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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Centurion, ZA ranks #9,113 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 229 patents from 99 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Centurion, ZA include Detnet South Africa (Pty), Southern Implants (Pty), Zodiac Pool Care.

Showing 1–50 of 99 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Elmar Lennox Muller Detnet South Africa (Pty) 34
2 Graham Alan Blackbeard Southern Implants (Pty) 13
2 Peter Hugh Harrison Zodiac Pool Care 13
#4 Marthinus Jacobus Buitendag Battlemax (Pty) 11
#5 Francois Pierre Luus IBM 9
#6 Pieter Janson Sourcecode Technologies Holdings 6
#7 Leith Carruthers Cumming Southern Implants (Pty) 5
#8 Michael David Heydenrych University Of Pretoria 4
#8 Gerard Pretorius 4
#8 Hendrik Cornelius Bezuidenhout Ael Mining Services Limited 4
#8 Theuns Fichardt Skea Joy Mm Delaware 4
#12 Wilhelmina Du Plessis The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation Limited 3
#12 Jacobus Frederick Mouton 3
#12 Corné Welgemoed Sasol Technology Proprietary Limited 3
#12 Johannes Petrus Mouton 3
#12 Johan Olivier Csir 3
#12 Robert Carl Nezar 3
#12 Willem Liebenberg Retief The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation Limited 3
#12 Giuseppe Geldenhuys Strait Access Technologies Holdings (Pty) 3
#20 Deon John Du Plessis 2
#20 Michael Philip Hindley Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (Proprietary) Limited 2
#20 Noel G. Wright Kennametal 2
#20 Johannes Gerhardus Benade 2
#20 Marius Eugene Goosen Insiava (Pty) 2
#20 Willem Jacobus Van Der Merwe 2
#20 Christiaan Hieronymans Bornman Van Eeden Eskom Holdings 2
#20 Corinda Erasmus Csir 2
#20 Johannes De Klerk Pietersen 2
#20 Kevin Henri Crous Unknown 2
#20 Norman Frederick Parkin 2
#20 Johannes Theodorus Pienaar Battlemax (Pty) 2
#20 Adian Brandt Battlemax (Pty) 2
#20 Conrad Gräbe De Villiers Battlemax (Pty) 2
#20 Dirk C. Uys Oro Agri 2
#20 Andre Vanbiljon 2
#20 Daria Anna RUTKOWSKA Csir 2
#20 Gysbert Johannes Jacobs 2
#38 Otto Herman Seyfarth 1
#38 Fiona Catherine Levey Mintek 1
#38 Sanet Grond Reilly Industries 1
#38 Michael George Howden 1
#38 Jonathan Du Pre Le Roux Csir 1
#38 Jacobus Johannes Olwagen 1
#38 Yusuf Noordin 1
#38 Arnoldus Jacobus Kruger Csir 1
#38 Osman Moosa 1
#38 Pieter Lodewickus Vermeulen 1
#38 Daniel S. Bezuidenhout Sasol Technology Proprietary Limited 1
#38 Anthony Ian Willis 1
#38 Philippus Rudolf Heydenrich Chevron 1