Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Forest, VA ranks #2,590 worldwide for total patents filed in 2020, with 53 patents from 27 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Forest, VA include Commscope Technologies, Bwxt Mpower, GE. That works out to 4.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–27 of 27 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Van E. Hanson Commscope Technologies 8
2 Charles B. Morrison Commscope Technologies 5
3 Scott J. Shargots Bwxt Mpower 4
3 Fred William Phillips Commscope Technologies 4
#5 Michael J. Edwards Bwxt Mpower 3
#5 Cornelius Edward Holliday GE 3
#5 Richard W. Brown US Air Force 3
#8 Dennis Layne 2
#8 Alan D. Thiessen 2
#8 Mark D. Ollander Flowserve Management 2
#11 Lewis A. Walton Bwxt Mpower 1
#11 Thomas Ebeling Hanwha Azdel 1
#11 Edward B. Wagstaff Commscope Technologies 1
#11 Daniel S. Watkins Commscope Technologies 1
#11 Michael N. Rondeau Commscope Technologies 1
#11 James B. Inman Bwxt Nuclear Energy 1
#11 Brian Timothy Good Hanwha Azdel 1
#11 Kevin Walkup Motorola 1
#11 Thomas P. Sisson Danville Automation Holdings 1
#11 Mathew W. Ales Bwxt Nuclear Energy 1
#11 Casey SILVER Mission Secure 1
#11 Chris Brown PayPal 1
#11 Richard H. Lee Belvac Production Machinery 1
#11 Ronald C. Watson Bwxt Mpower 1
#11 Gary Sill Automated Industrial Technologies 1
#11 Leslie Womack 1
#11 Christopher L. Wills The Babcock & Wilcox 1

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