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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Fairmont, NC ranks #29,123 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 34 patents from 7 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Fairmont, NC include Unknown, Sara Lee. That works out to 15.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–7 of 7 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 George E. Alliss 27
2 Aubrey A. Fowler, Jr. Unknown 2
3 Robert E. Butler Sara Lee 1
3 R. Matt Davis 1
3 Randy Caulder 1
3 Bessie McLean 1
3 Raleigh M. Davis 1

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