Irmo, SC ranks #4,015 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 28 patents from 19 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Irmo, SC include Look For The Power, Intel, Valmont Industries. That works out to 2.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–19 of 19 inventors
| Rank | Inventor | Primary Company | Patents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John A. Saavedra | Look For The Power | 4 |
| 1 | Tonia G. Morris | Intel | 4 |
| 3 | Robert Paulin | Valmont Industries | 3 |
| #4 | Campbell McInnes | University Of South Carolina | 2 |
| #5 | William Lavern Pierce | — | 1 |
| #5 | Jared Pratt | Maclean Power, L.L.C. | 1 |
| #5 | Thomas M. Fort, Jr. | — | 1 |
| #5 | Summer Shantel Pierce | — | 1 |
| #5 | Amy Jean Landau | Textron Innovations | 1 |
| #5 | Charles Mondello | Pictometry International | 1 |
| #5 | Yu Qian | Ericsson | 1 |
| #5 | Xiao-Dong Zhou | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 1 |
| #5 | Caleb Pinckney | Healthy Humming | 1 |
| #5 | Benjamin T. Rowland | Hubbell Incorporated | 1 |
| #5 | James H. Moreland | Ansell Limited | 1 |
| #5 | William Cleary | Westinghouse Electric | 1 |
| #5 | Steven C. Smith | Western Digital Technologies | 1 |
| #5 | Paul Ziehl | University Of South Carolina | 1 |
| #5 | Charles Buist, Sr. | Charles Buist, Dmd, Pa | 1 |
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