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Hickory, NC All Time

4,243 patents  ·  547 inventors  ·  97.6/1k pop.

Ranked #795 of 112,640 cities Top 1%

Hickory, NC ranks #795 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 4,243 patents from 547 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Hickory, NC include Corning Cable Systems, Us Conec, Corning Research & Development. That works out to 97.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 547 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 James Phillip Luther Corning Cable Systems 216
2 Darrell R. Childers Us Conec 172
3 Dennis Michael Knecht Corning Cable Systems 120
#4 Jason Higley Us Conec 99
#4 Joel Christopher Rosson Corning Research & Development 99
#6 Terry Lee Cooke Corning Cable Systems 90
#6 Eric L. Buckland Bioptigen 90
#8 Thomas Theuerkorn Corning Cable Systems 87
#9 Robert Bruce Elkins, II Corning Cable Systems 86
#10 William Carl Hurley Corning Cable Systems 78
#11 Michael F. Zona Xerox 76
#12 Warren Welborn McAlpine Corning Optical Communications 74
#13 David Alan Seddon Corning Optical Communications 73
#14 Craig M. Conrad Us Conec 63
#14 Michael E. Hughes Us Conec 63
#16 Jillcha F. Wakjira Us Conec 62
#17 James Arthur Register, III Corning Cable Systems 58
#18 Jeffrey B. Katz Broyhill Furniture Industries 54
#18 John C. Chamberlain Commscope Technologies 54
#20 David H. Smith Corning Cable Systems 46
#21 Richard D. Berry, Jr. Design Institute Of America 43
#22 Daniel David Wistehuff, Sr. Thomasville Furniture Industries 40
#22 Cary R. Murphy Network Integrity Systems 40
#24 Mitchell Cloud Us Conec 38
#24 Robert W. Lackey R.W.L. Consultants Limited 38
#26 Richard S. Wagman Corning Cable Systems 33
#27 Joseph P. Howard Us Conec 32
#28 Jeffrey Dean Danley Corning Optical Communications 31
#29 Christopher M. Quinn RTX (Raytheon) 30
#29 Alan W. Ugolini Corning Cable Systems 30
#31 Darrell G. Lowman Lexington Furniture Industries 27
#31 John D. Coleman Commonwealth Scientific And Industrial Research Organisation 27
#31 Joseph Todd Cody Corning Cable Systems 27
#34 George Erik McMillan Unknown 26
#34 Eric Raymond Logan Corning Cable Systems 26
#36 Robert R. Riggsby Commscope, Inc. Of North Carolina 25
#37 Jody L. Greenwood Corning Cable Systems 24
#38 Andrey Kobyakov Corning Optical Communications 23
#38 Rainer Zimmer Ccs Technology 23
#40 Rick Berry Bernhardt, L.L.C. 22
#41 Stuart R. Melton Corning Cable Systems 21
#41 Daniel L. Brier Intel 21
#41 Enrico Mortarino Evolved By Nature 21
#44 Igor V. Khudyakov Alcatel 20
#45 Willi Klappert GE 19
#45 Trent M. Hayes Commscope, Inc. Of North Carolina 19
#45 Wayne C. Hopkinson Commscope, Inc. Of North Carolina 19
#48 Naren I. Patel Siecor 18
#48 Alan N. Moe Commscope, Inc. Of North Carolina 18
#48 Brian Keith Rhoney Corning Cable Systems 18

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