Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Aiken, SC ranks #2,642 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,169 patents from 359 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Aiken, SC include Cooper Technologies, Vitag, Emerson Electric. That works out to 36.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 359 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 David Charles Hughes Cooper Technologies 67
2 Jeffrey C. Burnham Vitag 38
3 William D. Rhodes Emerson Electric 31
#4 Ragaiy Zidan Savannah River Nuclear Solutions 24
#4 George G. Wicks Westinghouse Savannah River 24
#6 William A. Spencer IBM 21
#7 Leung K. Heung Westinghouse Savannah River 18
#8 Daniel A. Hanson Verisign 16
#9 Dan Bowen Jaguar Land Rover Limited 15
#10 Brian B. Looney Savannah River Nuclear Solutions 14
#11 Charles Wayne Percy Crane Merchandising Systems 13
#11 Paul Turner Spi Lasers Uk Limited 13
#11 Robert W. Morgan Siemens Energy & Automation 13
#14 Carol M. Jantzen Westinghouse Savannah River 11
#15 Joshua Gray Savannah River Nuclear Solutions 10
#15 William Henderson Capital One Services 10
#15 Thomas H. Sharpe 10
#15 Steven M. Serkiz Savannah River Nuclear Solutions 10
#19 Razmic S. Gregorian United Merchants & Manufacturers 9
#19 Henry T. Sessions Savannah River Nuclear Solutions 9
#21 Jody Rustyn Coleman Savannah River Nuclear Solutions 8
#21 William R. Toole, Jr. Equitech Int'L 8
#21 Joseph Rossabi Westinghouse Savannah River 8
#21 Joseph A. Teprovich Savannah River Nuclear Solutions 8
#21 Stephen Franklin Poterala Hubbell Incorporated 8
#21 John B. Pickett Westinghouse Savannah River 8
#27 Amit Srivastava Exelixis 7
#27 Matthew D. Folsom Savannah River Nuclear Solutions 7
#27 Wayne L. Davis 7
#27 Thomas A. Nance Savannah River Nuclear Solutions 7
#27 Daniel M. C. Odell E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 7
#27 Donald L. Anton Savannah River Nuclear Solutions 7
#27 Chris B. Cooper Columbia Insurance 7
#27 Richard Wyrwas Ico Services Limited 7
#27 Connie A. Cicero-Herman Westinghouse Savannah River 7
#27 Paul S. Korinko Savannah River Nuclear Solutions 7
#37 Joshua Robert Powell Dixie-Narco 6
#37 Charles E. Turick Lockheed Martin 6
#37 William L. West Corning Incorporated 6
#37 Eliel Villa-Aleman Battelle Savannah River Alliance 6
#37 Paul S. Blanton Battelle Savannah River Alliance 6
#37 Mark Jay Barnes The Procter & Gamble 6
#37 John Russell Graniteville 6
#37 Brett Jarriel Th Products 6
#37 Gerald L. Peters Peoplesoft 6
#37 Mark C. Elvington Savannah River Nuclear Solutions 6
#37 Paul Mazzell Halocarbon Products 6
#48 Christine A. Langton Savannah River Nuclear Solutions 5
#48 Kevin Cowart Columbia Insurance 5
#48 Dennis F. Bickford US Dept of Energy 5

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