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Pineville, NC All Time

368 patents  ·  59 inventors  ·  34.7/1k pop.

Ranked #6,603 of 112,640 cities Top 6%

Pineville, NC ranks #6,603 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 368 patents from 59 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Pineville, NC include Basf Se, Wellman, Hand Held Products. That works out to 34.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 59 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Herbert Mueller Basf Se 77
2 Carl Steven Nichols Wellman 36
3 Lawrence R. Ober Hand Held Products 27
#4 Michelle Nichols Bank of America 22
#5 David A. Schiraldi Case Western Reserve University 21
#6 John B. Hopkins, Jr. Hoechst Celanese 16
#6 Cody Searl Bank of America 16
#8 Michael S. Beard Adc Telecommunications 12
#9 John Y. Daniels Springs Industries 9
#10 George Barnes Alcon Laboratories 8
#11 Linus I. Holstein Celgard 7
#12 Marvin L. Doerr Celanese Gmbh 6
#12 Christopher L. Bush IBM 6
#12 Jeffrey T. Langley Fiber Industries 6
#12 Danny M. Truette Pelton & Crane 6
#16 Kuang-Ta Ho Colt Industries 5
#16 Robert J. Tesar Johnson & Johnson 5
#16 Lynn S. Douglas Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 5
#19 William L. Millen Celanese Gmbh 4
#19 Chemere Davis Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 4
#19 Dan Truette Pelton & Crane 4
#19 Glenn A. Thresher Fold-Pak 4
#23 Jeffrey Gordon Poley Celgard 3
#23 Shannon Sabina Rolinger Bank of America 3
#23 Bharat S. Joshi Yale University 3
#23 Philip H. Cogbill, II Brown & Williamson Tobacco 3
#23 Shannon Sabina Willis Bank of America 3
#23 Daniel Manglicmot Kavo Dental Technologies 3
#23 Joel Durham Hendricks Hoechst Celanese 3
#23 Divya Patel Litton Systems 3
#31 William Stitt Hoechst Celanese 2
#31 Timothy John Dodge Litton Systems 2
#31 Hugh J. McCrackin Pelton & Crane 2
#31 Jamie Kovalaske Bombardier 2
#31 Kimberly Rosas — 2
#31 James H. Covill American Hoechst 2
#31 Gregory Keith Ralston Weyerhaeuser Nr 2
#31 Herman B. Wolf — 2
#31 Mark Everette Cauthen Simmons Universal 2
#40 Christopher W. Joseph Alemite 1
#40 Robert English Johnston Celgard 1
#40 Taylor McGowin Pearce Rubbermaid Incorporated 1
#40 Aaron M. Drossart 3M 1
#40 Erinn M. Myers Charlotte Mecklenburg Hospital Authority 1
#40 John Scott Alston Bank of America 1
#40 Michael Piscitelli — 1
#40 Michael B. Dalton — 1
#40 Bryan Moore Celanese Fibers 1
#40 Glenn E. Hoffmann Midrex International, B.V., Rotterdam, Zurich Branch 1
#40 Craig E. White Ina Bearing Company 1

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