Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Greenville, NC ranks #2,343 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,341 patents from 364 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Greenville, NC include Welker Engineering, Camco Manufacturing, East Carolina University. That works out to 15.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 364 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Brian H. Welker Welker Engineering 50
2 Anthony D. Moore Camco Manufacturing 36
3 Cheng Chen East Carolina University 31
#4 Patrick Boehnen Liberty Hardware Mfg. 29
#5 Keith R. D'Alessio Closure Medical 28
#6 Thomas C. Morse Camfil Farr 25
#6 Michael Molnar Lion Copolymers Geismar 25
#6 Grady F. Smith Wavetamer 25
#9 Michael R. Elliott Analog Devices 24
#10 James M. Howell E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 23
#10 Ronald Stewart Hill Baxter International 23
#12 Edwin C. Bartlett Depuy Mitek 21
#13 Bradley P. Griffin Practicon 20
#14 Steven A. Shaw Abb Schweiz Ag 19
#15 Bernfried Messner Stockhausen Gmbh & Co. Kg 18
#16 Arun Aneja E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 17
#17 Eric Sheridan Whitehat Security 15
#17 Jonathan W. Nyce East Carolina University 15
#17 David Jandzinski Qorvo Us 15
#20 Jesse A. Branch, III Hatteras Hammocks 14
#21 Mark D. Montgomery Electrolux Home Products 13
#22 Janet Davis Johnson & Johnson 12
#22 Matthew Hoffman Hyster-Yale Group 12
#24 Timothy D. Cluett Newell Window Furnishings 11
#24 Michael Mills Cognos Incorporated 11
#26 Adrian C. Snyder E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 10
#26 Lawrence Behr Lba Group 10
#26 Frederick K Mallon E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 10
#26 Randy Cox Harper Brush Works 10
#30 Marcelo Jorge Franco Rf Micro Devices 9
#30 Matthew D. McShea Analog Devices 9
#32 John Licata Metabolix 8
#32 Linda Jean Farral GE 8
#32 John August Orlowski Qorvo Us 8
#32 Jamil Mark Forrester Futurewei Technologies 8
#36 Robert Alvin Mohror Pioneer (Corteva) 7
#36 Andrew M. Stuart East Carolina University 7
#36 Joseph Kalinowski East Carolina University 7
#36 Arthur P. Bode East Carolina University 7
#36 Dwight David Santiago Cordelia Lighting 7
#36 Vivek Siddharth Abb Schweiz Ag 7
#36 Michael J. Antonell Agere Systems 7
#36 Mark D. Mannie East Carolina University 7
#44 Gregg D. Givens East Carolina University 6
#44 Dwayne Emory Clark Hayward Industries 6
#44 Christopher J. Goodwin Nmhg Oregon 6
#44 Donald F. Clemens Whitehurst Associates 6
#44 Ronald Dudek Molex 6
#44 Joel E. Sutton, Jr. Burroughs Wellcome 6
#44 Daniel Strickland Grady-White Boats 6

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