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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Trinity, NC ranks #9,866 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 204 patents from 49 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Trinity, NC include Hughes Supply Company Of Thomasville, Commscope Technologies, Sealy Technology. That works out to 29.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–49 of 49 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Barry G. Lawrence Hughes Supply Company Of Thomasville 38
2 Shawn Phillip Tobey Commscope Technologies 35
3 Leigh Morrison Sealy Technology 31
#4 Bruce Hughes Hughes Furniture Industries 12
#5 D. Keith Miller Hughes Supply Company Of Thomasville 6
#5 Lewis A. Mabon L&P Property Management 6
#7 Jackie Johnson Rf Micro Devices 4
#7 Ricky L. Hartley 4
#7 Joseph Walton Confluence 4
#10 William Len Beusse Vecoplan Ag 3
#10 Dwight Jennings Outdoorlink 3
#10 James Alva Evans, Jr. Sealy Technology 3
#10 Taylor M. Jansen Sealy Technology 3
#10 Keith Hollingsworth Jds Uniphase 3
#10 Rodney Phillips 3
#10 Charles Butler 3
#17 Kenneth L. Hendrix 2
#17 Ronald S. Nelson 2
#17 Danny Ray Hankins Krueger International 2
#17 William Smith Confluence 2
#17 Miles E. Talbert North Carolina State University 2
#17 Robert Dale Speight Akzo Nobel N.V. 2
#17 Christopher John Boggs Mac Panel 2
#17 Walter Charles Liebscher, II Rai Strategic Holdings 2
#17 Vagn K Askjaer 2
#17 Walter Vernon Doyle 2
#27 Steven M. Summey 1
#27 William F. Rutledge 1
#27 Warren V. Coltrane 1
#27 Timothy R. Sumner Jowat Ag 1
#27 Mike Washburn Thomasville Furniture Industries 1
#27 Reza Moghtaderi Esfahani 1
#27 Scott Griffith 1
#27 Darrell Grayson Higgins 1
#27 Ginger Fountain 1
#27 Ronnie L. Bolick North Carolina Agricultural And Technical State University 1
#27 Marshall Eugene Bost 1
#27 James Micklos Sealy Technology 1
#27 Jerry L. Drye 1
#27 Justin Alberto Tempur World 1
#27 Brandon Jeremiah Swistak 1
#27 Ray Hugh Baynard, Jr. 1
#27 Judson P. Gwaltney Tempur World 1
#27 Henry Garma Tempur World 1
#27 Gosta Eklund Oy W. Rosenlew Ab 1
#27 Jack D. Coltrane Burlington Industries 1
#27 Jerry D. Neal 1
#27 Regina H. Henderson 1
#27 Scott D. Grissom 1

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