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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Tarboro, NC ranks #23,266 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 51 patents from 29 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Tarboro, NC include Big Monster Toys, Lexmark International, Abb Technology Ag. That works out to 4.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–29 of 29 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Terry K. Webb Big Monster Toys 8
2 Charles Gregory Lexmark International 3
2 Marvin Harvey 3
#4 Thomas L. Stallings Abb Technology Ag 2
#4 Leroy McGuire US Army 2
#4 Matthew Blodgett General Motors 2
#4 Thomas D. Furlough Long Manufacturing N.C. 2
#4 James H. Long Long Manufacturing N.C. 2
#4 Elvin F. Barwick Angus Fire Armour Limited 2
#4 Kermit Lawson Kaba Ilco 2
#4 James Stallings Soliton 2
#4 Marshall W. Webb 2
#4 Herbert Wilson Lewis, III 2
#4 Larry Viverette Babington Technology 2
#15 Teri Williamson 1
#15 Amy H. Combs 1
#15 Kenneth W. Byrd 1
#15 Donald Harrelson Ilco Unican 1
#15 Dewey V. Hudson 1
#15 Mary (“Cathy”) Brown Etheridge 1
#15 Z. Vance Long Long Manufacturing N.C. 1
#15 Robert G. Rosenkoetter Long Manufacturing N.C. 1
#15 Denton B. Wall Polylok 1
#15 Thomas J. Thore 1
#15 Charles J. Spain, III 1
#15 Hugh A. Weatherford 1
#15 S. Bellmont Murphrey 1
#15 Tom Stallings Abb Technology Ag 1
#15 Tony A. Bunch 1

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