Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Weaverville, NC ranks #9,185 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 226 patents from 63 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Weaverville, NC include Vortant Technologies, Thermo Fisher, Davis Intellectual Properties. That works out to 49.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 63 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Philip Raymond Schaefer Vortant Technologies 24
2 Richard H. Bair, III Thermo Fisher 23
3 Shannon R. Davis Davis Intellectual Properties 18
#4 Carrol E. Buckner 15
#5 Dennis Roberts GE 14
#6 Charles G. Butts Kendro Laboratory Products 10
#7 Todd Swift Thermo Fisher 9
#8 Daniel J. Grady 7
#9 Richard Czerner Day International 6
#10 Richard Gibson Glen Raven 4
#10 David Nieman Reoxcyn Discoveries Group 4
#10 Keith Edenfield Avl Technologies 4
#10 Raymond J. Lewis 4
#10 Jarrod Lyle Coomer Eaton 4
#10 Dennis R. Thompson Reliance Electric Industrial 4
#16 Frederic W. Schuldt Smart Bottle 3
#16 James R. Shreffler Isolyser Company 3
#16 John G. Shram Superior Modular Products Incorporated 3
#16 Joe M. Kellis Eaton 3
#16 Lawrence J. Contillo Costa Farms 3
#16 C. Glenn Cook 3
#16 Julia McCarthy Wevo 3
#23 Jeff Buckner Gsle Development 2
#23 Susan Thrane Ohio State Innovation Foundation 2
#23 James L. Vaden Akzona Incorporated 2
#23 Jesse Shoup Thermo Fisher 2
#23 Joseph E. Revis, Jr. Gsle Development 2
#23 David G. Dennard 2
#23 Timothy Mills University Of Guelph 2
#23 John D. Lucey 2
#23 Gary Bruce Tweed Eaton 2
#23 Bryan Keith Edenfield Avl Technologies 2
#23 Henry Meinken, Jr. Gsle Development 2
#23 William D. Penland Square D 2
#23 Kathleen A. Schmidt IBM 2
#23 Scott R. Brank Basf Se 2
#37 Ricky T. McMahan 1
#37 Curtis Roberts W.P. Hickman 1
#37 Fred Heys 1
#37 John Keen MATHEWS 1
#37 Leif Patrik Boo Abb Technology Ag 1
#37 Matthew Wayne Siddall 1
#37 Frederick W. Schuldt Smart Bottle 1
#37 Jerry D. McKinney, Jr. W.P. Hickman 1
#37 Orville J. Arwood Carolina Power & Light 1
#37 Robert M. Simpkins 1
#37 William K. Eastridge 1
#37 Stuart H. Rice Basf Se 1
#37 John G. Shramawick Superior Modular Products Incorporated 1
#37 Matthew Toney 1

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