Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Williamston, SC ranks #9,977 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 201 patents from 26 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Williamston, SC include First Quality Tissue, Kemet Electronics, Tti (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited. That works out to 49.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–26 of 26 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Justin S. Pence First Quality Tissue 63
2 David Alexander Wheeler Kemet Electronics 34
3 J. Luke Jenkins Tti (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited 28
#4 Willard Grant Electrolux Home Products 17
#5 Philip J. Brown Rhode Island Board Of Education 12
#6 Justin C. Pence Structured I 10
#7 Kelvin Turner Afl Telecommunications 5
#8 Marvin G. Owen Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin 4
#8 Michael Paul Arant Ford 4
#10 Leonard R. Lieblein Standex International 3
#10 Andrew N. Robinson Techtronic Cordless Gp 3
#12 Velma Viane Massey Robert Bosch Gmbh 2
#12 Stephen Frost Techtronic Cordless Gp 2
#12 Aaron Michael Brooks 2
#15 Charles O. Holliday 1
#15 RICHARD FLOYD 1
#15 Ray L. Rogers Union Carbide 1
#15 Hartmut Mause Schaefer Systems International 1
#15 Cale Brittain GE 1
#15 Edward M. Young Electrolux Home Products 1
#15 Kathryn Stevens 1
#15 Michael L. Philyaw 1
#15 Andre'M. Goineau Milliken Research 1
#15 George Lee Willems 1
#15 William Anthony Gilreath 1
#15 Andrew Weedon 1

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