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Rocky Mount, NC All Time

287 patents  ·  120 inventors  ·  5.3/1k pop.

Ranked #7,790 of 112,640 cities Top 7%

Rocky Mount, NC ranks #7,790 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 287 patents from 120 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Rocky Mount, NC include Ciena, Navcom Technology, Emc. That works out to 5.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 120 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 David Harris Ciena 30
2 Richard Sharpe Navcom Technology 25
3 Barry A. Burke Emc 11
#4 John Unger Reliance Com/Tec 9
#4 Willis E. Martin Martin Manufacturing Co. 9
#6 Juan Carlos Lemus Babington Technology 8
#7 Rix E. Evans Glaxo Group Limited 6
#7 Micah M. Cross IBM 6
#9 Frederick K. Park Unknown 5
#9 Douglas Paul Davis Keycorp Limited 5
#9 William D. Cunningham Hardee'S Food Systems 5
#12 Thomas Knightlinger — 4
#12 William F. Pomeroy Crucible Chemical 4
#12 Didier Kaczmarek Draka Elevator Products 4
#12 Al Hoag Safelite Group 4
#12 Richard Borcicky Honsa Ergonomic Technologies 4
#12 Ryan Hudlow Hubbell Incorporated 4
#12 Benjamin Scott Johnson E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 4
#19 Bryent Tucker East Carolina University 3
#19 Ronald Price Belron Hungary Kft - Zug Branch 3
#19 Gary E. Morehart Kaba Ilco 3
#19 Joseph F. Belflower Kaba Ilco 3
#19 Patrick J. Curtin Moore 3
#19 Mary Murphy — 3
#19 Lawrence E. Stahl Hardee'S Food Systems 3
#19 Glenn V. Turner Northrop 3
#19 Dillon W. Rose, Jr. — 3
#28 Dillard Hairston Green Draka Elevator Products 2
#28 Danny Walters — 2
#28 Ronald D. Pate Abb Schweiz Ag 2
#28 Billy J. Gardner Black & Decker 2
#28 James F. Hunter Triad National Security 2
#28 Lee Daniel — 2
#28 Harry W. Falter Morrison-Knudsen 2
#28 Jeff Wester Safelite Group 2
#28 Marcus P. Cake Morrison-Knudsen 2
#28 Michael A. Guarini Morrison-Knudsen 2
#28 Glen P. Turner — 2
#28 Steve Micheli Safelite Group 2
#28 Terrell Bunn Safelite Group 2
#28 Tony Johnson — 2
#28 Carroll Gibson — 2
#28 Victor Worsley Babington Technology 2
#28 Jashbhai S. Patel Abb Schweiz Ag 2
#28 Randolph C. Murphy — 2
#28 Vikram Shah Robotis Co. 2
#28 Luther Barnes Babington Technology 2
#48 Gerlene C. Borum — 1
#48 Rhonda Stein Dunn — 1
#48 Jerry Lee Wordsworth — 1

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