Top Inventors in Advance, NC | Patent Leaderboard

Advance, NC ranks #5,623 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 457 patents from 74 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Advance, NC include R.J. Reynolds Tobacco, Rai Strategic Holdings, Warsaw Orthopedic. That works out to 304.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 74 inventors

Rank	Inventor	Primary Company	Patents
1	Vernon Brent Barnes	R.J. Reynolds Tobacco	45
2	Timothy Brian Nestor	Rai Strategic Holdings	43
3	John-Paul Mua	R.J. Reynolds Tobacco	42
#4	Charles Branch	Warsaw Orthopedic	39
#5	Lan Miao	Targacept	24
#6	Scott Teuscher	Hayward Industries	18
#6	Tommy George Plant	B/E Aerospace	18
#8	Wayne G. Foster	Sara Lee	17
#9	Kurt T. Zarbock	Tyco Electronics Co.	14
#10	Donald McKeefery	Nocell Technologies	13
#11	Steven M. Trudeau	Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.	11
#11	Gary A. Moren	Hayward Industries	11
#13	Christopher Adcock	B/E Aerospace	10
#14	Sonny B. Driggars	Sara Lee	8
#15	Gregory Bates	Cook Medical Technologies	7
#16	Santosh E Bhasker	Lowe'S Companies	6
#16	S. Keith Cole	—	6
#16	Lynn W. Abernethy	Amp	6
#16	Arthur G. Patridge	—	6
#16	Johnny Keith Cagigas	Rai Strategic Holdings	6
#16	Joel R. Setchell	Spot You More	6
#22	Melvin A. Soderstrom	Amp	5
#22	Kimberly Lane	Wake Forest University Health Sciences	5
#22	Sven Krister Erlandsson	Avintiv Specialty Materials	5
#22	Douglas H. Philhower	Hayward Industries	5
#26	John Robert Orrell, Jr.	Qualcomm	4
#26	Raisa Rose Boben	Corning Research & Development	4
#26	James Richard Stone	R.J. Reynolds Tobacco	4
#29	Terry H. Beck	Wachovia	3
#29	Raymond W. Maynard	Unifi	3
#29	Bradley Barg	Rockwell Collins	3
#29	Seth Henderson Morris	Microsoft	3
#29	Robert Zomok	Inmar Rx Solutions	3
#34	Kennon A. White	—	2
#34	Roy L. Whitaker	—	2
#34	T. Ray Laws	Ingersoll-Rand	2
#34	Gary W. Marshall	—	2
#34	Clifton H. McMahan, II	—	2
#34	Steven Gus Hondos	Unknown	2
#34	Kristen L. Murray	R.J. Reynolds Tobacco	2
#34	Seth Evans Carter	Altisource Solutions S.Àr.L.	2
#34	Paul A. Evens	B/E Aerospace	2
#34	Stephen Gifford	Lux Products	2
#34	S. Keith Cole	Nicoventures Trading Limited	2
#34	Donald J. Burgess	Klaussner Corporate Services	2
#34	Jason Wyatt	Inmar Clearing	2
#47	Brian Lee Keeton	Unknown	1
#47	Gary Ray Schambach	—	1
#47	Myron Ceresa	Amp	1
#47	Michael F. Donovan	R.J. Reynolds Tobacco	1

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