Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

High Point, NC ranks #1,369 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,453 patents from 422 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in High Point, NC include Bernhardt, L.L.C., Thomasville Furniture Industries, Henredon Furniture Industries. That works out to 21.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 422 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Timothy M. O'Hare Bernhardt, L.L.C. 176
2 Shawn Christopher Stanton Thomasville Furniture Industries 138
3 H. Thomas Keller Henredon Furniture Industries 104
#4 Michael J. Paus Comcast 84
#5 Charles C. Cain Thomasville Furniture Industries 74
#6 Guy A. Walters, III Thomasville Furniture Industries 66
#7 Gary David McKnight Soilgenic Technologies 56
#8 Dharma Rao Polisetti Vtv Therapeutics 52
#9 James Allen Austin, III Liberty Hardware Mfg. 48
#9 D. Stephen Hoffman Ultra-Mek 48
#9 Aqeel A. Fatmi Banner Life Sciences 48
#12 Timothy Frederick Thomas R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 37
#13 Kukjin Han Hardware Resources 34
#14 Stan Chudzik Goody Products 33
#15 James D. Brown 3M 26
#16 Huey T. Keller Vaughan Furniture Company 24
#17 Scott G. Bardsley Analog Devices 22
#18 Charles C. Harris Applied Materials 21
#19 Thomas R. Marsh Tenn-Tex Plastics 20
#19 Robert C. Hightower Tenn-Tex Plastics 20
#21 Robert F. Larkin Miller Desk 19
#21 Randy R. Culler Carson'S 19
#23 Aaron Shaw Unilin Bv 18
#23 Will M. Lassiter 18
#23 Jason M. Vaughn Banner Life Sciences 18
#23 Lester Beall, Jr. Trend Line Furniture 18
#27 Daniel F. Brady 17
#28 Kalpathy Santhosh Transtech Pharma 16
#28 Ladson L. Fraser, Jr. Precision Fabrics Group 16
#30 Robert Schoch Weinmann Gmbh & Co. Kg 15
#30 Paul David Weipert Ethox Chemicals 15
#30 Don Andrus Qualcomm 15
#30 Mark J. Warburton Piper Medical 15
#34 Melissa Bube Inmar Clearing 14
#34 Robert C. Mancari Camco Manufacturing 14
#36 Paul J. Altenpohl W. F. Altenpohl 13
#36 Raymond Simpson Menasha 13
#36 Gerald M. Black Lexington Furniture Industries 13
#36 Haywood L. West Burlington Industries 13
#40 Fabio G. Delmestri 12
#40 Kathryn Lynn Wilberding Rai Strategic Holdings 12
#40 Keith L. Eichhorn Glass Unlimited Of High Point 12
#40 Marshall B. Ward Cal-Style Furniture Mfg. 12
#40 Jobie G. Redmond Jack Daniel Distillery, Lem Motlow, Prop. 12
#45 Jason Millard Rf Micro Devices 11
#45 Kenneth E. Hogue Devicor Medical Products 11
#45 E. C. Tibbals, Jr. Draper 11
#45 Allen R. Sigmon L&P Property Management 11
#45 Anitha Hari Transtech Pharma 11
#50 Joshua Glessner The Clorox 10

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