Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Matthews, NC ranks #1,967 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 68 patents from 40 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Matthews, NC include Bank of America, Celgard, Nxp Aeronautics Research. That works out to 2.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–40 of 40 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Kurt D. Newman Bank of America 6
1 William P. Jacobson Bank of America 6
3 Lie Shi Celgard 4
3 Chad Dustin Tillman Nxp Aeronautics Research 4
3 Christian Matthew Yungbluth Middleby Marshall 4
#6 Geraldo Nojima Eaton Intelligent Power Limited 3
#6 Ronald Carter 1Ahead Technologies 3
#6 Kelly Griffin Altman Specialty Plants 3
#9 Matias Garcia-Avila AMD 2
#9 Daniel S. Sumner Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 2
#9 Philip Taylor Alexander Circor Pumps North America 2
#12 Theresa Kruse Leahy Bank of America 1
#12 Chad H. Rothert 1
#12 Michael J. Collins Cem 1
#12 Danyu Sun 1
#12 Brian V. Conti Checkpoint Systems 1
#12 Robert Kyle Fullerton Tyco Fire Products Lp 1
#12 Vipul Shah Arista Networks 1
#12 Jordan Craven Husqvarna Ab 1
#12 Matthew T. Hamann IBM 1
#12 Randy Roof Orthopediatrics 1
#12 Mike Ott Yale Security 1
#12 Amy Elizabeth Quiring Scott Technologies 1
#12 Mark Cameron Little IBM 1
#12 Michael Raymond Greenwald Ih Ip Holdings Limited 1
#12 Curtis Lamar Sharpe Conbraco Industries 1
#12 Sridhar G. Iyer Basf Se 1
#12 Walter R. Harfmann Genpak 1
#12 Suresh Jagarlamudi Bank of America 1
#12 Jeffrey A. Hendren Invue Security Products 1
#12 Daniel Lynn Carpenter Bank of America 1
#12 Batir Abdullaev 1
#12 Mark Tentler Hand Held Products 1
#12 Yaorong Ge Wake Forest University Health Sciences 1
#12 Nilesh Patel Ledvance Gmbh 1
#12 Scott A. Keoseyan Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 1
#12 Brian Nathaniel Greenway Groves 1
#12 Jordan D. Vardon Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 1
#12 Eric Youngblood Hand Held Products 1
#12 Scott May Rtc Industries 1

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