Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Rock Hill, SC ranks #2,563 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,210 patents from 269 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Rock Hill, SC include Bank of America, Tandem Computers Incorporated, Celgard. That works out to 16.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 269 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 David M. Grigg Bank of America 91
2 David J. Garcia Tandem Computers Incorporated 41
2 Joseph Neil Johansen Bank of America 41
#4 Zhengming Zhang Celgard 37
#5 James Brown Schaeffler 32
#6 C. Glen Wensley Celgard 29
#7 Delmar D. Long Dayco Holdings, Lp 27
#7 Vincent D. Morabit Aero-Flex Technologies 27
#9 Bobby Ray Weant Vehicle Enhancement Systems 26
#10 Laura Fisher Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 25
#11 Mark Allen Hitz Datamax-O'Neil 22
#11 Martin Alan Johnson Lexmark International 22
#13 Louis R. Dragner Sequa Chemicals 20
#13 Dwight W. Schwark Eastman Kodak 20
#13 Bernard F. North Sequa Chemicals 20
#16 Bruce Randall Landis+Gyr Ag 19
#16 Dennis R. Amos Westinghouse Electric 19
#18 Michael Heaton Schaeffler 18
#19 James R. Davis Group One Limited 15
#19 William Robert Norris John Deere 15
#19 John Helgesen Dental Equipment 15
#19 Nathan Hemmer Dental Equipment 15
#23 Charles P. Newton, III Accenture Global Services Limited 14
#24 Mitchell S. Goldstein Checkpoint Systems 11
#24 Purvi S. Patel IBM 11
#24 Curtis W. Shillingburg Ridgerock Retaining Walls 11
#24 Gwendoria M. Salley Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 11
#28 Scott Broce 3D Systems 10
#29 Gregory R. Buchanan Eveready Battery Company 9
#29 Marc Kirsch Audi Ag 9
#29 Jonathan Bennett Cem 9
#29 Harry Amin 9
#29 John R. Wright Nike 9
#34 Nayan H. Joshi Atotech Deutschland 8
#34 Ivars Jaunakais Industrial Test Systems 8
#34 Paul D. Vido Celgard 8
#37 Ryan D. Parks Itire 7
#37 Luke S. Egan Basf Se 7
#37 Phillip T. Yontz Conbraco Industries 7
#37 Larry Zeller Siemens Westinghouse Power 7
#37 Sai H. Hui Ppg Industries 7
#42 Pamela Johnson Acordis Fibres (Holdings) Limited 6
#42 Stephan Fredrick Sherriff Hoechst Celanese 6
#42 Travis Wright Midrex Technologies 6
#42 J. Dean Baker Pbi Performance Products 6
#42 Ian Andrew McCallum Celgard 6
#47 Michael Z. Morabito 5
#47 Eric Charles Wallis Chemring Detection Systems 5
#47 William D. Hoffman Firetrace Usa 5
#47 Rita H. Joiner Pbi Performance Products 5

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