Highlands, NC ranks #31,779 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 29 patents from 9 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Highlands, NC include Borgwarner, Advanced Equine Comfort. That works out to 27.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–9 of 9 inventors
| Rank | Inventor | Primary Company | Patents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenneth Bischof | Borgwarner | 10 |
| 1 | Susan Blair | Advanced Equine Comfort | 10 |
| 3 | Sydney Robert Curtis | — | 3 |
| #4 | Wofford F. Humphries, III | — | 1 |
| #4 | Nicholas H. Figel | — | 1 |
| #4 | Lelia Meadows Martin | — | 1 |
| #4 | Daniel G. Haddad | — | 1 |
| #4 | Russell D. Cochrane | — | 1 |
| #4 | Ervin J. Baumrucker | — | 1 |
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