Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Monroe, NC ranks #4,521 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 24 patents from 17 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Monroe, NC include Hand Held Products, AMD, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.. That works out to 0.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–17 of 17 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Daniel D. Yeakley Hand Held Products 3
2 Christopher M. O'Brien AMD 2
2 Mike Duke Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 2
2 John Souza Unknown 2
2 Jason Patterson Ncr 2
2 Richard L. Kennedy AMD 2
#7 Nicholas DeBlasio Scott Technologies 1
#7 John Souza Surgentec 1
#7 Stephen D. Bowman IBM 1
#7 Evan Knapp Charlotte Pipe And Foundry 1
#7 Nathaniel Arnell Rose 1
#7 Gil Helms Hand Held Products 1
#7 Jeffrey S. Vogus Scott Technologies 1
#7 Mark D. Damon 1
#7 David Nixon NASA 1
#7 Kevin Albert Cooper Bank of America 1
#7 John Souza, Sr. Jgmg Bengochea 1

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