Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Springfield, VA ranks #2,072 worldwide for total patents filed in 2020, with 69 patents from 47 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Springfield, VA include Samsung, Micron, US Navy. That works out to 2.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–47 of 47 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Kang-ill Seo Samsung 5
1 Chris M. Carlson Micron 5
3 Boris N. Feigelson US Navy 3
#4 Robert Levy Microsoft 2
#4 Guillermo R. Villalobos US Air Force 2
#4 Angelos Stavrou George Mason 2
#4 Craig R. Ackerman US Army 2
#4 Rachael L. Myers-Ward US Navy 2
#4 David R. Kirk Information Systems Laboratories 2
#4 Chandra A. Briggman United States Postal Service 2
#4 Mijin Kim US Navy 2
#4 Igor L. Medintz US Air Force 2
#4 Christopher M. Stratton United States Postal Service 2
#4 Michael H. Stewart US Navy 2
#4 Paul E. Sheehan US Navy 2
#16 Richard Bissonette American Management Systems, Incorporated 1
#16 Jeffery K. Taubenberger The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary, Department Of Health And Human Services 1
#16 Ramon Aguilar, JR. Edwards Lifesciences 1
#16 Stuart Clark Holmes Solutions Limited Partnership 1
#16 Thomas Tapen Cornell University 1
#16 Elfriede Dustin Innovative Defense Technologies 1
#16 Robert Dana Fireeye 1
#16 Charles Shin University Of Illinois 1
#16 Brian J. Green Accenture Global Solutions Limited 1
#16 Konrad Bussmann US Air Force 1
#16 Ron Green US Army 1
#16 William Arthur Heine 1
#16 Richard Patrick Hardy US Air Force 1
#16 Curtis L. Donnel Sprint Communications 1
#16 Gregory Emmanuel Melencio 1
#16 Joseph Newbrough Digitalglobe 1
#16 Patrick J. Marroum Abb Vie 1
#16 Nicholas Shaker US Air Force 1
#16 Robert John Shaughnessy Circadence 1
#16 Micha Gerstenberg 1
#16 Timothy J. Higgins GE 1
#16 Jennifer Granito Meta 1
#16 Ryan Edward George McKennon-Kelly The Aerospace 1
#16 Robert D. Hyde 1
#16 Elizabeth Nelson US Army 1
#16 Charles E. Kaul The Boeing 1
#16 Curtis Evans Ncr 1
#16 Jonathan L. Shaw US Air Force 1
#16 Thanh Quach Salesforce 1
#16 Jeffrey M. Starr 1
#16 Jacque H. Georger, Jr. Geo-Centers 1
#16 Bageshree Shevade Comcast 1

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