Virginia — Patent Inventors 2011

Top Cities in Virginia 2011

Rank	City	Patents	Inventors
#1	Richmond, VA	289	162
#2	Arlington, VA	257	164
#3	Charlottesville, VA	248	90
#4	Alexandria, VA	209	161
#5	Fairfax, VA	181	125
#6	Ashburn, VA	165	83
#7	McLean, VA	161	90
#8	Reston, VA	153	84
#9	Midlothian, VA	146	93
#10	Vienna, VA	145	91
#11	Herndon, VA	141	81
#12	Blacksburg, VA	137	89
#13	Roanoke, VA	94	54
#14	Great Falls, VA	92	55
#15	Falls Church, VA	92	58
#16	Virginia Beach, VA	74	51
#17	Manassas, VA	71	42
#18	Leesburg, VA	69	45
#19	Glen Allen, VA	68	40
#20	Salem, VA	66	43
#21	Winchester, VA	64	20
#22	Springfield, VA	53	39
#23	Centreville, VA	48	33
#24	Fredericksburg, VA	45	39
#25	Oakton, VA	44	30

Rank	Inventor	City	Company	Patents
1	Rick A. Hamilton, II	Charlottesville	IBM	85
2	Charles A. Eldering	Reston	Prime Research Alliance E	22
3	William J. Cummings	Charlottesville	Qualcomm	21
#4	James W. Seaman	Falls Church	IBM	20
#4	Tyler Lowrey	West Augusta	Micron	20
#6	Jeffrey W. Wonderley	Fort Defiance	American Safety Razor	19
#7	Karin Jo Eanes	Bluemont	Aol Advertising	18
#8	Christopher J. Dawson	Arlington	IBM	16
#9	Sang-Boh Yun	Ashburn	Samsung	15
#10	Michael Garcia	Herndon	Ibt Co.,Ltd	14
#10	Dennis J. Rivet	Chesapeake	The Invention Science Fund I	14
#10	Hemanth Balaji Pawar	Brambleton	Sprint Spectrum	14
#13	Barry Appelman	McLean	Meta	13
#14	John W. Rapp	Manassas	Lockheed Martin	12
#15	Allen Michael Ritter	Roanoke	GE	11
#15	Alan J. Michaels	Blacksburg	Harris	11
#15	Brian D. Arvidson	Chester	Honeywell	11
#15	John T. Loper	Richmond	Afton Chemical	11
#15	Ashok Bhatnagar	Richmond	Honeywell	11
#20	Ha Van Duong	Winchester	Melnor	10
#20	Vincent D. Park	Alexandria	Qualcomm	10
#20	Morris Peterson	Earlysville	Ashbury International Group	10
#20	David Nguyen	Robious	Rambus	10
#20	Michael C. Clark	Chantilly	ExxonMobil	10
#25	Robert Gregory Wagoner	Roanoke	GE	9