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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Roanoke Rapids, NC ranks #13,728 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 122 patents from 36 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Roanoke Rapids, NC include Combustion Engineering, IBM, Kidde Technologies. That works out to 8.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–36 of 36 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 David S. Jamison Combustion Engineering 21
2 Robert D. Love IBM 15
3 Stefan Coreth Kidde Technologies 13
#4 Juan Keith Carroll Carroll Hector 11
#5 Robert R. Wilkie W. R. Grace & Co., Cryovac Div. 6
#5 Avvari Rangaswamy 6
#7 Donald A. Malcolm W. R. Grace & 5
#8 Frederick S. Fonville W. R. Grace & Co., Cryovac Div. 4
#9 Lawrence A. Coreth Kidde Technologies 3
#9 Dwight V. Adams W. R. Grace & 3
#11 Floyd L. Jones W. R. Grace & 2
#11 Walter VanWinckel 2
#11 Richard Grant 2
#11 Donald Sentman Aikin W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn. 2
#11 Laura L. Kinner Graymont (Pa) 2
#11 Tim Donley 2
#11 Clifford J. Reese Champion International Corporation Limited 2
#11 Avvari R. Swamy 2
#11 Keith M. Watson W. R. Grace & 2
#20 Marlo CARTER 1
#20 Kim Maria Koskela 1
#20 Ernest Michael Dunlow 1
#20 Harold Frederick Hogrefe 1
#20 Chun A. K. Plyler 1
#20 Larry Spears 1
#20 Kay Goodson Polytec Gmbh 1
#20 Richard G. Clemmons 1
#20 Jasper Jones 1
#20 Jack V. Arquilla 1
#20 Chris Ladewig 1
#20 Kim Maria Terpening 1
#20 Brian Hux 1
#20 Timothy M. Donley Coopper Tire & Rubber 1
#20 A. R. Swamy 1
#20 Larry R. Kinyon 1
#20 Arnold Finney 1

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