Honea Path, SC ranks #10,967 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 174 patents from 19 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Honea Path, SC include GE, Electrolux Home Products, Ryobi Motor Products. That works out to 47.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–19 of 19 inventors
| Rank | Inventor | Primary Company | Patents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brian Lee Tollison | GE | 72 |
| 2 | Matthew Troy Hafner | GE | 63 |
| 3 | Travis McMahan | Electrolux Home Products | 13 |
| #4 | Steven K. Hughes | Ryobi Motor Products | 4 |
| #5 | Frank E. Friddle | — | 3 |
| #5 | Bradley Keown | Ethox Chemicals | 3 |
| #7 | Joseph D. Nance | Kemet Electronics | 2 |
| #7 | Thomas McMahan | Electrolux Home Products | 2 |
| #7 | Francis M. Wardlaw, Jr. | Milliken Research | 2 |
| #10 | Donnie C. Phillips | — | 1 |
| #10 | Dallas L. Overholt | — | 1 |
| #10 | Frank J. Whitfield | — | 1 |
| #10 | Michael Melecci | Electrolux Home Products | 1 |
| #10 | Richard J. Cornell, Jr. | Unknown | 1 |
| #10 | Angela M. Ragsdale | — | 1 |
| #10 | Billy L. Ragsdale, Jr. | — | 1 |
| #10 | Shelby J. Poore | Kemet Electronics | 1 |
| #10 | John Charles Hind | — | 1 |
| #10 | Matthew Troy Haffner | GE | 1 |
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