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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Gaffney, SC ranks #20,749 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 62 patents from 33 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Gaffney, SC include Tricoya Technologies, Confluence Outdoor, Milliken &. That works out to 4.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–33 of 33 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Benjamin Painter Tricoya Technologies 6
1 Lee Patrick Ward Confluence Outdoor 6
3 D. Bruce Wilson Milliken & 5
3 Harold W. Davis Celanese Acetate 5
#5 Jay Reynolds Schlumberger Technology 4
#6 Ellis C. Blanton Milliken & 3
#6 Jesse Leskanic Airdye Intellectual Property 3
#8 Grafton Robertson Performance Friction 2
#8 Robert H. McElveen 2
#8 Frank Millen 2
#8 Teresa Fang Gemini Manufacturing 2
#12 Mark Christopher Gallman Eaton Intelligent Power Limited 1
#12 Claudis C. Huskey 1
#12 Ward Lee Jji Lighting Group 1
#12 Wesley Wayne Pickett 1
#12 Lacy D. Wood 1
#12 Max T. Hyde 1
#12 Terry L. Wicks 1
#12 Bonnie D. Dawson 1
#12 T. Richard Trammell 1
#12 John D. Wasmund Hoechst Celanese 1
#12 Kevin Franklin Spicer 1
#12 Maynard Wood Milliken & 1
#12 Jimmy Lee Waters 1
#12 Jerrel D. Warren, II Polydeck Screen 1
#12 Derek O'Banion Daimler Ag 1
#12 Charles B. Fitzgerald Milliken Research 1
#12 Edward C. Bland Hoechst Celanese 1
#12 Michael M. McNamara 1
#12 Richard D. Wylie Milliken Research 1
#12 Robert L. Smalley Milliken Research 1
#12 Jody W. Rupp W. R. Grace & Co., Cryovac Div. 1
#12 Dmitry M. Gagarine Milliken Research 1

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