Top Inventors in Charleston, SC | Patent Leaderboard

Charleston, SC ranks #921 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 3,625 patents from 815 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Charleston, SC include The Urban Electric, Westvaco, Sepracor. That works out to 24.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 815 inventors

Rank	Inventor	Primary Company	Patents
1	David Dawson	The Urban Electric	157
2	Christopher Roof	The Urban Electric	88
3	Peter Schilling	Westvaco	79
#4	Thomas Jerussi	Sepracor	54
#5	Sohrab Soltani	Hill-Rom Services	52
#6	John N. Vournakis	Marine Polymer Technologies	46
#7	Billy Wayne Garrett, Jr.	Rambus	45
#7	John A. Bobey	Hill-Rom Services	45
#9	Peter Dilling	Westvaco	40
#10	Dennis R. Mathis	The Boeing	37
#10	Roger S. Williams	Ingevity South Carolina	37
#12	John W. Evans	Evans Cooling Systems	36
#13	Jose L. Rodriguez	Siemens Energy	35
#14	James J. Romano	Hill-Rom Services	34
#15	Thomas S. Hargest	Span-America Medical Systems	30
#16	Darrell C. Ferguson	Lineage Home Furnishings	29
#17	Eric Stimpson	Charles River Laboratories	28
#17	Henry M. Hay, III	Hawkes Design And Consulting, Llc.	28
#19	Reza Hakamiun	Hill-Rom Services	27
#19	Laurence H. Hiltzik	Ingevity South Carolina	27
#21	Christopher J. Mills	The Boeing	26
#21	Praveen K. Namburu	Lincoln Global	26
#21	James Geiger	Geigtech East Bay	26
#24	Justin H. Register	The Boeing	25
#25	Long N. Phan	Top Flight Technologies	24
#25	Daniel J. Cook	Cookgas	24
#27	Jeremy Blackburn	Scientia Potentia Est.	23
#27	Christopher E. Johnson	3Play Media	23
#27	Lee W. VanTine	Emc	23
#27	Stephen G. Hilliard	Blue Force Gear	23
#31	Brandon Shane Gerber	GE	22
#31	Jens Jensen	New York University	22
#33	Craig D. Ellis	Hill-Rom Services	21
#33	Larry Schneider	Danco	21
#33	Jared Kuka	Movestrong Functional Fitness Equipment	21
#33	David B. Allen	Siemens Energy	21
#37	Jerald A. Hull	The Boeing	19
#37	Gautam Ghatnekar	Musc Foundation For Research Development	19
#37	Michael V. Bolden	Hill-Rom Services	19
#40	Hans G. Schreuders	Westvaco	18
#40	John C. Blackburn	Halliburton Energy Services	18
#40	Byron James Autry	The Boeing	18
#40	Robert C. Novack	Hill-Rom Services	18
#40	James Keith McElveen	Wave Sciences	18
#40	William Roper, JR.	Istari Digital	18
#46	Kevin Langer	The Urban Electric	17
#46	Luis F. Velasquez	The Boeing	17
#46	Thomas Kevin MacKinnon	Certainteed	17
#49	Andrew M. Huckey	The Boeing	16
#49	Karl David	Scientia Potentia Est.	16

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