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Garner, NC All Time

846 patents  ·  166 inventors  ·  27.1/1k pop.

Ranked #3,501 of 112,640 cities Top 4%

Garner, NC ranks #3,501 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 846 patents from 166 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Garner, NC include Ericsson, Lord, Elster Electricity. That works out to 27.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 166 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 John Walter Diachina Ericsson 220
2 Kirk J. Abbey Lord 35
3 Andrew J. Borleske Elster Electricity 25
#4 Jeffrey Jason Griffin Sony 20
#5 Anthony J. Sammarco Ericsson 19
#5 Michael James Paisley Cree 19
#7 Robert S. Anderson Caterpillar 18
#8 George W. Pullium, III Tyco Electronics Co. 17
#9 Charles W. Finch Basf Se 15
#10 Stefano Bresolin Advanced Animal Diagnostics 13
#10 James E. Webb Corning Incorporated 13
#12 Lee Ratcliffe Truist Bank 12
#12 Edward Karwacki Parata Systems 12
#12 Seneca Meyer Truist Bank 12
#15 Randie Yoder Nexans 10
#15 James A. Powell Steere Enterprises 10
#17 Daniel B. Hangebrauck Tyco Electronics Co. 9
#18 Robert E. Kirby — 8
#18 Daniel W. J. Johnson Via Technologies 8
#18 Michael L. Wamboldt IBM 8
#18 Todd Booker Grass America 8
#18 Samuel Keith Black Polytec Gmbh 8
#18 Alan A. Davidovich Caterpillar 8
#24 William H. Haddock Day International 7
#24 Richard Todd Wall — 7
#24 James Rebbeor Grifols Worldwide Operations Limited 7
#24 John Michael Vezmar Channel Master 7
#24 Dennis Lee Cronin Channel Master 7
#29 Weldon Curl, JR. Parata Systems 6
#29 Richard J. Gradle Flowserve Management 6
#29 Christopher J. Cox USAA 6
#29 Jeremy Eder IBM 6
#29 Russell C. Broome Abb Power T&D Company 6
#29 David Eckard Alcatel Lucent 6
#29 Roderick M. Francis Redarc Technologies Pty 6
#29 Robert Leroy King Cisco 6
#29 David John Bohle, II AMD 6
#38 Harry L. VASWANI Commscope Technologies 5
#38 Christopher D. Creech Icagen 5
#38 Juan Q. Hernandez — 5
#41 Clifton Jones Longboard 4
#41 Annmarie Tuttle Ciba-Geigy 4
#41 Christopher Booker Speedo International Limited 4
#41 James Bert Powell Commscope Technologies 4
#41 James A. Powell Commscope Technologies 4
#46 Scott A. Kroggel Adstracts 3
#46 Asiyah Ahmad Hcl America 3
#46 Herbert Lacey Globespanvirata 3
#46 Michelle StPeter Grifols Worldwide Operations Limited 3
#46 Joshua R. Kinlaw IBM 3

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