Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Summerville, SC ranks #1,660 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 81 patents from 42 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Summerville, SC include The Urban Electric, Lexmark International, The Boeing. That works out to 1.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–42 of 42 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Jonathan Charpia The Urban Electric 12
2 Brian Scott Carpenter Lexmark International 7
3 Bart Stevens The Boeing 5
#4 Jordan Smith Devicor Medical Products 4
#4 Daniel S. Thomas The Boeing 4
#6 Jason Kerestes The Boeing 3
#7 Brian L. Riedel The Boeing 2
#7 Kyle Taylor Idatech 2
#7 Kevin D. Gordon The Boeing 2
#7 Kenny Tu Khuong The Boeing 2
#7 Kimberly Lynn Ocasek Aircraft Owners And Pilots Association 2
#7 Jeremy Stone Weatherford Technology Holdings 2
#7 Eileen Miller The Boeing 2
#7 Chang H. Luh Standex International 2
#7 Luke C. Ingram The Boeing 2
#7 Chunxing She The Boeing 2
#17 Elker I. Vasquez The Boeing 1
#17 Taurus L. Brackett, II The Boeing 1
#17 Robert Wright Sartorius Stedim Biotech Gmbh 1
#17 Carla G. Smith The Boeing 1
#17 Randall J. Quandt Delavan 1
#17 Philip L. Freeman The Boeing 1
#17 Don W. Ross The Boeing 1
#17 James P. Sineath Ge-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas 1
#17 Michael Honea The Boeing 1
#17 Anthony M. Westren The Boeing 1
#17 Michael Folger Grosso Textron 1
#17 Charles Moore Capital One Services 1
#17 Brent McCarthy 1
#17 Stephan Charles Cronin Ingevity South Carolina 1
#17 Robert L. Vitali The Boeing 1
#17 Ray McLin 1
#17 Justin Matthew Wilson Honeywell 1
#17 Thomas William Mercante 1
#17 Charlie E. Branyon, III The Boeing 1
#17 Terrell D. Riley The Boeing 1
#17 Anthony Kania Test Rite Product 1
#17 Siji Thomas The Boeing 1
#17 Seth Berger The Boeing 1
#17 Isaiah Rivers 1
#17 Jeffrey Aragona 1
#17 Seeran Prajapati The Boeing 1

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