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Lenoir, NC All Time

575 patents  ·  96 inventors  ·  31.3/1k pop.

Ranked #4,722 of 112,640 cities Top 5%

Lenoir, NC ranks #4,722 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 575 patents from 96 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Lenoir, NC include Broyhill Furniture Industries, Bernhardt, L.L.C., Hendrickson Usa, L.L.C.. That works out to 31.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 96 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Gary A. Huffstetler Broyhill Furniture Industries 80
2 Lawrence I. Vaaler Bernhardt, L.L.C. 74
3 Jay D. White Hendrickson Usa, L.L.C. 59
#4 Larry D. Hazen Broyhill Furniture Industries 29
#5 Allen Michael Miller Corning Optical Communications 21
#6 Aruna Koganti Exela Pharma Sciences 20
#7 Wesley Allan Yates Corning Cable Systems 17
#7 Robert H. Green Ecmd 17
#9 Bob Mitchell National Instruments 15
#10 Chakra V. Gupta Tasz 14
#11 Martin Eugene Norris Corning Cable Systems 13
#12 Randy Martin Qnx Software Systems Gmbh & Co. Kg 11
#13 William Monty Simmons Fc Patents, Llc. 10
#14 Matthew Wade Smith Corning Cable Systems 9
#15 Gregory B. Bohler Corning Cable Systems 8
#16 Douglas V. Carter Entravision 7
#16 Alvin John McDonald Corning Optical Communications 7
#18 Julie Anne Burnett Superior Essex Communications Lp 6
#18 Edgar D. Young — 6
#18 Walter A. Newton Entravision 6
#18 Randy Harris Ortronics 6
#22 Isaiah Monty Simmons — 5
#22 Peter James Lohr, Sr. Advanced Hydrogen Technologies Corporation (Ahtc) 5
#22 Thomas Hahn Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft Auf Aktien 5
#22 Sreerarama Murthy Mallipeddi Exela Holdings 5
#22 Kenneth Todd James Corning Optical Communications 5
#22 Mitchell Olin Setzer, Sr. — 5
#28 Jorge Cobas AT&T 4
#28 Charles Correll — 4
#28 A. John McDonald Corning Cable Systems 4
#28 Larry Richard Setzer, Sr. — 4
#28 Jeffery L. Davis Amfit 4
#28 Rex Ronell Stilwell Brooks Furniture Manufacturing 4
#34 Sandra K. Charlet Alba-Waldensian 3
#34 Wallace Davis — 3
#34 Jimmy Hanvey — 3
#34 Albert C. Jones — 3
#34 Michael Jack Harmon — 3
#34 Scott R. Ross — 3
#40 Chris Laws — 2
#40 Shannon Phelps Adhezion Biomedical 2
#40 William Faber Corning Incorporated 2
#40 John Kirby Scripto 2
#40 Richard Francis Shoestock, Sr. GE 2
#40 Mitchell Olin Setzer, Jr. — 2
#40 Danny L. Pierce — 2
#40 Charles H. Glover — 2
#40 Susan O. Hartley — 2
#40 Aaron W. Hines Lane Furniture Industries 2
#40 Barry W. Coffey — 2

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