Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Clemmons, NC ranks #1,934 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,673 patents from 260 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Clemmons, NC include Tyco Electronics Co., Rai Strategic Holdings, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco. That works out to 79.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 260 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Paul John Pepe Tyco Electronics Co. 114
2 Michael F. Davis Rai Strategic Holdings 84
3 Billy Tyrone Conner R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 71
#4 Pankaj Patel R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 60
#5 Tao Jin Huawei 56
#6 Chandra Kumar Banerjee R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 46
#7 Kenneth C. Kennedy, II Cook Medical Technologies 42
#7 Jerry Wayne Pipes R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 42
#7 Roger L. Thrush Amp 42
#10 Darrell Eugene Holton, Jr. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 39
#11 Jon Terence Stone Hayward Industries 38
#12 Patrick M. Lippiello R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 31
#13 Michael Andrew Zawadzki Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 25
#13 Jack Gray Flinchum, Jr. Rai Strategic Holdings 25
#15 Gregory Alan Mills Corning Research & Development 22
#15 Alan B. Norman R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 22
#17 Barry Bryant Ttn Holdings 19
#18 Sydney Keith Seymour R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 16
#18 Mitch DELLINGER American Nano 16
#20 Christopher K. Shofner Shofner Engineering Associates 15
#20 Thomas A. Lockwood Rock-Tenn Shared Services 15
#22 Joshua Lee Hoots Hayward Industries 14
#23 Gary Ortiz Hayward Industries 13
#23 Mark L. Raker R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 13
#23 Ralph M. Cooper Amp 13
#26 Michael Andrew Liberti Rai Strategic Holdings 12
#26 Gong Chen R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 12
#26 William D. Wagner Wake Forest University Health Sciences 12
#26 David Smith Disney 12
#26 Jerry W. Lawson R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 12
#26 Wayne Fitzmaurice Large Scale Biology 12
#32 Alvaro Gonzalez-Parra R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 11
#32 Hamid Moheb Prodelin 11
#32 James K. Davis Burlington Industries 11
#32 Rodney Hardy Memjet Technology Limited 11
#32 David F. Rowe, Jr. Ingersoll-Rand 11
#32 Melissa M. Clark Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations 11
#38 Huamin Gan R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 10
#38 Travis Eugene Howard R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 10
#40 Russell Tindall Polytec Gmbh 9
#40 David E. Parker US Air Force 9
#40 James L. Owens An Group Limited 9
#40 Eric C. Laurer Tyco Electronics Co. 9
#40 William P. Scott R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 9
#40 Donald R. Wilkinson R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 9
#46 Thomas B. Clarkson Wake Forest University 8
#46 Daniel M. Nathan Advanced Composite Structures 8
#46 James Neil Figlar R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 8
#46 Thomas M. MacLeod Analog Devices 8
#46 Scott Petty Hayward Industries 8

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