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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Ruffin, NC ranks #50,825 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 11 patents from 6 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Ruffin, NC include Cpfilms, Google. That works out to 34.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–6 of 6 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Gary S. Alcorn 3
1 David Kenealy 3
3 David M. Alcorn 2
#4 Janet Yeatts Cpfilms 1
#4 Jeffrey Karl Merchant Google 1
#4 Karen D. Frame 1

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