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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Broadway, NC ranks #27,390 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 38 patents from 14 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Broadway, NC include Amp, Creeled, Wake Forest University. That works out to 30.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–14 of 14 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 William R. Evans Amp 13
2 Sarah Trinkle Creeled 8
3 R. Mark Payne Wake Forest University 5
#4 Mike Minigh 2
#5 J. Clayton Rosser Trion 1
#5 Eldon J. Sloan, Jr. 1
#5 Ronald T. Sloan 1
#5 David V. Sykes Ingersoll-Rand 1
#5 Kate M. Rochlin 1
#5 Lawson Charles Hawkins 1
#5 Neil McGuire 1
#5 Nick Joseph Jackson Applied Materials 1
#5 John L. Drane Industrial Air 1
#5 Joyce A. Luedy 1

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