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Wilson, NC All Time

344 patents  ·  99 inventors  ·  7.2/1k pop.

Ranked #6,925 of 112,640 cities Top 7%

Wilson, NC ranks #6,925 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 344 patents from 99 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Wilson, NC include Dayco Products, Kidde Technologies, Northrop Grumman. That works out to 7.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 99 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 James L. Lawrence Dayco Products 38
2 David Frasure Kidde Technologies 35
3 Michael C. Miller Northrop Grumman 22
#4 Mark P. Fazzio Kidde Technologies 21
#5 Steven Wallace Kidde Technologies 16
#6 David Griswold Griswold Controls 14
#7 Michael Allman Noel Group 13
#8 Brian Jensen Quanex 12
#9 Robert D. Buchanan Exploration & Production Services (North Sea) 8
#9 Robert J. Norris Kidde Technologies 8
#9 Michael W. Allman Nomaco 8
#12 William Daniel Aldrich Scapa Group Plc 6
#12 Daniel Ray MacLachlan Kidde Technologies 6
#12 Donald A. Nixon Lord 6
#12 Woody V. O'Brian — 6
#16 Howard P. Phykitt 32Health 5
#16 Vicki Givens Truist Bank 5
#18 William F. Lane — 4
#18 Yvon Gagnon Bathium Canada 4
#18 Pieter van den Berg The Procter & Gamble 4
#21 Joseph W. Walker — 3
#21 William Earl Daugherty, III Honeywell 3
#21 Bruce Embry Kidde Technologies 3
#21 Guy F. Surtees — 3
#21 Stephanie Barnard — 3
#21 Bob Crook Voith Patent Gmbh 3
#27 James Manning SUNY Research Foundation 2
#27 Thomas M. Connor Bridgestone Firestone 2
#27 Gregory R. Lawrence Square D 2
#27 Wayne Y. Chu Nexans 2
#27 Michael Lee Davis Kidde Technologies 2
#27 Takuya Hishikawa Livedo 2
#27 Deborah Walker — 2
#27 Walter B. Reid, III — 2
#27 Benjamin J. Terry Caterpillar 2
#27 James Patrick Sigmon — 2
#27 Heather Taylor Young Truist Bank 2
#27 Terence Andrew Simpson Kidde Technologies 2
#39 Loney DeLeon Reed Brown & Williamson Tobacco 1
#39 Braxton Kirby — 1
#39 William Brett Standifer Kidde Technologies 1
#39 Chad Rouse Kidde Technologies 1
#39 Bobby John Lamm — 1
#39 Charles B. McLean Kidde Technologies 1
#39 Alberto Isaac Rubio — 1
#39 Scott A. Finberg — 1
#39 Mark Gordon Hooper — 1
#39 Mercedes Antoinette Manuel — 1
#39 William Russell Hesmer — 1
#39 Betty Forsythe — 1

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