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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Murrells Inlet, SC ranks #10,048 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 199 patents from 49 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Murrells Inlet, SC include Bite Tech, Intubrite, Energysolutions. That works out to 20.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–49 of 49 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Henry D. Cross, III Bite Tech 32
2 John R. Hicks Intubrite 28
3 James H. Wilson Energysolutions 26
#4 Robert M. Rumph The Maitland Company 25
#5 Cory Nelson Kyocera Avx Components 12
#6 Michael Feldpusch Level 3 Communications 10
#7 Kristen Brown 3B Pharmaceuticals Gmbh 6
#8 Jason Ronald McKinney Safe Rack 4
#9 Joseph N. Lane Safe Rack 3
#9 David Cady Aer Energy Resources 3
#9 Michael D. Coward Georgetown Steel 3
#9 Robert G. Corey Allied Consulting 3
#13 Leon D. Ranalli Rohm And Haas 2
#13 David Teller 2
#13 Michael S. Lindgren Kohler 2
#13 Lynda Priester Unknown 2
#13 Cameron Wayne Phillips Texas Instruments 2
#13 Kenneth A. Haynes 2
#13 Joseph Steven Parker 2
#20 Samuel R. Averette The Esab Group 1
#20 Daniel P. Yarrusso, Jr. 1
#20 Douglas S. Head 1
#20 Mark Dancy 1
#20 Kimberly L. VanAlstine Avx 1
#20 Scotty Porter 1
#20 Drew Sherman 1
#20 J. E. Perry 1
#20 Crystal L. Stroble 1
#20 Nancy S. Stroble 1
#20 Richard T. Cimo 1
#20 Ian Bath 1
#20 Rita K Reitzel 1
#20 Mitchell Crum Unknown 1
#20 Tammy Appleton 1
#20 Tawnya Marie Holland 1
#20 Everette Brown 1
#20 Jon Trip 1
#20 Pamela B. Hobeika 1
#20 Jason Ramous 1
#20 Naomi Sasaki-Whalen 1
#20 Denise Dunman Thigpen 1
#20 Kathy Ann Dukic 1
#20 Scott Anthony Coradi 1
#20 Barbara Minnetta Figura 1
#20 Joseph P. Savignano 1
#20 Thomas SCHEFFLER 1
#20 S. Richard Averette 1
#20 Fredrick T. Nash 1
#20 Gunther Niedermoser 1

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