Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Roxboro, NC ranks #8,880 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 238 patents from 69 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Roxboro, NC include Atricure, Cree, Becton, Dickinson And. That works out to 29.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 69 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Earl W. Rogers Atricure 21
2 David N. Randolph Cree 16
3 Richard J. Klug Becton, Dickinson And 15
#4 Philip Schmidt Teleflex Medical Incorporated 13
#4 Irina Tcherepanova Argos Therapeutics 13
#6 Todd K. Hinson Athenix 9
#6 Anthony Clint Clayton Research Triangle Institute 9
#8 Robert D. Newell 8
#9 Ronald S. Blackwell Olin 7
#9 Mathieu Kemp Nekton Research 7
#11 Raymond W. Andrews, Jr. 6
#11 James R. Satterwhite 3M 6
#11 James D. Sturgill Rpc 6
#14 Dale Thomas Bowen North Carolina State University 5
#14 Douglas J. Darr Duke University 5
#16 Chasity Antoninette Norton Research Triangle Institute 4
#16 Zbigniew Dominski University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill 4
#16 Christopher Best Black Diamond Equipment 4
#16 Bernhard M. Lampert Chimerix 4
#16 Mark Lange University of Colorado, A Body Corporate 4
#16 Robert Lachance Bombardier 4
#16 Mark E. Jacobs Eaton 4
#23 Rod D. Walterman Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. 3
#24 Richard Allen Wenklar IBM 2
#24 Douglas Ray Cornett Eaton Intelligent Power Limited 2
#24 Ron Travis Hodgin Sas Institute 2
#24 Kirk Pappan Metabolon 2
#24 Mary Elizabeth Carter Sas Institute 2
#24 Keith E. Starr Eaton 2
#24 Dale F. German Eaton 2
#24 David Milo Hollinger Dill Air Controls Products 2
#24 Robert G. Currier Collins & Aikman 2
#24 Leigh C. Woodall, Jr. Collins & Aikman 2
#24 Bryan Wittmann Case Western Reserve University 2
#24 Vicki Gentry Horton IBM 2
#24 Alan Stevens Rpc 2
#24 Joseph A. Ravella 2
#24 Doyle Travis Peed The Mitre 2
#39 Harding W. Day 1
#39 Kyle Gilliland Amkor Technology 1
#39 Francis H. Cooper Rpc 1
#39 Bruce E. Wrenn 1
#39 Kenneth J. Leonhardt Akzo N.V. 1
#39 Tony D. Oakley 1
#39 Nancy C. Day 1
#39 Robert G. Honeycutt Liggett Group 1
#39 Frederick E. Barwick, III Collins & Aikman 1
#39 Bruce T. Carter 1
#39 Terry C. McInturff 1
#39 Ralph B. Monk 1

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