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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Belton, SC ranks #8,497 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 253 patents from 34 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Belton, SC include First Quality Tissue, Electrolux Home Products, Tti (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited. That works out to 58.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–34 of 34 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 James E. Sealey, II First Quality Tissue 147
2 William L. Small Electrolux Home Products 20
3 David E. Dutterer Tti (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited 16
#4 David R. Brower Tecumseh Products 14
#5 J. Larry Wilson Jacobs Chuck Manufacturing 9
#6 Michael R. Hilley Ncr 7
#7 Joe B. Cockfield Milliken Research 3
#7 Marshall C. Corbett Dodge Industrial 3
#9 Joseph Glenn Milliken & 2
#9 Austin Parker Finley Eaton 2
#9 Teresa B. Hopper Societe Bic 2
#9 Wilbur Mattison Rice 2
#9 Daniel REY Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin 2
#9 James E. Sealy, II First Quality Tissue Se 2
#9 Donald J. Wheeler Guild International 2
#9 Donald Stanley Frost, Jr. Robert Bosch Gmbh 2
#17 Robert Albertson Michelin 1
#17 Kevin T. Craft 1
#17 Michael B. McKinsey 1
#17 Truman W. Ellison Unknown 1
#17 Leroy Boseman Basf Se 1
#17 Eugene G. Jameson 1
#17 W. David Harper 1
#17 Jimmy L. Bannister 1
#17 Leland M. Gregory 1
#17 Patricia B. Coker 1
#17 Robert Phil Fennell 1
#17 Blake F. Applewhite The Heil 1
#17 D. Gregory Royster 1
#17 Alek Ipatenco Tti (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited 1
#17 John A. Christmas 1
#17 Freddie L. Banks Basf Se 1
#17 Marshall Fullbright 1
#17 John M. Coker 1

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