Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Oak Ridge, NC ranks #2,757 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,113 patents from 96 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Oak Ridge, NC include Qorvo Us, Transtech Pharma, Donnelly. That works out to 148.9 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 Julio C. Costa Qorvo Us 114
2 Adnan M. M. Mjalli Transtech Pharma 94
3 Jonathan E. DeLine Donnelly 76
#4 Tomasz Jaskiewicz Endura Products 58
#5 Daniel Charles Kerr Agere Systems 55
#6 Roman Zbigniew Arkiszewski Skyworks Solutions 49
#7 Rohan W. HOULDEN Akoustis 38
#8 Jonathan Hale Hammond Qorvo Us 37
#9 David D. Wirth Pharmacyclics 30
#9 Wael Al-Qaq Futurewei Technologies 30
#11 Joseph D. Long Gilbarco 29
#12 Jeffrey G. Barrow Analog Devices 27
#13 Manbir Singh Nag Qorvo Us 20
#13 David W. Howell Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems 20
#15 William Shaw Boston Scientific Limited 18
#16 Hiroshi Yamanouchi Honda Motor Co. 17
#16 Samuel Victory Vtv Therapeutics 17
#16 Daniel Lee Kaczman Skyworks Solutions 17
#16 Sam Victory Purdue Pharma 17
#20 Steven E. Brown Cabot 16
#20 Maria Carmen Valcarce Lopez Vtv Therapeutics 16
#22 Nathaniel Peachey Rf Micro Devices 15
#23 Craig T. Demarest R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 14
#23 Phillip D. McCartney Guilford Mills 14
#23 Nick T. Sachse R A Brands L.L.C. 14
#23 Arne Nielsen Guilford Mills 14
#23 Robert Charles Dry Qorvo Us 14
#28 William C. Royal, Jr. Gilbarco 13
#29 Vernon T. Daniel Burlington Industries 11
#30 Daines Milfred Self, Jr. Whitaker & 10
#31 Eunki Hong Funai Electric Co. 9
#32 Gregory P. Kiselis Magna International 8
#32 James Bird 8
#32 Raju Bore Gowda Transtech Pharma 8
#32 David CRITCHLEY 8
#32 David R. Harry, Jr. Kay Chemical 8
#37 Craig B. Wilson Commscope, Inc. Of North Carolina 6
#37 Derek Schooley Rf Micro Devices 6
#37 Karl J. Couglar Skyworks Solutions 6
#37 Peijin Zhang Patheon Softgels 6
#37 Dennis Willis Hayward Industries 6
#37 Roy V. Buck Analog Devices 6
#37 Jeanie Matherly Liberty Hardware Mfg. 6
#44 Seong-Mo Yim Futurewei Technologies 5
#44 John Bate 5
#44 Austin Bisbee Trademark Global 5
#44 Ronald B. Gray, III Analog Devices 5
#48 John P. Lantzy Tyco Electronics Co. 4
#48 Donald Alan Diemer Tyco Electronics Co. 4
#48 Steven A. Branz 4

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