Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Greer, SC ranks #764 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 4,437 patents from 717 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Greer, SC include GE, Michelin, One World Technologies Limited. That works out to 125.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 717 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Benjamin Paul Lacy GE 115
2 Thomas Edward Johnson GE 113
3 John Anthony Hutz Michelin 81
#4 Gilbert Otto Kraemer GE 68
#5 Kevin Weston McMahan GE 65
#5 Taku Ohi One World Technologies Limited 65
#7 Robert C. Booth Aseko 62
#8 Paul Stephen DiMascio GE 56
#9 James Mathison Verizon 55
#9 David D. Newkirk Basf Wyandotte 55
#11 Gregory Thomas Foster GE 53
#12 Dechao Lin GE 51
#12 Marianne Berolini Kyocera Avx Components 51
#14 Haihu Qin Milliken & 50
#15 Derek J. Nash Irwin Industrial Tool 46
#16 Stefan Voss Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin 44
#17 Marvin R. Havens W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn. 41
#18 Bradly Aaron Kippel GE 37
#19 Ellen MacDonald Williams Michelin 36
#19 Surinder Singh Pabla GE 36
#21 Brian Denver Potter GE 35
#21 Jason Robert Parolini GE 35
#23 Mark Allan Hadley GE 34
#24 Brad Wilson VanTassel GE 33
#24 Douglas Scott Byrd GE 33
#26 Zhaoli Hu GE 31
#26 Fang Zhu Michelin 31
#26 Dhavalkumar Patel Hubbell Incorporated 31
#29 Robert Alan Brittingham GE 30
#29 William David York GE 30
#31 Cynthia L. Ebner Cryovac 28
#32 Shirley Ball Afl Telecommunications 27
#32 Richard Lawson Milliken & 27
#34 Xiaoyong Michael Hong Milliken & 26
#34 Ram K. Ramesh Cryovac 26
#34 Peng Tang Hunan Vathin Medical Instrument Co. 26
#37 Mark W. Davidson International 25
#38 Mark Kirby Eureka Exhibits 24
#38 James Harold Westmoreland GE 24
#38 Roger Vaughn Afl Telecommunications 24
#38 Richard W. Johnson GE 24
#38 Douglas Frank Beadie GE 24
#38 David Spencer Ewens GE 24
#44 Scott Gabell Riddell GE 22
#44 Bruce Clark Busbey GE 22
#44 Matthew John McKeever GE 22
#47 Randy D. Jester Hoechst Celanese 20
#47 Joseph Cignarale Afl Telecommunications 20
#49 Michael Allen Ball GE 19
#49 Edwin C. Culbertson Hoechst Celanese 19

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