Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Monroe, NC ranks #4,267 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 658 patents from 198 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Monroe, NC include AMD, Hand Held Products, Unknown. That works out to 19.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 198 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Richard L. Kennedy AMD 41
2 Daniel D. Yeakley Hand Held Products 32
3 John Souza Unknown 16
3 William E. Stevens Formrite Companies 16
#5 Joseph T. Griffin Schaeffler 15
#6 John Souza, Sr. Jgmg Bengochea 14
#7 Clifford Birch Newell Window Furnishings 13
#8 John Souza Surgentec 12
#8 Jason Patterson Ncr 12
#8 Timothy D. Price Celgard 12
#8 Nicholas DeBlasio Scott Technologies 12
#8 Douglas M. Hinson Hand Held Products 12
#13 Brian Roman Dobeck Hand Held Products 11
#13 Ma-Ikay Miatudila Gold Bond Building Products 11
#15 John F. Hagewood Mccoy-Ellison 10
#16 Sidney J. Lampley Yale Security 9
#16 John J. Palmer 3M 9
#18 Gary L. Mills Neogen 8
#18 Charles P. Weber, Jr. 8
#18 Robert N. Revesz Cem 8
#18 Harold R. Johnson, III Emerson Electric 8
#18 H. Thomas Lockamy Dental Equipment 8
#23 Lana Kirkpatrick Yale Security 7
#23 Mike Duke Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 7
#23 Kimberly M. Henry Scott Technologies 7
#26 Christopher D. Rock AMD 6
#26 John W. Whitley Perfect Fit Industries 6
#26 Ronald Potter 6
#26 Ralph T. Teague, Jr. Conbraco Industries 6
#26 Russell Thacher John Deere 6
#26 Christopher M. O'Brien AMD 6
#32 Charles L. Richardson Lifescience Solutions 5
#32 Edward Russell Propst, Jr. Scott Technologies 5
#32 Gary Hartley Berry Plastics 5
#32 Stephen D. Bowman IBM 5
#32 Paul Arlo Blumer 5
#37 Thomas W. Oberg 4
#37 Ricky A. McCain Perfect Fit Industries 4
#37 Xin Fei Midwest Superconductivity 4
#37 Kendalyn R. McCoy Rexam Industries 4
#37 Mark W. Hawkins 4
#37 Steven W. Birch Qinetiq Limited 4
#37 Gil Helms Hand Held Products 4
#37 David Nixon NASA 4
#37 David Blessing HP 4
#37 Brian Hale Loci Controls 4
#47 Dustin Clark 3
#47 Laurence A. Jackman AMD 3
#47 Arun K. Bahl Immudyne 3
#47 Thomas Epke Assa Abloy Entrance Systems Ab 3

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