Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Marion, NC ranks #14,562 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 111 patents from 45 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Marion, NC include Auria Solutions Uk I, Cytyc, Wirtz Manufacturing Company. That works out to 14.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–45 of 45 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Timothy J. Allison Auria Solutions Uk I 16
2 Roy A. Ostgaard Cytyc 10
3 James A. Frye Auria Solutions Uk I 8
3 David Yanik Wirtz Manufacturing Company 8
#5 Dan L. Rink Xintec 7
#6 Charles B. Gause Dana Limited 6
#7 Fred Skidmore Collins & Aikman Products 5
#8 Ronnie Lash Collins & Aikman Products 4
#8 John D. Shepard Collins & Aikman 4
#10 Colin Rowbottom US Air Force 3
#10 George Han J. & P. Coats Limited 3
#12 Eugene Gordon Baxter Travenol Laboratories 2
#12 Robert A. Queen Collins & Aikman 2
#12 Samuel Wayne Buff 2
#15 Michael TRUETT 1
#15 Willie J. Nelson 1
#15 George W. Guinn Thomasville Furniture Industries 1
#15 Thomas Leonard Goforth 1
#15 Richard H. Dwyer Hubbell Incorporated 1
#15 Danny Buff 1
#15 Larry Krinn Evans 1
#15 Dallas L. Woods Baxter Travenol Laboratories 1
#15 Thomas W. Meadows Bivens Winchester 1
#15 John F. Sigmon 1
#15 Robert C. Steljes 1
#15 Ronald Houck 1
#15 A. Edwin Suttle 1
#15 Edwin D. Smart 1
#15 Warren J. Bull, III Baxter Travenol Laboratories 1
#15 Mack David Elliott Baxter Healthcare Sa 1
#15 Cory Robert Bacorn Greenheck Fan 1
#15 Clifford F. Miller 1
#15 Landon Grindstaff Crane Resistoflex 1
#15 Peter Gellert 1
#15 Ron Moffitt Crane Resistoflex 1
#15 Jesse Satterfield Crane Resistoflex 1
#15 William R. Sponholtz, III 1
#15 J Neil Schunke Arvinmeritor Technology 1
#15 Bradley Allen Crane Resistoflex 1
#15 Tiffany Mae Branch 1
#15 Priscilla L. Seagle Hubbell Incorporated 1
#15 William David Ridge 1
#15 Troy Eugene Williams 1
#15 Lynn Ray Mace 1
#15 Claude Gouge 1

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