Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Mebane, NC ranks #4,833 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 22 patents from 13 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Mebane, NC include Honda Motor Co., IBM, NVIDIA. That works out to 1.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–13 of 13 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Robert A. Recher Honda Motor Co. 4
2 Ethan A. Geyer IBM 3
2 Nathan Otterness NVIDIA 3
#4 Christopher Michael Shuford Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings 2
#4 Darell Bigner Duke University 2
#6 Jason Howard Cornpropst IBM 1
#6 Meghan Norris Bradley Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings 1
#6 Robert Charles Earhart Glen Raven 1
#6 Silvia M. Kreda University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill 1
#6 Edward D. Mazurek Cisco 1
#6 Ashley Lanier Trimpey Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions 1
#6 Thomas L. Ortel Duke University 1
#6 Brian Bender Rite-Hite Holding 1

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