Top Inventors in Thomasville, NC

Thomasville, NC ranks #7,258 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 320 patents from 86 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Thomasville, NC include Thomasville Furniture Industries, Sealy Technology, Good Earth Tools. That works out to 11.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 86 inventors

Rank	Inventor	Primary Company	Patents
1	Avis Edward Tobin, Jr.	Thomasville Furniture Industries	46
2	Brian M. Manuszak	Sealy Technology	27
3	Edward Williams	Good Earth Tools	26
#4	David C. King	Airtight Networks	15
#5	Robert W. Fritts	Douglas Battery Manufacturing	14
#6	Edwin L. Ball	Lexington Furniture Industries	13
#7	Charles Draper	Square D	8
#7	Mark Brendan Lamar	Flint Trading	8
#7	Michael I. Bryant	Bgf Industries	8
#10	Bruce Adams	Medtronic	7
#10	Andrew Ralph Haire	Enterprise Holdings	7
#10	Robert T. Hughes	Cubic	7
#13	Kevin Newell	Ennis Paint	6
#14	Gary W. Loflin	—	5
#14	Steven D. Russell	Thomasville Furniture Industries	5
#16	Chad Brinkley	—	4
#16	Marvin G. Woempner	R.J. Reynolds Tobacco	4
#16	David Lackey	Deuer Manufacturing	4
#16	Darrell Haire	—	4
#16	Jessica Lewis	Sustainable Fiber Technologies	4
#21	Albert L. Lawrence	Gilbarco	3
#21	Charles A. Garwood	Ppg Industries Ohio	3
#21	Thomas J. Vinson	Ecolab Usa	3
#21	Robert R. Hilton	Thayer Coggin	3
#21	H. Russell Hallman	Amatech Group Limited	3
#21	Jon Russell Koch	—	3
#21	Charles E. Branson	Hughes Supply Company Of Thomasville	3
#21	Jimmy R. Saintsing	Hughes Product Company	3
#21	James Floyd	Ashley Furniture Industries	3
#21	Thomas R. Carlin, Jr.	—	3
#31	Chadwick Clifton Brinkley	—	2
#31	Evans M. Jenkins	Collins & Aikman	2
#31	Samantha S. White	R.J. Reynolds Tobacco	2
#31	Ernest T. Koontz, Jr.	NVIDIA	2
#31	Homer A. Watts	—	2
#31	Stephen L. Boyles	3M	2
#31	Mona Lisa Wyatt	Vaughan Furniture Industries, Incorporated	2
#31	Terry Lane Scarlette	Valspar Sourcing	2
#31	Jonathan K. Lupton	Cook Medical Technologies	2
#31	Brian Proctor	San Diego Gas & Electric	2
#31	Scott D. Siegel	—	2
#31	Sean Joseph Rayna	Gowheels	2
#43	Winfield Thurlow	—	1
#43	Jason Lee Boles	—	1
#43	Diane Manuszak	Sealy Technology	1
#43	David S. Finch	—	1
#43	Hoxie D. Jones, Sr.	—	1
#43	Thomas Branson	Palitex Project - Company Gmbh	1
#43	Larry D. Comer	—	1
#43	Roland Paul Heinrichs	Whitaker &	1

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