USPTO data - North Carolina Report

1. Raleigh

32,308

2. Cary

25,327

3. Durham

17,881

4. Charlotte

14,374

5. Chapel Hill

13,492

6. Apex

10,063

7. Greensboro

5,314

8. Morrisville

5,191

9. Winston Salem

4,877

10. Wake Forest

3,423

5,748

4,228

3,474

2,514

1,831

1,201

1,093

1,033

1,017

948

1. Duke University

1,988

2. North Carolina State University

1,419

3. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

1,256

4. Wake Forest University

503

5. University of North Carolina at Charlotte

209

6. East Carolina University

122

7. North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

37

8. University of North Carolina at Greensboro

33

9. North Carolina Central University

12

10. University of North Carolina at Wilmington

12