Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

McLean, VA ranks #467 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 281 patents from 115 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in McLean, VA include Ofinno, LG, Meta. That works out to 5.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 115 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Esmael Hejazi Dinan Ofinno 37
2 Kiseon Ryu LG 22
3 Barry Appelman Meta 14
#4 Nachiketh Rao Potlapally Amazon 12
#5 Alan Dabbiere Airwatch 10
#6 Ahmed Tewfik Bouzid Li-Cor 8
#7 Peter L. Venetianer Avigilon Fortress 6
#8 Kai Chun Yang Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin 5
#8 Marie Louise Bennett Mars, Incorporated 5
#10 Daniel Tillet Iridium Satellite 4
#10 Burton S. Kaliski, Jr. Verisign 4
#10 Avichai Mendle Lissack Amazon 4
#10 Farzad Aref Zoomdata 4
#10 Marie Foegh Agile Therapeutics 4
#15 Deepak Arur Hughes Network Systems 3
#15 Tae Meon Bae Sk Planet Co. 3
#15 Jae Young Chang LG 3
#15 Antonio Garcia Appian 3
#15 Michael Francis Fiumano Sprint Communications 3
#15 Garrett Chandler Iridium Satellite 3
#15 Christopher M. Tobin Sony 3
#15 Andrew L. Wick Aol 3
#15 Kirakodu S. Nanjundaswamy The Gillette Company 3
#24 Matthew Bullock Texas Instruments 2
#24 Gerald N. Gilbert The Mitre 2
#24 Brian O'Toole Knowmadics 2
#24 James A. Odell Aol 2
#24 Craig Garrett The Mitre 2
#24 Kamiar Kordari Trx Systems 2
#24 Mark Allen McHenry Shared Spectrum 2
#24 Yaakov Shmuel Weinstein The Mitre 2
#24 James Gordon Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”) 2
#24 Stephen P. Pappas The Mitre 2
#24 Borwyn Anne Wang 2
#24 Rose Blais Alexander Alarm.Com Incorporated 2
#24 Justin Gray The Mitre 2
#24 Scott Macleod 2
#24 Gregory Emil Glaros Synexxus 2
#24 Jonathan S. Hodges The Mitre 2
#24 Trevor Tonn Verisign 2
#24 Peter N. Kaufman Essex Electronics 2
#24 John A. South Patrocinium Systems 2
#24 Ray Wang Litepoint 2
#24 Timothy F. Dyson Harris 2
#24 Alain J. Cohen Opnet Technologies Co. 2
#24 Daniel Todd Kerzner Alarm.Com Incorporated 2
#47 Gary Parsons Apple 1
#47 Aly Gamay Unknown 1
#47 Jimmy Lin Twitter 1
#47 Daniel S. Green Pseudolithic 1

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