Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Simpsonville, SC ranks #491 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 6,688 patents from 1,013 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Simpsonville, SC include GE, Kemet Electronics, York International. That works out to 286.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 1,013 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Jonathan Dwight Berry GE 119
2 Gary Michael Itzel GE 88
3 Philip M. Lessner Kemet Electronics 83
#4 John Tony Kinard Kemet Electronics 77
#5 Antony P. Chacko Kemet Electronics 67
#6 Harold Robert Schnetzka York International 66
#7 Dennis W. Johnson The Babcock & Wilcox 64
#8 John Bultitude Kemet Electronics 62
#9 David Wayne Weber GE 60
#10 Robert Lee Broadcom 55
#11 Jason Duckworth Hubbell Incorporated 53
#12 Ronald Ralph Cairo GE 50
#13 Charles L. Davis 47
#13 Kirkland W. Vogt Milliken & 47
#15 Richard Martin DiCintio GE 45
#16 John E. McConnell Kemet Electronics 44
#17 David Martin Johnson GE 41
#18 William Scott Zemitis GE 40
#18 David Vincent Bucci GE 40
#20 Ted Lichoulas Afl Telecommunications 39
#20 Yaru Shi Kemet Electronics 39
#22 Qingping Chen Kemet Electronics 38
#22 Henry J. Lee Asten 38
#24 Daniel Alan Hynum GE 36
#25 Jignesh Gandhi GE 35
#26 Randolph S. Hahn Kemet Electronics 34
#26 Brendon James Leary GE 34
#26 Steven M. Cron Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin 34
#26 Fulton Jose Lopez GE 34
#30 Samuel David Draper GE 33
#30 Wesley A. Freund Milliken & 33
#32 Gary Charles Liotta GE 32
#32 Sandra Beverly Kolvick GE 32
#32 Stanley Frank Simpson GE 32
#35 Kevin Ray Reim Michelin 31
#36 Jeffrey Scott LeBegue GE 30
#36 Glenn Curtis Taxacher GE 30
#36 Scott Robert Simmons GE 30
#39 Darren John Danielsen GE 29
#39 Baifang Zuo GE 29
#39 Ian David Wilson GE 29
#42 Kevin Richard Kirtley GE 28
#42 Jong Ho Uhm GE 28
#42 Craig Allen Bielek GE 28
#42 Jamie T. Livingston GE 28
#46 Timothy Andrew Healy GE 27
#46 Stephen Paul Wassynger GE 27
#46 Xiuzhang James Zhang GE 27
#46 Rebecca Evelyn Hefner GE 27
#46 Joseph Anthony Weber GE 27

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