Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

High Point, NC ranks #2,181 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 60 patents from 37 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in High Point, NC include Soilgenic Technologies, Banner Life Sciences, Inmar Clearing. That works out to 0.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–37 of 37 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Gary David McKnight Soilgenic Technologies 10
2 Aqeel A. Fatmi Banner Life Sciences 5
3 Melissa Bube Inmar Clearing 4
#4 James Allen Austin, III Liberty Hardware Mfg. 3
#5 Charles C. Harris Applied Materials 2
#5 Sean Brown Eaton Intelligent Power Limited 2
#5 Dharma Rao Polisetti Vtv Therapeutics 2
#5 Kevin P. Galdamez The Boeing 2
#5 Jason M. Vaughn Banner Life Sciences 2
#10 Kathryn Lynn Wilberding Rai Strategic Holdings 1
#10 Patrick Early Caci, Inc.—Federal 1
#10 Xuya Qiu Futurewei Technologies 1
#10 Shawn Cantrell Hooker Furniture 1
#10 Patricia Louise Miller Holland Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings 1
#10 Timothy Frederick Thomas R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 1
#10 Howard Joseph Holyoak Qorvo Us 1
#10 Yousef Sansour 1
#10 Brent Michael Decker Haeco Americas 1
#10 Michael Kreitz BMW 1
#10 Paul David Weipert Ethox Chemicals 1
#10 Marshall S. White Ciba-Geigy 1
#10 Philip Anthony Sedberry, Jr. Mac Panel 1
#10 Meredith Ericka Frazier Haeco Americas 1
#10 Beth Tucker 1
#10 James Michael Puckett 1
#10 Rommel Quintero Qorvo Us 1
#10 Daniel L. Moss Grass America 1
#10 Bruce Hirschhaut 1
#10 Kristoffer Lundstrom Gestamp Hardtech Ab 1
#10 Kenneth E. Hogue Devicor Medical Products 1
#10 John L. Roser, Jr. Hooker Furniture 1
#10 Sean M. Frazier Airmar Technology 1
#10 James D. Brown 3M 1
#10 Brian Holford Analog Devices 1
#10 Matthew J Hurley Us Government As Represented By The Secretary Of The Army 1
#10 Scott G. Bardsley Analog Devices 1
#10 Daniel K. Davis Davis Furniture Industries 1

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