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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Conway, SC ranks #6,452 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 379 patents from 61 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Conway, SC include Yazaki, Bioventures, The Chamberlain Group. That works out to 15.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 61 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Naoki Ito Yazaki 204
2 Robert Lowery Bioventures 21
2 Ronald Martis 21
#4 Keith Norman Johnson The Chamberlain Group 12
#5 Michael J. Stevens Horton 11
#6 Jose Maria Las Navas Garcia 10
#7 John Webb Metglas 7
#8 Michael Stevens Caterpillar 6
#9 Susan Owens Cytec Technology 5
#9 Jerry Alan Johnston Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 5
#9 Dennis Atkinson 5
#12 Layne Edwin Leoffler, III 3
#12 Kurt H. Newman Bank of America 3
#12 Jeffrey P. Mevissen Avx 3
#12 Joseph C. Boggs Hitachi 3
#16 Thomas Gardega 2
#16 Phillip L. Roberts Metglas 2
#16 Marilynn Young Avx 2
#16 Michael A. Gasque 2
#16 Mark Allen Finkenbiner 2
#16 Anthony D. Inman 2
#16 Donald K. Ray 2
#16 Joseph Dunn 2
#16 Timothy N. Durham 2
#16 Auburn Anthony Chestnut Metglas 2
#16 Norman T. Moore 2
#16 Robert Gage Fortson 2
#16 William T. Goff 2
#16 John Joseph Navin 2
#30 Timmy R. Barfield 1
#30 Deborah A. Hucks 1
#30 Larry D. Dickerson 1
#30 Sheila Walberg-ONeil 1
#30 Franklin R. Grice 1
#30 Dollie B. Skipper 1
#30 Rufus Willie Strickland, Jr. 1
#30 Charles Beauregard 1
#30 Edwin O. Cannon Key Knife 1
#30 Jean-Louis Lassez New Mexico Technical Research Foundation 1
#30 Kenneth W. Tindal 1
#30 Janet L. LaVeck 1
#30 Harold L. Tyndall 1
#30 Frank Forrest Humbles 1
#30 Robert Miles Glendinning 1
#30 Gillian Richards-Greaves Unknown 1
#30 Natasha McCallum 1
#30 Donald E. Granger, JR. Metglas 1
#30 Eric L. Horne 1
#30 Norman Eugene Fuller, Jr. Hitachi 1
#30 Mark Anthony Perkins Sam Carbis Asset Management 1

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