USPTO data - North Carolina Report

1. Raleigh

30,648

2. Cary

24,088

3. Durham

17,305

4. Charlotte

14,344

5. Chapel Hill

12,716

6. Apex

9,766

7. Greensboro

5,347

8. Morrisville

5,011

9. Winston Salem

4,688

10. Wake Forest

3,125

5,831

4,564

3,499

2,524

1,839

1,201

1,101

1,033

1,028

953

1. Duke University

1,999

2. North Carolina State University

1,425

3. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

1,262

4. Wake Forest University

505

5. University of North Carolina at Charlotte

210

6. East Carolina University

123

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