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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Candler, NC ranks #7,844 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 284 patents from 75 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Candler, NC include Texas Instruments, Eaton Intelligent Power Limited, Kendro Laboratory Products.

Showing 1–50 of 75 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Robert M. Wallace Texas Instruments 55
2 Thomas Arthur Farr Eaton Intelligent Power Limited 19
3 Bryan Elwood Kendro Laboratory Products 17
#4 Erwin Perry Ellwood, III Borgwarner 14
#5 Alan Ellis Avl Technologies 9
#5 Brian Stevens Borgwarner 9
#5 Kurt Warner 9
#5 Craig Andrew Colont Borgwarner 9
#5 G. Daniel Gasperson Basf Se 9
#10 Bobby J. Bailey Basf Se 7
#10 Clay Plemmons 7
#12 Zachary Cobb Hexagon Metrology 6
#13 Mark Mandeville Microtech Knives 5
#13 Christopher K. McCoy W.P. Hickman 5
#15 Pravin P. Asher Basf Se 4
#15 Joseph T. Flack Basf Se 4
#15 Jeffrey Franklin X-Spooler 4
#15 Patrick Sweetland Borgwarner 4
#19 Gary Ball 3
#19 Jerry Howe Optical Cable 3
#19 Kurt Henderson Borgwarner 3
#19 Kurtis E. Henderson Borgwarner 3
#19 Elbert K. Warren Basf Se 3
#19 Bernard V. Alvarez 3
#19 Matthew Douglas Forbes Emerson Vulcan Holding 3
#26 Ralph Hegedus Thermo Fisher 2
#26 Ryan French Dow Global Technologies 2
#26 Ernest Emory Devlin, Jr. Vertique 2
#26 Byran M. Elwood Kendro Laboratory Products 2
#26 Francis Joseph Fisher 2
#26 Ray Bailey Basf Se 2
#26 Andrew Scott Mandeville Microtech Knives 2
#26 Gary W. Wise Corning Incorporated 2
#26 Jose R. Bonet Calmac Manufacturing 2
#26 Robert A. Tyler Basf Se 2
#26 Harold R. Vickery Basf Se 2
#26 Keith J. Mackey 2
#26 Terry Rutherford 2
#26 Kenneth H. Henson 2
#26 Stuart Joseph Benjamin 2
#26 Mike Ausbrooks Borgwarner 2
#26 Austin L. Hoke Borgwarner 2
#43 Robert E. First Basf Se 1
#43 Donald J. Burchette Basf Se 1
#43 Steven F. Monthey Dayco Products 1
#43 Henry M. Pinto 1
#43 W. Tison Wyatt Unknown 1
#43 Jeffrey P. Odom 1
#43 Jack A. Levins, Sr. 1
#43 Michael L. Biggs Unknown 1

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