Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Denver, NC ranks #4,662 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 586 patents from 132 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Denver, NC include Milwaukee Electric Tool, Bank of America, Corning Cable Systems. That works out to 217.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 132 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Scott D. Bublitz Milwaukee Electric Tool 64
2 William Thomas Sanders Bank of America 52
3 Lars Kristian Nielsen Corning Cable Systems 39
#4 Aaron D. Kephart Bank of America 33
#5 Gregory K. Rhyne Dana Limited 18
#5 Glenn F. Cueman Protect Plus 18
#7 Thomas C. Kuklo US Dept of Energy 15
#8 Mark D. Marik IBM 13
#9 Joshua Johnson The General Hospital 12
#9 Jeffrey Neal Frushtick Leonard Automatics 12
#11 Darrick Vaseleniuck Vaztec 10
#11 Eric James Bassani Scott Technologies 10
#11 David Vaseleniuck Vaztec 10
#14 John F. Steffen Avintiv Specialty Materials 9
#14 James T. Kull Stabilus Gmbh 9
#14 Paul M. Halmo Celgard 9
#17 Sandra Ruth Maas Bank of America 8
#17 Patrick Lewis Bank of America 8
#17 Osman N. Tanrikulu Avery Dennison Retail Information Services 8
#20 Leonard Frushtick Leonard Automatics 7
#20 Jeffrey S. Bertucci 7
#22 Matt Hord Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 6
#22 Daniel J. August Bank of America 6
#22 Helene Urban Mele Bank of America 6
#22 Ronald L. Ramsey Illinois Tool Works 6
#26 Daniel B. Spagnoli Warsaw Orthopedic 5
#26 Martin B. Lee Commscope Properties 5
#26 E. Arnold Fie, II Husqvarna Ab 5
#26 Charles Benton 5
#30 Travis Beaty International Paper 4
#30 Megan Egy Rubbermaid Incorporated 4
#30 James L. Ryan IBM 4
#30 Tim Wallace Aptargroup 4
#30 Roman Todd Zarins Applied System Technologies 4
#30 Charlie Wands Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 4
#30 Gregory C. Young 4
#37 Jason Huffman Commscope, Inc. Of North Carolina 3
#37 Bob Hagens Groz-Beckert Kg 3
#37 Nilufer Tanrikulu Shurtape Technologies 3
#37 Stephanie Nussbaum Cottrell Rohm And Haas 3
#37 Arturo Mateo 3
#37 Ronald J. Dwyer 3
#37 Allen John Ustianowski 3
#37 Cesare G. Mastroianni Vectrix 3
#37 William T. Rossini 3
#37 Marshall Glenn Dildy 3
#37 Bret Conway Unknown 3
#48 Megan K. Baxter 2
#48 Aaron M. Joyce Amphenol Antenna Solutions 2
#48 Jeff Roberson 2

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