Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Hillsborough, NC ranks #2,365 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,327 patents from 252 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Hillsborough, NC include G1 Therapeutics, Duke University, Freeescale Semiconductor. That works out to 137.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 252 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Jay Copeland Strum G1 Therapeutics 53
2 Jennifer Greenwood Zawacki 44
3 Marc G. Caron Duke University 39
3 Kevin J. Hess Freeescale Semiconductor 39
#5 Mark S. Wilson Biomerieux 37
#6 Bradley A. Bower Bioptigen 26
#6 Jeffrey P. Williams Parata Systems 26
#8 John Claassen Roberts Nitronex 23
#9 Matthew J. Kostura Vtv Therapeutics 22
#10 William E. Atherton IBM 21
#10 Kurtis Keller Inneroptic Technology 21
#10 Scott Kaskawitz Honda Motor Co. 21
#13 Scott P. Runyon Research Triangle Institute 19
#13 Kaitlin Emily Harrington Thermochem Recovery International 19
#15 Wilson Christopher Lamb Rai Strategic Holdings 18
#15 Raymond Sydney Pengelly Cree 18
#15 James S. Womble IBM 18
#18 Keith William Anderson 17
#19 Malcolm Packer Harris 16
#20 Rickard E. Faith Netapp 15
#21 John Salmeron Syngenta Participations Ag 14
#21 W. Andrew Grubbs Intuitive Surgical 14
#21 Robert Hendry Research Triangle Institute 14
#24 William M. Stecker Surface Technologies 13
#24 Brian C. Dodge Duke University 13
#24 S. Wayne Mascarella Research Triangle Institute 13
#24 Kenneth R. Phares United Therapeutics 13
#28 Susan L. Burkett Becton, Dickinson And 12
#28 William Joseph Croughwell, III Lumeova 12
#30 David John Cowan Glaxosmithkline 11
#30 Steven L. Vanderlinden 11
#30 John Martin Jans Tearscience 11
#30 Paul J. Reder IBM 11
#30 James E. Ladd, Jr. Laura Lupton 11
#30 Paul L. Bogorad Medi-Physics 11
#36 Aaron Hummel Pairwise Plants Services 10
#36 Douglas P. Malinowski Tripath Imaging 10
#36 Martin Brooke Georgia Tech Research 10
#36 Michael Gehm Duke University 10
#40 Andrew H. Wray 9
#40 Charles B. Sedman University Of Texas System 9
#42 Joseph R. Parker Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. 8
#42 Rhonda Cassada Mitsubishi Semiconductor America 8
#42 Ross Jacobson Becton, Dickinson And 8
#42 Jeffrey Schrimsher Bristol-Myers Squibb 8
#42 Boyd Yount University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill 8
#42 Kelly S. Lewis Novartis Finance 8
#42 Chris Paul Advanced Animal Diagnostics 8
#42 Kimberly McHale Novan 8
#42 Dean Zehnder Amkor Technology 8

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