Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Carrboro, NC ranks #2,383 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,313 patents from 235 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Carrboro, NC include IBM, Air Products And Chemicals, E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And. That works out to 61.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 235 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Natarajan Vaidhyanathan IBM 98
2 Robert K. Pinschmidt, Jr. Air Products And Chemicals 70
3 Lynda Kaye Johnson E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 65
#4 Thomas E. Barta Srx Cardio 47
#5 Michael DeCesaris 46
#6 Peter S. McKinnis Muffin Incorporated 28
#7 Richard Peter Smith Cree 27
#7 Jason Henning Cree 27
#9 James R. Combes Xerox 26
#9 Leo Temoshenko IBM 26
#11 Samuel K. Lai The Johns Hopkins University 24
#12 Paul S. Watson Inspire Pharmaceuticals 23
#13 Carl Schissler Meta 21
#14 Cao-Guo Yu E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 20
#15 Don Gabriel University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill 18
#15 John Rhoades Rambus 18
#17 Charles M. Perou University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill 17
#18 Anil J. Reddy Seagate Technology 16
#18 Darrel W. Stafford University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill 16
#18 Lars Nyland NVIDIA 16
#21 William Rader Semtech 14
#22 Edward Perkins Iconix Pharmaceuticals 13
#22 Patricia V. Phelps Embrex 13
#22 Charles L. Stone Daimlerchrysler Ag 13
#25 Brandon M. Ayers Hill-Rom Services 12
#26 John P. O'Daly Andcare 11
#26 Mary G. Johnson Sphinx Pharmaceuticals 11
#26 Stefan Ufer North Carolina State University 11
#26 Brian Carrigan Cree 11
#26 Benjamin John Sokol Sensus Spectrum 11
#31 Simon Bubel Wolfspeed 10
#31 Cinnamon Larson 460Medical 10
#31 Aaron Martin Precision Biosciences 10
#31 Mohit Bansal Highradius 10
#35 Matthew Parrott University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill 9
#35 Michael D. Bucher Rambus 9
#37 Forrest K. Ferrari University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill 8
#37 Nicholas William Pye Hayes Bicycle Group 8
#37 Richard S. Taylor The Manitowoc Company 8
#37 Jian Zhang University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill 8
#37 Joseph E. Rabinowitz University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill 8
#42 Tal Kafri University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill 7
#42 Luca Turin 7
#42 John Gasdaska Biolex Therapeutics 7
#42 Jamel Lynch IBM 7
#42 Charles R. Mummert Eaton 7
#42 Bruce Caterson Hill'S Pet Nutrition 7
#42 Rebecca C. Gibbs Wilson-Cook Medical 7
#42 Robert Elijah Broadhurst Accuray Incorporated 7
#50 Thomas McCown University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill 6

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