Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Taylors, SC ranks #2,776 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,106 patents from 195 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Taylors, SC include GE, Nike, W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn.. That works out to 47.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 195 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Lucas John Stoia GE 89
2 Michael J. Wood Nike 59
3 Walter B. Mueller W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn. 49
#4 Solomon Bekele Cryovac 48
#5 David R. Bowen Pacesetter 41
#6 William Forrester Seely GE 28
#7 Joseph Engle Hubbell Incorporated 27
#8 John Wesley Harris, Jr. GE 24
#8 Mark Steven Honkomp GE 24
#8 Carl C. Hu Soteria Battery Innovation Group 24
#11 Daniel C. Wilson Dow Brands 22
#12 Jacob Charles Perry, II GE 20
#13 Morris Reese Sangamo Weston 18
#14 David Anderson Techhold 17
#14 Jonathan Herr Blackboiler 17
#16 Michael A. Valenti The Procter & Gamble 15
#16 Robert Posey Mitsubishi Polyester Film Gmbh 15
#16 William Gregory Hewitt Baldor Electric 15
#19 Christopher E. Hosmer Baldor Electric 14
#20 David Pressley Michelin 13
#20 George Reiter Zike 13
#22 Cuong Manh Ta Westinghouse Air Brake 12
#22 Herbert E. Jakob 12
#22 William Golpe Transtech Of South Carolina 12
#22 Taylor Jenson Hubbell Incorporated 12
#26 Luz Restrepo Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin 11
#26 James Tyson Balkcum, III GE 11
#28 Connie Anna Steadman Hubbell Incorporated 10
#29 John Carver Maters GE 9
#29 Howard W. Swofford Hoechst Celanese 9
#29 Gene E. Faasse Steel Heddle Manufacturing 9
#32 Randy C. Baxter Delavan 8
#32 John A. Gauthier Nortel Networks Limited 8
#32 Aaron Williamson GE 8
#32 Hyun Dai Park Nexus Photonics 8
#32 Scott Christian Green Cyber Ip Holdings 8
#32 Emily W. Michaels Milliken & 8
#38 Michael S. Dillon Miner Enterprises 7
#38 Richard M. Hulden International Specialty Services 7
#38 Joseph H. Wind Bigelow-Sanford 7
#38 Brian Butler Cryovac 7
#38 Cecilia Stout Afl Telecommunications 7
#38 Michael Vincent Chest Cyber Ip Holdings 7
#44 Jason Richard Shaw Columbia Insurance 6
#44 Ken Anderson 6
#44 Greg Hewitt Dodge Industrial 6
#44 Sadi Kose Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin 6
#44 John Y. Kamin Compx International 6
#44 John Scott Gerow Rai Strategic Holdings 6
#44 Mark Collett Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin 6

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