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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Williamsburg, VA ranks #2,293 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 55 patents from 35 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Williamsburg, VA include Maxpower Semiconductor, Printpack Illinois, Virginia Commonwealth University. That works out to 3.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–35 of 35 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Jun Zeng Maxpower Semiconductor 5
1 David T. Foster Printpack Illinois 5
3 Rabeh Elleithy Printpack Illinois 3
3 Christopher Earnhart Virginia Commonwealth University 3
#5 Jonathan C. Stevens Bnnt 2
#5 Glen C. King NASA 2
#5 Hallett Mathews Zimmer Knee Creations 2
#5 David D. North 2
#5 Michael J. Hornby 2
#5 William J. Imoehl 2
#5 Allan J. Zuckerwar NASA 2
#5 Leopold Strahs AT&T 2
#13 Bruce J. Holmes Smartsky Networks 1
#13 William K. Wilkie NASA 1
#13 Archibald L. Fripp NASA 1
#13 James Fochtman Siemens Automotive 1
#13 Chuantong Wang 1
#13 Mark K. Hinders College Of William & Mary 1
#13 Pavel V. Degtiarenko Jefferson Science Associates 1
#13 Jonathan R. Skuza 1
#13 William E Lovelace 1
#13 David Cosgrove Printpack Illinois 1
#13 Ronald A. Quinlan US Air Force 1
#13 John Walters 1
#13 Perry Robert Czimmek 1
#13 Karen Louise Finstrom McPhee Uroval 1
#13 Brian W. Grimsley NASA 1
#13 Luke Gibbons National Institute Of Aerospace Associates 1
#13 Fengyuan Xu Microsoft 1
#13 Justin D. Littell NASA 1
#13 Louis Seigel Dometic 1
#13 John P. Swaddle College Of William & Mary 1
#13 Ronald A. Outlaw NASA 1
#13 Thomas D. McGlone NASA 1
#13 Mark A. Motter The United States Of America As Represented By The Adminstrator Of The National Aeronautics And Space Administration 1

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