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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Springfield, VA ranks #1,609 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 82 patents from 47 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Springfield, VA include Samsung, US Air Force, Cook Medical Technologies. That works out to 2.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–47 of 47 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Kang-ill Seo Samsung 15
2 Guillermo R. Villalobos US Air Force 4
2 Adam Shields Cook Medical Technologies 4
2 Matthew Laskoski US Air Force 4
#5 Scott A. Trammell US Air Force 3
#5 Robert Levy Microsoft 3
#7 Curtis Evans Ncr 2
#7 Jennifer Granito Meta 2
#7 Stephanie Fertig US Air Force 2
#7 Christopher M. Stratton United States Postal Service 2
#7 Brian L. Justus US Air Force 2
#7 David L. Branca Iomaxis 2
#7 Neri G. Terry United States Postal Service 2
#7 James E. Goodbar, III United States Postal Service 2
#15 Jerry Dieruf 1
#15 Thomas G. Giallorenzi US Air Force 1
#15 Luan Vo NASA 1
#15 Robert John Shaughnessy Circadence 1
#15 Boris N. Feigelson US Navy 1
#15 Chris M. Carlson Micron 1
#15 Carl J. Thrasher US Air Force 1
#15 Jennifer A. Gillett ExxonMobil 1
#15 Brad Buhr Iomaxis 1
#15 William N. Drohan American National Red Cross 1
#15 Tennille V. Goff Open Invention Network Llc Nc 1
#15 Curt Evans 1
#15 Ming-Jen Pan US Air Force 1
#15 Chris Camacho Mad Dogg Athletics 1
#15 Joseph Newbrough Digitalglobe 1
#15 Vincent A. Cassella US Air Force 1
#15 John Richard Iomaxis 1
#15 Emily R. Jackson George Mason University 1
#15 David R. Kirk Information Systems Laboratories 1
#15 Christopher Javellana Saldana Purdue Research Foundation 1
#15 Colin D. Joye US Air Force 1
#15 Angelos Stavrou George Mason 1
#15 Melissa Ortiz-Munoz Bank of America 1
#15 Robert Link Eastman Kodak 1
#15 Alexander Alexeevich Godarenko Columbia University 1
#15 Jing C. Chang Ez Trend Technology Co. 1
#15 Igor L. Medintz US Air Force 1
#15 Usman Choudhary Novell 1
#15 Glen Grant Comscore 1
#15 Kalyan M. Gupta Itt Manufacturing Enterprises 1
#15 Nadeemmullah A. Mahadik US Navy 1
#15 Noel Turner Bae Systems Plc 1
#15 Jeffrey M. Starr 1

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