Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Pinehurst, NC ranks #9,162 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 9 patents from 7 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Pinehurst, NC include Intuitive Surgical, Eaton, Eyenovia. That works out to 0.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–7 of 7 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 John Alexander Intuitive Surgical 2
1 Bruce Miller Eaton 2
3 Charles David Horne 1
3 Arthur H. Tew Eyenovia 1
3 Jochem-Andreas Hess Voss Automotive Gmbh 1
3 Christopher M. Knowlton Windsor Industries 1
3 Gregory William Cavill Eaton Intelligent Power Limited 1

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