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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Edenton, NC ranks #12,141 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 149 patents from 35 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Edenton, NC include Endura Products, Insight Lidar, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco. That works out to 33.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–35 of 35 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Eric Johnson Endura Products 56
2 Christopher Wood Insight Lidar 19
3 Ven Subbiah R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 11
#4 James H. Johnson Phyton Holdings 9
#5 David Peele R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 5
#6 Robert Dail The Dial 4
#7 James Baxley Graphic Packaging International 3
#7 Mark Ducey Pruden 3
#9 Samuel Benavides The Government Of The United States Of America, Represented By The Secretary Of Homeland Security 2
#9 Lauren Parker Advanced Animal Diagnostics 2
#9 Jimmy ASHLEY 2
#9 Lowell E. Weyant 2
#9 Tully M. Ryan 2
#9 Ronnie Wynn Holland 2
#9 Glenn E. Strohl AT&T 2
#9 Matthew S. O'Kelley Hockmeyer Equipment 2
#9 George C. Wood 2
#9 Ricky C. Boyce 2
#9 Wilbur A. Parker 2
#9 Dawn Bunch 2
#21 Zachary P. Okelley Hockmeyer Equipment 1
#21 Mary-Margaret Sykes McKinney 1
#21 James H. Byrd 1
#21 Frederick P. Powers Tee-Lok 1
#21 James M. Bond 1
#21 William L. Norvell, Jr. 1
#21 Thomas Dale 1
#21 Tomas H. Williams Tee-Lok 1
#21 Ollin Sykes World Theatre 1
#21 Samuel Tynch Chromadex 1
#21 John W. Kielwein, Jr. 1
#21 Deborah Elliott Kielwein 1
#21 Harriet Flannery Phillips 1
#21 Mona C. Jones 1
#21 Daniel R. Eure, Jr. 1

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