Virginia — Patent Inventors 2002

Top Cities in Virginia 2002

Rank	City	Patents	Inventors
#1	Richmond, VA	176	129
#2	Charlottesville, VA	126	92
#3	Blacksburg, VA	124	87
#4	Alexandria, VA	122	94
#5	Fairfax, VA	109	78
#6	Arlington, VA	96	74
#7	Midlothian, VA	91	70
#8	Vienna, VA	70	48
#9	Newport News, VA	68	43
#10	Virginia Beach, VA	63	45
#11	Roanoke, VA	61	43
#12	McLean, VA	56	49
#13	Reston, VA	55	47
#14	Springfield, VA	54	44
#15	Manassas, VA	45	31
#16	Chesapeake, VA	43	25
#17	Herndon, VA	42	34
#18	Ashburn, VA	41	21
#19	Fredericksburg, VA	39	30
#20	Salem, VA	38	29
#21	Williamsburg, VA	38	17
#22	Leesburg, VA	36	21
#23	Glen Allen, VA	36	27
#24	Lynchburg, VA	35	28
#25	Great Falls, VA	35	17

Rank	Inventor	City	Company	Patents
1	Tyler Lowrey	West Augusta	Micron	21
2	Charles C. Anderson	Chesapeake	Eastman Kodak	18
3	John A. Hossack	Charlottesville	Acuson	15
#4	John C. Smith	Roanoke	Porter-Cable	11
#5	Jeffrey W. Wonderley	Fort Defiance	American Safety Razor	10
#6	Mark Bryant	Troutville	Zimmer	9
#7	A. Roger Hammons, Jr.	Ashburn	Hughes Electronics Limited	8
#7	Ram B. Gupta	Richmond	—	8
#7	John W. Smith	Great Falls	The Procter & Gamble	8
#7	Gregory J. Smith	Arlington	National Semiconductor	8
#11	Alexei H. Sacks	Fairfax	Seagate Technology	7
#11	Rick A. Hamilton, II	Charlottesville	IBM	7
#11	Sam Richard Turner	Blacksburg	Eastman Chemical	7
#14	Donald B. Johnson	Manassas	IBM	6
#14	David H. Parker	Earlysville	Pelican Products	6
#14	Daniel Soppet	Centreville	Human Genome Sciences	6
#14	Martin Brady	Short Pump	Hamilton Beach/Proctor Silex	6
#14	Danny O. Wright	Newport News	Siemens Automotive	6
#14	Michael D. Jenkins	Manassas	Xybernaut	6
#14	Krishnaswamy Nagaraj	Ashburn	Texas Instruments	6
#14	Joseph Edward Scollard	Suffolk	Siemens Automotive	6
#22	David C. Greenspan	Vienna	Usbiomaterials	5
#22	Martin E. Turk	Alexandria	—	5
#22	James H. Cohen	Virginia Beach	Siemens Automotive	5
#22	Michael Garman	Moseley	Red	5