Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Charlottesville, VA ranks #438 worldwide for total patents filed in 2020, with 338 patents from 186 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Charlottesville, VA include IBM, NVIDIA, Kaleo. That works out to 7.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 186 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Rick A. Hamilton, II IBM 51
2 David Patrick Luebke NVIDIA 11
3 Evan T. Edwards Kaleo 9
#4 Lingjia Tang Clinc 8
#5 David R. Diduch Medos International Sarl 6
#6 Craig H. Meyer University of Virginia 5
#7 David Marsh Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited 4
#7 Fletcher T. Wilson Intervene 4
#7 Benton H. Calhoun University of Virginia 4
#7 Stephen D. Patek University of Virginia 4
#7 David Angeley Optimedica 4
#12 Kristin Schmidt IBM 3
#12 Margaret A Rogers Jkm Technologies 3
#12 Daniel Joseph WICHELECKI Bonumose 3
#12 Boris P. Kovatchev University of Virginia 3
#12 Bankole A. Johnson University of Virginia 3
#12 Ryan C. Dunn Electrawatch 3
#12 Samuel W. Fielden University of Virginia 3
#12 Marc D. Breton University of Virginia 3
#12 David Woo Thermo Fisher 3
#12 Brian Foutz Cadence Design Systems 3
#12 John P. Mugler, III University of Virginia 3
#12 Karl Roelofs Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited 3
#12 Zhaonan Sun IBM 3
#12 Matthew Merrill Lawrence Livermore National Security 3
#26 Rebecca Stepp Morgan Bank of America 2
#26 Max Wintermark University of Virginia 2
#26 Paul Andrew Yates University of Virginia 2
#26 Conrad Koenig Andrews Luna Innovations Incorporated 2
#26 Gregory Grover Contraline 2
#26 Kevin Leach Clinc 2
#26 Joshua Gordon Signature Brands 2
#26 Donald F. Hunt University of Virginia 2
#26 Jeffrey Shabanowitz University of Virginia 2
#26 William R. Krause Orthopedic Designs 2
#26 Paul Campolieto Shire Human Genetic Therapies 2
#26 Conner Lacy Bebop Sensors 2
#26 Simanta Gautam Synapse Technology 2
#26 Pavel Vereshchetin Lifescan Ip Holdings 2
#26 Kevin Skadron University of Virginia 2
#26 Frank William Mauldin, Jr. Rivanna Medical 2
#26 Panagiotis Mastorakos The Johns Hopkins University 2
#26 James P. Landers University of Virginia 2
#26 Edwin O. ROGERS Bonumose 2
#26 In Kee Kim IBM 2
#26 Kenneth Brown 3M 2
#26 Brad Justice Philip Morris Products S.A. 2
#26 William J. Cummings Qualcomm 2
#26 Andre Richards F.R. Drake 2
#26 Antonius G. P. Oomens Board Of Regents For Oklahoma State University 2

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