Top Inventors in Clayton, NC | Patent Leaderboard

Clayton, NC ranks #3,645 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 808 patents from 211 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Clayton, NC include Eaton, Analog Devices, Caterpillar. That works out to 30.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 211 inventors

Rank	Inventor	Primary Company	Patents
1	Daniel Boyd Kroushl	Eaton	34
2	Marc Hoffman	Analog Devices	32
3	Ashley D. Menges	Caterpillar	27
#4	Michael J. Williamson	Commscope Technologies	24
#5	Robert J. McGee	Caterpillar	23
#6	Dale E. Nutter	Westrock Mwv	20
#7	Zachary Phillip Shearin	Pioneer (Corteva)	19
#8	Jeffrey A. Deneve	Caterpillar	17
#9	Travis Earl Russell	Tekelec	16
#9	Robert A. Dawley	Electronic Systems Protection	16
#9	David Bruce Elsheimer	Sas Institute	16
#12	Gregory Armel	Basf Se	14
#12	William W. Ward	Southern Case	14
#14	Justin Peters	Caterpillar	13
#14	Doug John Baxendell	Kidde Technologies	13
#16	David A. Pryor	Victor Equipment	12
#17	Ercilia Hernandez Garcia	Modoral Brands	11
#17	Pete Huening	Bioptigen	11
#19	Gregory Bass	Morris & Associates	9
#19	Gordon W. Jackson	Gxi Holdings	9
#19	James R. Stone	Dit-Mco International	9
#19	David Glenn Miller	Eaton Intelligent Power Limited	9
#23	Ercilia Hernandez Garcia	R.J. Reynolds Tobacco	8
#23	John Bradley Edelin	Caterpillar	8
#25	Brett W. Singletary	IBM	7
#25	Mark Frederick McCombs	E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And	7
#25	Wendell J. Bouknight, Jr.	IBM	7
#25	Jeffrey David Witwer	John Deere	7
#25	Jeromy E. Higgins	Apex Brands	7
#25	Ralph A. Porcaro, II	Electrolux Home Products	7
#25	Robert B. Watson	Vishay Measurements Group	7
#25	Mark McGuire	Cornell Research Foundation	7
#25	Matthew Soper	Rgb Systems	7
#34	James E. Banks, JR.	Banks Morrison Innovations	6
#34	Jesse V. Corbett	IBM	6
#34	Michael A. Daily	Freedom Shopping	6
#34	Brent Brian	Elster Electricity	6
#34	Allen Jones	Nexans	6
#34	Todd B. Sanders	IBM	6
#34	Joey Roger Thomas	Dermavant Sciences Gmbh	6
#41	Christopher Aaron Whitesock	Lenovo (Singapore) Pte.	5
#41	Russell G. Christopher	Elster Electricity	5
#41	Keith Wakefield	Iep Pharmaceutical Devices	5
#41	Cynthia Pierce	North Carolina State University	5
#41	George Hufford, III	IBM	5
#41	Bret Elliott Harrison	IBM	5
#41	Peter Craig Venema	—	5
#48	Steven S. Yauch	Datalogic	4
#48	Kevin Holder	Unknown	4
#48	David J. Lomax	Caterpillar	4

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