Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Davidson, NC ranks #3,705 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 791 patents from 161 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Davidson, NC include Bank of America, Geopier Foundation Company, Diversey. That works out to 52.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 161 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Michael Robert Young Bank of America 73
2 David J. White Geopier Foundation Company 49
3 David Holden Diversey 47
#4 Kord J. Wissmann Geopier Foundation Company 35
#5 Albert G. Dietz, III Johns Manville 26
#6 John Chuprevich Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 20
#7 Jeffrey P. Stark Continentalafa Dispensing 18
#8 Jasher David Fowles Bank of America 17
#9 Douglas C. Rambo Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 15
#9 Cristy Swink AT&T 15
#9 Herbert L. Moretz Intel 15
#12 Jeffrey E. Duback Parker Medical 13
#12 Norman LeBlanc Irwin Industrial Tool 13
#12 Thomas Noyes Commerce Signals 13
#12 Pierre Jacques Bouchard Bank of America 13
#16 Richard L. Fitzgerald Bank of America 12
#16 Luis S. Padilla Actuant 12
#18 Kenneth E. Gonsalves University Of North Carolina At Charlotte 11
#18 Jay Fording Lowe'S Companies 11
#18 Patrick Diana Techtronic Floor Care Technology Limited 11
#21 Katharine Chemelewski Celgard 9
#21 Kenneth J. Piller Monsanto Technology 9
#23 John Saussele Robert Bosch Gmbh 8
#23 Jonathan M. Bolenbaugh General Motors 8
#23 Mark DeLegge Boston Scientific Scimed 8
#23 Darrel Eugene Self 8
#27 Zachary R. Greenhill Greenhill Antiballistics 7
#27 Kenneth Lee Bost University Of Texas System 7
#27 John E. Shirilla Unknown 7
#27 Glenner Marie Richards Microban Products 7
#27 Bradley Allan Micallef Aderis Energy 7
#32 Claude Brent Taylor 6
#32 George McLendon Labcyte 6
#34 Laura Elizabeth Randall Bank of America 5
#34 Harm Stratman Bürkert Contromatic 5
#34 Ajay Jose Paul Bank of America 5
#34 Sean Fitzpatrick Oracle 5
#34 Andrew M. Wizorek Msi Defense Solutions 5
#34 Daniel Brocker Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S. 5
#34 Todd E. Rixman Teledyne Flir Commercial Systems 5
#34 Ashley T. Naelon Bank of America 5
#34 Jeffrey Stark 5
#43 John Arnett Goocher Apple 4
#43 Laurie Harrison Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 4
#43 Patrick Lynah Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S. 4
#43 Feliciano Sabates 4
#43 Ziv Arzt Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S. 4
#43 Leslie M. LaRock Bank of America 4
#43 Frank Randolph Bowen, III Mueller International 4
#43 Michael McDermott Lowe'S Companies 4

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