE 2
#12 Zhenguo Liu Basf Se 2
#12 Douglas Frank Beadie GE 2
#12 Peng Tang Hunan Vathin Medical Instrument Co. 2
#12 Morris Bryan, III Tower Garden 2
#12 Richard Ryan Pilson GE 2
#12 Dustin Parsons Hubbell Incorporated 2
#12 Zhaoli Hu GE 2
#12 Brian Denver Potter GE 2
#12 Raymond Michael Brown GE 2
#12 Brian Kenneth Bassett GE 2
#12 Derek J. Nash Irwin Industrial Tool 2
#12 Gregory Thomas Foster GE 2
#39 Richard Francis Gutta GE 1
#39 Srikanth Kodeboyina 1
#39 Zoe Kane Balanced Engineering Solution 1
#39 Chunyang Wu GE 1
#39 Dechao Lin GE 1
#39 Sean Brady Cryovac 1
#39 Vladimir Belyaev Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co. 1
#39 Fang Zhu Michelin 1
#39 Matthew F. Ellis Cryovac 1
#39 Minhajuddin Syed GE 1
#39 Mark William Pinson GE 1
#39 Gilbert Otto Kraemer GE 1

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