Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Irmo, SC ranks #4,692 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 580 patents from 131 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Irmo, SC include IBM, Halliburton Energy Services, Intel. That works out to 50.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 131 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Guoan Wang IBM 39
2 Michael L. Myrick Halliburton Energy Services 34
3 Tonia G. Morris Intel 31
#4 John A. Saavedra Look For The Power 30
#5 Yu Qian Ericsson 23
#6 James A. Sparrow Westinghouse Electric 19
#6 Charles Mondello Pictometry International 19
#8 Campbell McInnes University Of South Carolina 17
#9 Steven C. Smith Western Digital Technologies 15
#10 Paul Ziehl University Of South Carolina 12
#10 Thomas M. Fort, Jr. 12
#12 Xiao-Dong Zhou Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 11
#12 M. Asif Khan University Of South Carolina 11
#14 Michael Preus Tti (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited 9
#15 Dennis Sadler Unknown 8
#15 Mohammod Ali 8
#15 Robert Paulin Valmont Industries 8
#18 Lewis S. Wayburn Delta Design 7
#18 Sourav Banerjee University Of South Carolina 7
#18 Jeremy Watford Apex Brands 7
#18 Kevin Joe Fields The Procter & Gamble 7
#18 Charles Buist, Sr. Charles Buist, Dmd, Pa 7
#23 Joe E. Taylor Panasonic 6
#23 Larry D. Aaron, Jr. Intel 6
#23 James L. Braun Avantech 6
#23 Ioulia Chatzistamou University Of South Carolina 6
#23 Hippokratis Kiaris University Of South Carolina 6
#23 James H. Moreland Ansell Limited 6
#29 Jimmy Scott Raynor Intel 5
#29 Robert Walter Medeiros 5
#29 Caleb Reece Schlachter Integrated Micro-Chromatography Systems 5
#29 Caleb Pinckney Healthy Humming 5
#33 Michelle Marciniak 4
#33 Lanny R. Gunter, II 4
#33 Mark C. McKinney Pleasurecraft Marine Engine 4
#33 Charles J. Corris Convey 4
#33 Hugh Bradley Crs Industries 4
#33 Craig A. Sandsted Harsco 4
#33 David Winslow Niles Avago Technologies Enterprise Ip (Singapore) Pte. 4
#33 Dennis Skraba Coneqtec 4
#33 Tracy A. Barker Avantech 4
#33 Susan Walvius 4
#43 Nicholas Leoncavallo, Jr. Honeywell 3
#43 C. Mitch Branton 3
#43 Derek E. Gage Delta Design 3
#43 Tucker L. Smith Ncr 3
#43 Gordon C. Campbell Robert Bosch Power Tool 3
#43 Richard S. Delk Verizon 3
#43 Tanvir Farouk University Of South Carolina 3
#43 James Shealy Akoustis 3

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