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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Mills River, NC ranks #10,793 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 7 patents from 4 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Mills River, NC include Microtech Knives, Borgwarner, Eaton. That works out to 1.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–4 of 4 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Anthony Louis Marfione Microtech Knives 3
2 Kai Tanaka Borgwarner 2
3 Irving A. Gibbs Eaton 1
3 Daniel F. McCormick Brunswick 1

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