Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Anderson, SC ranks #1,204 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,786 patents from 525 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Anderson, SC include Poly-Med, Electrolux Home Products, Emerson Electric. That works out to 99.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 525 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Shalaby W. Shalaby Poly-Med 197
2 Kent Allen Stephen Crookshanks Electrolux Home Products 56
3 William J. Saunders 54
#4 Douglas K. Ritterling Emerson Electric 50
#5 Robert E. McCracken Ryobi Motor Products 49
#6 James R. Jones Brunswick 47
#7 Paul D. Miller Auto Wax Company 40
#8 Raony Barrios Electrolux Home Products 34
#8 Scott Reed Edwards Lifesciences 34
#10 Robert A. Taylor Kofax 33
#11 Michael Scott Taylor Poly-Med 32
#12 Matthew Malone Sonos 30
#12 Tyler J. Rowe Techtronic Cordless Gp 30
#14 Stuart Miller Mann+Hummel Gmbh 28
#15 Charles M. Wacker One World Technologies Limited 27
#16 Brent M. Willey Techtronic Cordless Gp 25
#16 John K. Arledge Motorola 25
#16 Gordon L. Brown, Jr. Hexcel Cs 25
#19 Mark Huggins Tti (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited 24
#19 Douglas S. Hodges Hubbell Incorporated 24
#21 Jarrett A. Dunston Black & Decker 23
#21 Paul H. Kelly Electrolux Home Products 23
#21 Chuck Baker Electrolux Home Products 23
#21 Karthik Ramaratnam First Quality Tissue 23
#25 Marcello Correa Machado Electrolux Home Products 22
#26 Michael Thompson Woodholdings Environmental 21
#27 Andrew M. Coons, III Basf Se 20
#27 Stuart Craig Hanson GE 20
#29 John E. Myers Caterpillar 19
#29 David J. Winsness Gs Cleantech 19
#31 William S. Miller Alcan International Limited 18
#32 David Wiseman Techtronic Outdoor Products Technology Limited 17
#32 Dennis Schenk Electrolux Home Products 17
#32 Christopher Stephan Rousey Electrolux Home Products 17
#32 Marcelo Candeo Electrolux Home Products 17
#32 Nataraj Chandrasekharan Techtronic Cordless Gp 17
#32 Dominick A. Burlone Basf Se 17
#32 Michael Aaron Vaughn Poly-Med 17
#32 Nicholas S. Norton Techtronic Industries Co. 17
#40 Peter G. Tiverios Fulcrum Bioenergy 16
#41 Phillip MacDonald Structured I 15
#41 Ryan T. Harrison Techtronic Power Tools Technology Limited 15
#41 Joseph A. Pacifici West Point Pepperell 15
#41 Apparao M. Rao Clemson University 15
#45 Jonathan R. Feldkamp Techtronic Cordless Gp 14
#45 Ross Johnson Tactical Medical Solutions 14
#45 Shane Ervin Hayes First Quality Tissue 14
#45 Benjamin J. Thomas Eastway Fair Company Limited 14
#45 Robert F. McElveen Abb Schweiz Ag 14
#45 Anthony Wayne Krull GE 14

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