Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Boone, NC ranks #6,925 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 344 patents from 71 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Boone, NC include Pneuma Respiratory, Dss Pure Air, Bae Systems Tensylon H.P.M.. That works out to 18.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 71 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Charles Eric Hunter Pneuma Respiratory 85
2 Iyam Lynch Dss Pure Air 30
3 Kenneth C. Harding Bae Systems Tensylon H.P.M. 27
#4 Jeffrey Miller Micron 16
#5 Mark D. Piehl 410 Medical 11
#5 Jeremy A. Lowder Black & Decker 11
#7 Jack C. Hunter Pneuma Respiratory 9
#8 Joe Jensen Intel 8
#8 J. Sid Clements Eyenovia 8
#8 James W. Jorgenson University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill 8
#8 Jose Salazar Knowles Electronics 8
#12 Nathan R. Faulks Eyenovia 7
#12 Judson Sidney Clements Pneuma Respiratory 7
#14 Robert G. Howell Corning Glass Works 6
#15 John H. Edmisten 5
#15 Robert L. Crowell 5
#17 Phillip E. Russell Eyenovia 4
#17 Bradley G. Johnson Eyenovia 4
#17 John Cooke Engineered Controls International 4
#20 Alan Utter 3
#20 Gregory Rapp Pneuma Respiratory 3
#20 Ronald M. Dhing American West Furniture Mfr. 3
#20 K. Drew Sumrell 3
#20 Don R. Blair 3
#20 Mark Van Arnam Halcore Group 3
#20 J. Sidney Clements The Boeing 3
#27 Jeffrey Parrott Eyenovia 2
#27 Michael Scoggin Pneuma Respiratory 2
#27 Lowell Hayes 2
#27 Matthew Culpepper Pneuma Respiratory 2
#27 Brian Beach Pneuma Respiratory 2
#27 Hal G. Johnson 2
#27 Caley Modlin Pneuma Respiratory 2
#27 Zhiling Gao Baoshan Iron & Steel Co. 2
#27 Diego Cardona 2
#27 Vernon E. Osborne Trw Limited 2
#27 Louis F. Atzel 2
#27 Michael S. Sink Alcatel 2
#27 Lucien S. Wilkins Eyenovia 2
#27 Hamilton Coleman Eyenovia 2
#27 Bonnie Jesseph 2
#42 Samuel Michael Dospoy 1
#42 Angela Laws Apple 1
#42 Matthew James Mellon Ecr Software 1
#42 Zachery Russell 1
#42 Jay Kabin Slay Cisco 1
#42 Jonathan P. Isbit 1
#42 Bernd Winkelmann International Resistive 1
#42 Constantin Alimanestiano 1
#42 Larry Austin 1

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