Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Oxford, NC ranks #5,430 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 478 patents from 34 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Oxford, NC include Lenovo (Singapore) Pte., IBM, Ideal Fastener. That works out to 55.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–34 of 34 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Nathan J. Peterson Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. 390
2 Norman Bruce Desrosiers IBM 21
3 Gary Davis Ideal Fastener 14
#4 Paul Blalock Burlington Industries 4
#5 Lois Dinterman Argos Therapeutics 3
#5 Jerry Lynn Goodman Allscripts Software 3
#5 Brenda Simmons 3
#5 Joshua Cason IBM 3
#5 Mark R. Colgrove Unknown 3
#5 Whitney Lewis Precision Biosciences 3
#5 Jess Mellenthin Black & Decker 3
#12 George Walter Tatum Dill Air Controls Products 2
#12 Larry M. Hicks 2
#12 William A. Ramsey ExxonMobil 2
#12 Alexander G. Winston, Sr. 2
#12 Keith Bauman Eaton 2
#17 Norman Bruce Desroslers Lenovo Pte. 1
#17 Tim Mangan 1
#17 Robert A. Hanford, Jr. 1
#17 Stephen M Lyons Cormetech 1
#17 Tina Filler 1
#17 Thomas Filler 1
#17 Cynthia R. Cook IBM 1
#17 Emmanuel Jones 1
#17 Robert Daniel Satterwhite Altec Industries 1
#17 Arthur D. Marks 1
#17 Carmella S. Moody Akzo N.V. 1
#17 Thomas HOWE IBM 1
#17 Arthur Zankowski 1
#17 Linda Reed Newton IBM 1
#17 Edward D. Siemer Unknown 1
#17 Demetris P. Young 1
#17 Whitney Ellis Alphavax 1
#17 Bruce Desrosiers IBM 1

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