Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Springfield, VA ranks #1,542 worldwide for total patents filed in 2018, with 84 patents from 49 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Springfield, VA include Micron, Samsung, US Air Force. That works out to 2.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–49 of 49 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Chris M. Carlson Micron 7
1 Kang-ill Seo Samsung 7
3 Matthew Laskoski US Air Force 6
#4 Mijin Kim US Navy 4
#4 Scott A. Trammell US Air Force 4
#6 Christopher M. Stratton United States Postal Service 3
#6 Angelos Stavrou George Mason 3
#6 Tennille V. Goff Open Invention Network Llc Nc 3
#9 Adam Shields Cook Medical Technologies 2
#9 Robert John Shaughnessy Circadence 2
#9 Igor L. Medintz US Air Force 2
#9 David L. Branca Iomaxis 2
#9 Paul E. Sheehan US Navy 2
#9 Samuel P. Maroney 2
#15 James D. Briscoe Columbia University 1
#15 Thomas Laurence Kraus Arete Associates 1
#15 Patrick J. Marroum Abb Vie 1
#15 Joseph Newbrough Digitalglobe 1
#15 Charles Bliss 1
#15 Vincent A. Cassella US Air Force 1
#15 Maria Sophia Lefevre 1
#15 Ainsworth Marshall 1
#15 Manuel A. Balvin 1
#15 Clayton Davis RTX (Raytheon) 1
#15 Chandra A. Briggman United States Postal Service 1
#15 Usman Choudhary Novell 1
#15 Jonathan L. Shaw US Air Force 1
#15 Tuan That Ton US Army 1
#15 Glen Grant Comscore 1
#15 Bageshree Shevade Comcast 1
#15 Stephanie Fertig US Air Force 1
#15 Brian L. Justus US Air Force 1
#15 David Shahin Weatherford/Lamb 1
#15 Robert D. Hyde 1
#15 Michael McDonald US Navy 1
#15 Timothy J. Higgins GE 1
#15 Michael E. Locasto Columbia University 1
#15 Brian J. Mastropietro RTX (Raytheon) 1
#15 Leslie T. Turkson Accenture Global Services Limited 1
#15 Jerry R. Smith US Air Force 1
#15 Beth Holst 1
#15 William Arthur Heine 1
#15 Anthony Soto 1
#15 Robert Dana Fireeye 1
#15 Neri G. Terry United States Postal Service 1
#15 Stuart Clark Holmes Solutions Limited Partnership 1
#15 Jeffery K. Taubenberger The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary, Department Of Health And Human Services 1
#15 Richard Patrick Hardy US Air Force 1
#15 Nadeemullah A. Mahadik US Navy 1

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