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Lexington, NC All Time

819 patents  ·  190 inventors  ·  41.7/1k pop.

Ranked #3,601 of 112,640 cities Top 4%

Lexington, NC ranks #3,601 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 819 patents from 190 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Lexington, NC include Ultra-Mek, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco, Flint Trading. That works out to 41.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 190 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Marcus L. Murphy Ultra-Mek 62
2 Wesley Steven Jones R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 59
3 Robert W. Greer Flint Trading 36
#4 William Robert Collett Rai Strategic Holdings 33
#5 Timothy H. Morris Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 30
#6 Ken J. Thompson Sara Lee 15
#6 Cynthia Stewart Stokes R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 15
#6 Jacob Smith Jas D. Easton 15
#9 Hoy S. Beck, Jr. Tyco Electronics Co. 14
#10 Jason L. Wood Rai Strategic Holdings 13
#10 David Griffiths Ford 13
#10 Nathan Beard N82 Tactical 13
#13 Raymond A. Smith Northrop Grumman 12
#13 Roland Johnson Bayer Healthcare 12
#13 Jeremy Barrett Mabe R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 12
#16 Dennis M. Fahey Ppg Industries 11
#17 Samuel Mark Debusk R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 10
#18 Marcel Bonn-Miller Zynerba Pharmaceuticals 9
#18 Barry L. Saintsing R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 9
#18 Erman Burak Satana Wlo 9
#21 Earl Dalton Welborn, Jr. Hooker Furniture 8
#21 Crystal Dawn Hege Byrd R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 8
#21 Kenneth J. Thompson Consolidated Foods 8
#21 Nathan B. Johnson N82 Tactical 8
#21 Kim M. Barnhart U.W.T. 8
#21 Edward Lawrence Marciano Hayward Industries 8
#21 William Kenneth Williams Fath 8
#21 Russell B. Barnhart U.W.T. 8
#21 Herman Staats Duke University 8
#30 Donald Hudson — 7
#30 Kenneth Allen Beard Nicoventures Trading Limited 7
#30 Larry W. Whitehead Leggett & Platt 7
#30 Joseph Michael Hensley Analog Devices 7
#34 John G. Tucker AT&T 6
#34 Lisa E. Brown Rai Strategic Holdings 6
#34 Steven Joel Parks Ppg Industries Ohio 6
#34 Merle Wolff Energy Conversion Devices 6
#34 William B. Rice Ppg Industries Ohio 6
#39 Thomas Joseph Kochanowicz Ppg Industries Ohio 5
#39 Eddie D. Poole Sara Lee 5
#39 Jerry W. Redding R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 5
#39 Michael Paul Bralkowski — 5
#39 Paul Fischer Bernasek R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 5
#39 Antony R. Shoaf Weyerhaeuser Nr 5
#39 Alton Busbee R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 5
#39 Eric M. Bliss Nabisco Brands 5
#39 James R. Merritt Pharmacopeia 5
#48 Esther Drozd Industrial Microwave Systems, L.L.C. 4
#48 Robert Eugene Grubbs R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 4
#48 Riley Keith Barker Whitaker & 4

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