Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Springfield, VA ranks #1,539 worldwide for total patents filed in 2019, with 97 patents from 54 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Springfield, VA include Micron, US Navy, George Mason. That works out to 3.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 54 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Chris M. Carlson Micron 7
2 Rachael L. Myers-Ward US Navy 6
2 Mijin Kim US Navy 6
#4 Angelos Stavrou George Mason 5
#5 Patrick J. Marroum Abb Vie 4
#5 Boris N. Feigelson US Navy 4
#5 Adam Shields Cook Medical Technologies 4
#8 Robert John Shaughnessy Circadence 3
#8 Igor L. Medintz US Air Force 3
#8 Shibhu Nambiar Oracle 3
#11 Thomas J. Walls Cigital 2
#11 James E. Goodbar, III United States Postal Service 2
#11 Nicholas Shaker US Air Force 2
#11 Tatyana I. Feygelson US Navy 2
#11 Nadeemmullah A. Mahadik US Navy 2
#11 Christopher M. Stratton United States Postal Service 2
#11 Matthew Laskoski US Air Force 2
#11 Jonathan L. Shaw US Air Force 2
#19 Chandra A. Briggman United States Postal Service 1
#19 Bageshree Shevade Comcast 1
#19 Insoo Bae Georgetown University 1
#19 Vincent T. Bly US Army 1
#19 Usman Choudhary Novell 1
#19 Tuan That Ton US Army 1
#19 Jing C. Chang Ez Trend Technology Co. 1
#19 Brian L. Justus US Air Force 1
#19 Shannon Coffey US Air Force 1
#19 John Bradley Boos US Air Force 1
#19 Boris N. Feygelson US Air Force 1
#19 Nadeemullah A. Mahadik US Navy 1
#19 Scott A. Trammell US Air Force 1
#19 Suleyman Guleyupoglu US Navy 1
#19 Paul E. Sheehan US Navy 1
#19 Ramon Aguilar, JR. Edwards Lifesciences 1
#19 Kang-ill Seo Samsung 1
#19 Theodore P. Martin US Navy 1
#19 Nelson Lam Capital One Services 1
#19 Ross Schermer US Air Force 1
#19 Dennis McCaughey 1
#19 Thomas William Shalhoub 1
#19 Neil Schafer US Air Force 1
#19 Stephen M. Koss US Navy 1
#19 Sameh Abouissa 1
#19 Jamaal Kinney Speights 1
#19 Craig R. Ackerman US Army 1
#19 Manuel A. Balvin 1
#19 Robert Levy Microsoft 1
#19 Michael E. Locasto Columbia University 1
#19 Jennifer Granito Meta 1
#19 Christopher Ray Brown Accenture Global Solutions Limited 1

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