Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Surf City, NC ranks #5,593 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 18 patents from 4 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Surf City, NC include IBM, Kidde Technologies, Subair Systems. That works out to 4.7 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 Dana L. Price IBM 15
2 Aaron Stanley Rogers Kidde Technologies 1
2 Jason Neal Boger 1
2 Bruce E. Mikkelson Subair Systems 1

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