Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Forest, VA ranks #2,148 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 59 patents from 25 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Forest, VA include Commscope Technologies, Bwxt Mpower, GE. That works out to 5.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–25 of 25 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Van E. Hanson Commscope Technologies 14
2 Scott J. Shargots Bwxt Mpower 8
3 Fred William Phillips Commscope Technologies 5
#4 Michael J. Edwards Bwxt Mpower 4
#5 Charles B. Morrison Commscope Technologies 3
#6 Cornelius Edward Holliday GE 2
#6 Steven Thompson Warner Manufacturing 2
#6 James B. Inman Bwxt Nuclear Energy 2
#6 Mathew W. Ales Bwxt Nuclear Energy 2
#6 Ronald C. Watson Bwxt Mpower 2
#11 Ronald Rossi Johnson Matthey Public Limited 1
#11 Neil T. Hobbs Andrew 1
#11 Jonathan Witter Capital One Services 1
#11 James E. Silverstrim Innovative Wireless Technologies 1
#11 Timothy A. Policke Bwxt Technical Services Group 1
#11 Marvin C. Baker Elster Solutions 1
#11 Lewis A. Walton Bwxt Mpower 1
#11 Joseph Snyder Orbital Research 1
#11 Elbert C. Minnick, III Bwxt Mpower 1
#11 Michael Anthony Maiuzzo Sentel 1
#11 Gary W. Neeley Bwxt Advanced Technologies 1
#11 Junichi Eto Emc Ip Holding Company 1
#11 Edward B. Wagstaff Commscope Technologies 1
#11 Daniel S. Watkins Commscope Technologies 1
#11 Randy Ellison Netmotion Wireless 1

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