Top Cities in North Carolina 2025

Rank City Patents Inventors
#1 Charlotte, NC 1,124 682
#2 Raleigh, NC 1,041 570
#3 Cary, NC 875 457
#4 Durham, NC 824 528
#5 Chapel Hill, NC 436 239
#6 Winston-Salem, NC 350 153
#7 Apex, NC 297 182
#8 Morrisville, NC 281 135
#9 Greensboro, NC 211 110
#10 Lo Wu, NC 135 23
#11 Hickory, NC 133 54
#12 Huntersville, NC 123 70
#13 Mooresville, NC 107 63
#14 Wake Forest, NC 106 75
#15 Beijing, NC 101 37
#16 Waxhaw, NC 99 68
#17 Concord, NC 81 49
#18 Shanghai, NC 80 24
#19 Holly Springs, NC 77 49
#20 Pittsboro, NC 77 16
#21 Suwon-si, NC 76 11
#22 Matthews, NC 71 37
#23 Wilmington, NC 67 61
#24 Davidson, NC 61 29
#25 Clemmons, NC 60 29

Top Inventors in North Carolina 2025

Rank Inventor City Company Patents
1 Jerome Henry Pittsboro Cisco 59
2 George Albero Charlotte Bank of America 31
2 Jared Aller Winston-Salem Nicoventures Trading Limited 31
#4 Laura Thiel Raleigh Lat Enterprises 30
#5 Giancarlo Urzi Raleigh Lat Enterprises 28
#6 Nagendra Kumar Nainar Morrisville Cisco 27
#7 Alexandre Henriques Greensboro Volvo Truck 24
#8 Michael Robert Young Davidson Bank of America 21
#8 Carlos Cid Raleigh Lat Enterprises 21
#8 Carlos M. Pignataro Cary Cisco 21
#11 Darrell R. Childers Hickory Us Conec 19
#11 Gaius Gillman Fountain, Jr. Youngsville Adeia Semiconductor Bonding Technologies 19
#13 Jason Dabel Greensboro Volvo Truck 18
#13 Christina Tapp Winston-Salem Nicoventures Trading Limited 18
#15 Jason Higley Hickory Us Conec 17
#15 Ruthie D. Lyle Durham IBM 17
#15 Kevin Andrew Kavchok Huntersville W. M. Barr & Company 17
#18 Vic Pramono Winston-Salem Nicoventures Trading Limited 16
#18 Martin G. Keen Cary IBM 16
#18 Nathan J. Peterson Oxford Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. 16
#18 Kevin Ahearn Nebo Berkshire Grey Operating Company 16
#22 Tianyi Gao Kirkwood Baidu Usa 15
#22 Ikenna Odinaka Durham Kepler Computing 15
#24 Gerard J. Hall Durham Sportsmedia Technology 13
#24 Ankit Singh Apex Dell Products 13

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