Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Youngsville, NC ranks #4,789 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 565 patents from 61 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Youngsville, NC include Valencell, IBM, Adeia Semiconductor Bonding Technologies. That works out to 280.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 61 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Jesse Berkley Tucker Valencell 107
2 Dean Frederick Herring IBM 104
3 Gaius Gillman Fountain, Jr. Adeia Semiconductor Bonding Technologies 100
#4 Jaya Prakash Subramaniam Ganasan IBM 26
#5 Suzanne Clark Novozymes A/S 24
#6 Dale Miller Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 18
#7 Charles Edward Kuhlmann IBM 16
#8 Kenneth W. Whitley Becton, Dickinson And 15
#9 Dean F. Herring IBM 14
#10 Eric Schnegelberger Emc 10
#11 Emil P. Parker 9
#11 John Roby Sirchie Acquisition Company, Llc. 9
#11 David J. Parrish Parata Systems 9
#14 David Sawin IBM 8
#15 Tina Marie Davis Mann+Hummel Purolator Filters 7
#16 Larry Van Lynam Eaton Power Quality 6
#16 Iain Hamilton Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 6
#18 Jaya Prakash Subramaniam Ganasan Qualcomm 5
#18 Dennis Tackett Verato 5
#18 Daniel McDonald 5
#18 Michael Joseph Poupard Overture Networks 5
#22 David Parrish Aylward Enterprises 4
#22 Martin H. Kainec Flextronics Ap 4
#24 Kyle R. Millard Titan Medical 3
#25 Craig J. Rooth 2
#25 Lorraine Putnam Novozymes A/S 2
#25 Gregg Z. Adelman 2
#25 J. Prakash Subramaniam Ganasan Qualcomm 2
#25 Dennis R. Aquilo Zimmer 2
#25 John Ress 2
#25 Michael J. KUHNO Accu-Sort Systems 2
#25 Myron T. Rhyne Huyck Licensco 2
#25 Shawn C. Andrews 2
#34 Christina E. Roche Basf Plant Science Company Gmbh 1
#34 Gill Fountian Research Triangle Institute 1
#34 Matthew Kevin Kerbawy Vce Ip Holding Company 1
#34 Jesper Frickman Novozymes A/S 1
#34 David Perrotta Electronic Systems Protection 1
#34 Mac Haley Square D 1
#34 Ricot Riphin 1
#34 Christopher A. Connor Optum 1
#34 Takayoshi Narukawa 1
#34 Shuji MORIAI 1
#34 Danny Lee Hinson Unknown 1
#34 Gary A. Bushey Kpmg Llp 1
#34 Anthony Scott Culbreth Hollister Incorporated 1
#34 Keith Shearon Nomaco 1
#34 Julia P. Rockwell IBM 1
#34 Daniel Ealy 1
#34 David E. Trogdon Akzo Nobel N.V. 1

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