Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Woodruff, SC ranks #9,469 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 216 patents from 48 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Woodruff, SC include Milliken &, Athalonz, GE. That works out to 51.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–48 of 48 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 John D. Anderson Milliken & 27
2 Michael R. Adair Athalonz 25
3 Christopher Paul Keener GE 21
#4 Gary Shubert RTX (Raytheon) 19
#5 Jason D. Sprinkle Milliken & 15
#6 Robert L. Schuette Milliken & 11
#7 Timothy J. Fink Siemens Industry 10
#8 Kenneth D. Chumley Unknown 8
#9 Michael J. Rosinski Cryovac 7
#10 Bruce E. Huitt Baxter Healthcare Sa 6
#10 Sara Arvidson Broadaway Standard Textile Co. 6
#12 Clifford Leroy DeYoung Woven Electronics 5
#13 Ashley Wynne Cryovac 4
#13 John Slocum Emhart 4
#15 Andrew B. Carrouth Cryovac 3
#15 Mendy W. Mossbrook Cryovac 3
#17 John D. Wardell GE 2
#17 Donny Kay Cryovac 2
#17 Kerry Thaddeus Bowden 2
#17 Wilton R. Greene 2
#17 John E. Phifer Milliken Research 2
#17 Leslie A. Metcalf 2
#17 Randall E. Wooten Woven Electronics 2
#17 Roger Souther Johns Manville 2
#17 Blake Landrum Westmoreland Cryovac 2
#17 Joseph K. Lendway GE 2
#27 Charles H. Burdette 1
#27 Chrisophter Paul Keener GE 1
#27 Friedrich K. Benkel 1
#27 M. Eugene Waddell Woven Electronics 1
#27 Carroll W. Rush 1
#27 Gene A. Vaughn 1
#27 Henry Vy T-Mobile Innovations 1
#27 John W. Drummond Specialty Equipment Companies 1
#27 Frank B. Stone Unknown 1
#27 Tracy Murphree Abb Schweiz Ag 1
#27 Michael Charles Rock 1
#27 James Henry Malsam Hayssen 1
#27 Craig S. Henderson Alcoa Fujikura 1
#27 Samuel Lee Kern 1
#27 Darrell Lancaster Cryovac 1
#27 Todd Caldwell 1
#27 Scotty Osment Afl Telecommunications 1
#27 Stefan Louis Barnes 1
#27 James T. Dungan Mclaughlin Group 1
#27 David Ballew 1
#27 Derek Lindsey 1
#27 Charles Monroe Price, III Afl Telecommunications 1

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