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Summerville, SC All Time

1,184 patents  ·  314 inventors  ·  23.2/1k pop.

Ranked #2,607 of 112,640 cities Top 3%

Summerville, SC ranks #2,607 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,184 patents from 314 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Summerville, SC include The Urban Electric, Lexmark International, The Boeing. That works out to 23.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 314 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Jonathan Charpia The Urban Electric 130
2 Brian Scott Carpenter Lexmark International 74
3 Philip L. Freeman The Boeing 38
#4 Stephen Williams Connec Limited 24
#5 Michael R. Gardner Motorola 20
#6 Roberta Celeste Brown Goody Products 19
#7 Kyle Taylor Idatech 17
#7 William H. Rottmann Arborgen 17
#9 Bart Stevens The Boeing 15
#10 Jason Kerestes The Boeing 14
#10 Daniel Gaudreault — 14
#10 Daniel K. Stevens Hill-Rom Services 14
#13 Luke C. Ingram The Boeing 13
#13 Robert Wright Sartorius Stedim Biotech Gmbh 13
#15 Robert Elliott Locklair Enviromix 12
#15 Robert J. Strowe Becton, Dickinson And 12
#15 David Bainbridge Cisco 12
#18 Kimberly Lynn Ocasek Aircraft Owners And Pilots Association 11
#18 Timothy J. Jones Flex-Cable 11
#18 Terrell D. Riley The Boeing 11
#18 Daniel S. Thomas The Boeing 11
#18 Brent Anderson Donaldson Company 11
#23 Dietmar Kalz Bayer Healthcare 10
#23 Brian L. Riedel The Boeing 10
#25 Charles W. Sandefur Bayer Healthcare 9
#25 Robert K. Gardner IBM 9
#25 Carey E. Wilkinson The Boeing 9
#25 Kendall O. Shows Hill-Rom Services 9
#25 Kevin D. Gordon The Boeing 9
#25 Aaron J. Pedersen The Boeing 9
#25 Eric Lewandowski Arvinmeritor Technology 9
#32 Ted Fry Asten 8
#32 C. Barry Johnson Asten 8
#32 Jordan Smith Devicor Medical Products 8
#32 Leigh Marie Moses Hill-Rom Services 8
#36 James E. Wynn Entropin 7
#36 Dirk Pfuetzenreuter Lanxess Deutschland Gmbh 7
#36 Karen Janoff Hill-Rom Services 7
#39 Carolyn L. Kupper The Boeing 6
#39 Andrew J. Ponton The Boeing 6
#39 Joseph H. Scott Rca 6
#39 Anthony M. Westren The Boeing 6
#39 Charles Moore Capital One Services 6
#39 James P. Sineath Ge-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas 6
#39 Jack D. Merry The Kendall Company Lp 6
#39 David E. Reed Iowa State University 6
#39 Douglas Patterson Robert Bosch Gmbh 6
#39 Sharon A. Krueger Xerox 6
#49 John Clark Arborgen 5
#49 Roy Martin Gagnon The Boeing 5

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