Top Inventors in Elon, NC | Patent Leaderboard

Elon, NC ranks #11,621 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 159 patents from 37 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Elon, NC include The Lighting Partnership, Fjord, Engineered Controls International. That works out to 14.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–37 of 37 inventors

Rank	Inventor	Primary Company	Patents
1	Brian Spitler	The Lighting Partnership	17
1	Michael Ratigan	Fjord	17
3	Jeffrey S. Howard	Engineered Controls International	15
#4	Wesley Larry Apple	Confinement Telephony Technology	12
#5	Todd Russell Thomasson	Confinement Telephony Technology	11
#6	Cheng S. Chang	Atlas Lighting Products	8
#7	Michael D. Holt	—	7
#7	Wayne Allen	Embo Medical Limited	7
#7	Daniel S. Cox	Shining Golden Yida Welding & Cutting Machinery Manufacture	7
#10	Susan K. Schreitmueller	IBM	6
#11	Marc D. Scholl	Scholl America	5
#11	Jochen E. Fischer	3M	5
#13	David Buffington	Glen Raven	4
#13	Michael B. Christian	—	4
#13	Edward R. Small	The Lighting Partnership	4
#13	Drey Johnson	Concept & Design	4
#17	James B. Mabry	—	3
#18	Suzanne F. Roof	Lorillard Tobacco	2
#18	John C. Ketcham	—	2
#18	Jan Fischer	Thermaco Incorporated	2
#21	Ross M. Stainback	—	1
#21	Grover Richard White	—	1
#21	Michael O. Wayland	Sony	1
#21	Kevin Kefauver	Honda Motor Co.	1
#21	Hubert G. Lowe	—	1
#21	Carveth W. Bennett, Jr.	—	1
#21	Daniel R. Shoemaker	Hoffmann-La Roche	1
#21	Jochen Fisher	Mci Communications	1
#21	Khosrow Hallaji	Consolidated Container Company Lp	1
#21	Kyle Steven Lunsford	Unknown	1
#21	Calvin L Brooks	—	1
#21	Rebecca Simmons	Springs Industries	1
#21	Evelyn S. Watkins	—	1
#21	Jerry Watkins	—	1
#21	Thomas Jeff Clark	Targacept	1
#21	Edward T. Susan	—	1
#21	Sarah C. Babcock	—	1

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