Top Inventors in Rutherfordton, NC

Rutherfordton, NC ranks #14,470 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 112 patents from 32 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Rutherfordton, NC include IBM, American Greetings, Hi-Tex. That works out to 30.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–32 of 32 inventors

Rank ↑	Inventor ↕	Primary Company ↕	Patents ↕
1	Samuel S. Adams	IBM	50
2	Gary Hodge	American Greetings	11
3	Charles C. King	Hi-Tex	6
#4	Kurt E. Meyerrose	—	4
#5	Kirk Ayres Lola	Parker-Hannifin	3
#5	James R. Gurley	—	3
#5	Larry E. Henderson	Sandia	3
#5	Richard Castanho	Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.	3
#9	Benny R. Pittman	—	2
#9	William F. Polfus	Reeves Brothers	2
#9	Daniel Vogel	Osram Gmbh	2
#9	David Blender	Day International	2
#9	James N. Hamrick, Jr.	—	2
#14	Billy Ray Crain	The Timken	1
#14	Brent L. Cordes	—	1
#14	Richard Brendon Huntley	Honda Motor Co.	1
#14	Herbert Stroud	—	1
#14	RONALD KETWITZ, JR.	Delphi Technologies	1
#14	Richard Franklin Pruett	—	1
#14	Johnny Washington Quinton	—	1
#14	A. V. Moody, Jr.	—	1
#14	Benn R. Pittman	—	1
#14	Hebert Dewey Stroud, Jr.	—	1
#14	Dennis Marak	—	1
#14	Terry Francis Jordan	—	1
#14	Thomas Cecil Calton	—	1
#14	Robin LeCavalier	—	1
#14	Katherine LeCavalier	—	1
#14	Dan E. Holman	Afa Products	1
#14	Walter P. Horton	Milliken &	1
#14	Carl Furman Parton	—	1
#14	Thomas Pack	Mohawk Industries	1

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