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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Ladson, SC ranks #5,831 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 17 patents from 11 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Ladson, SC include The Boeing, University Of South Carolina. That works out to 1.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–11 of 11 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Caitlin E. Auffinger The Boeing 4
2 Thomas G. Lawton The Boeing 3
3 Matthew S. Stauffer The Boeing 2
#4 Rhoda Rebecca Toliver The Boeing 1
#4 Stephen K. Long The Boeing 1
#4 Michael Roethle The Boeing 1
#4 Elizabeth Barrow University Of South Carolina 1
#4 Benjamin Rennison The Boeing 1
#4 Mark R. Brei The Boeing 1
#4 Caitlin Elizabeth Kerr The Boeing 1
#4 Aurelia Poinsette-Smalls 1

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