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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Salem, VA ranks #1,860 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 65 patents from 50 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Salem, VA include University Of Kentucky, Medeco Security Locks, College Of William & Mary. That works out to 2.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 50 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Joseph E. Remias University Of Kentucky 5
2 Peter H. Field Medeco Security Locks 3
3 Kirk J. Havens College Of William & Mary 2
3 Jonathan Leder Novozymes Biologicals Limited 2
3 Kurtis L. Warner 2
3 James Morrow Bally Gaming 2
3 William Eric Garris Exelis 2
3 Marcelo Andres Lara Tmeic 2
3 Todd David Greenleaf GE 2
3 Glenn Hartman Medeco Security Locks 2
3 Robert William Grubbs GE 2
#12 Clark Mitchell The Boeing 1
#12 James Hoge Bowen Itt Manufacturing Enterprises 1
#12 Thomas Harris Assa Abloy Limited 1
#12 Paul S. Bixel GE 1
#12 Christina Ann Romanik GE 1
#12 Jay D. Eversole US Air Force 1
#12 Mark A. Murphy Apple 1
#12 Nestor Beach Exelis 1
#12 David Lee McCarthy Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties 1
#12 Whitwell C. Kelly Salem Vent International 1
#12 Timothy A. Kelly Salem Vent International 1
#12 Dennis Brian King GE 1
#12 Anand Prasanna 1
#12 Raymond T. Jones Eastman Kodak 1
#12 Marrell Elam 1
#12 MARTY R. MOSIER 1
#12 William Barrett Julian GE 1
#12 Justin C. Biffinger US Air Force 1
#12 William Robert Pettigrew GE 1
#12 Harry Paul Ridenour, III GE 1
#12 David Eveland Assa Abloy Limited 1
#12 Alan Carroll Lovell GE 1
#12 James A. Downing Altec Industries 1
#12 Justin Brandon Chong GE 1
#12 Kerry Titus Hartman Qualcomm 1
#12 Amy Snyder Novozymes Biologicals Limited 1
#12 Barry Earl Dick AMD 1
#12 Richard Joseph Glosser, Jr. GE 1
#12 Michael Franke Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 1
#12 Mathew Wolford US Air Force 1
#12 Douglas B. Meyer Oracle 1
#12 William Ralph Bond 1
#12 Ashok Dattatraya Acharya GE 1
#12 Jack R. Kirby, Jr. GE 1
#12 Robert Earl Grubbs GE 1
#12 Victoria Shearin-Brown 1
#12 Divyakant L. Patel US Army 1
#12 Anthony Wayne Antesberger US Army 1
#12 Johnny Stephen Downor GE 1

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