Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Seneca, SC ranks #3,467 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 856 patents from 178 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Seneca, SC include Science House, Head'S Select, Power Tool Holders Incorporated. That works out to 96.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 178 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Michael Werner Science House 54
2 Robert Harold Head Head'S Select 35
3 Lisa Jones Head Head'S Select 33
3 Stephen W. Steadings Power Tool Holders Incorporated 33
#5 Charles Keith Long Eastway Fair Company Limited 32
#6 Christopher B. Barton Power Tool Holders Incorporated 31
#7 Igor Luzinov Sila Nanotechnologies 26
#7 Michael Feng Barefoot Networks 26
#9 John C. Peck AMD 24
#10 Charles R. Martin University of Florida Foundation 23
#10 Theodore G. Yaksich Jacobs Chuck Manufacturing 23
#12 David N. Makinson Itron 19
#13 C. Keith Long Techtronic Industries Co. 15
#14 Vladimir Borisov Itron 14
#14 Wade A. Walker AMD 14
#16 Thomas E. Warner Zebra Technologies 13
#17 Joel T. Corbett Poly-Med 12
#17 Lewis L. Rich Fulcrum Bioenergy 12
#19 Andrew Lancaster Itron 11
#19 William A. Head Head Ornamentals 11
#21 Frank Paul Clemson University 10
#21 Kirby Kimble Nelson, III Itron 10
#21 Eric Craig Jackson 10
#24 Joseph Pontin Itron 8
#24 Steve J. Kempinski Champion Aerospace 8
#26 Mark C. Dodd Tyler Truss Systems 7
#26 Wing Yan Lau The Kendall Company Lp 7
#26 Steven Grey Itron 7
#26 Wayne K. Erickson Phillips Petroleum 7
#26 Kenneth M. Montjoy Power Tool Holders Incorporated 7
#26 Jennifer Cartledge Poly-Med 7
#32 William Henry Watts 6
#32 Peter McNulty Essity Hygiene And Health Aktiebolag 6
#32 Ashley B. Amick, Jr. Techtronic Cordless Gp 6
#32 William R. Bryant Phillips Petroleum 6
#32 Dayu Feng Techtronic Outdoor Products Technology Limited 6
#32 Annel K. Greene Clemson University 6
#32 Wayne R. Bradley Wilson Sporting Goods 6
#32 John Nugent Intel 6
#32 J. Walter Smith RTX (Raytheon) 6
#32 Kevin David Guthrie Itron 6
#42 David Zumbrunnen Clemson University 5
#42 Martine LaBerge Clemson University 5
#42 Brett C. Leard Avent 5
#42 Henry Thomas Johnson Techtronic Power Tools Technology Limited 5
#42 Timothy L. Sergeant The Kendall Company Lp 5
#47 Marc A. Edlein Cryovac 4
#47 Curtis Davis Progress Rail Services 4
#47 Silas Strawderman Techtronic Cordless Gp 4
#47 Benjamin Charles McDow Embrex 4

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