Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Charlottesville, VA ranks #513 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 268 patents from 169 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Charlottesville, VA include IBM, University of Virginia, Clinc. That works out to 5.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 169 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Rick A. Hamilton, II IBM 33
2 Stephen D. Patek University of Virginia 6
3 Boris P. Kovatchev University of Virginia 5
3 Lingjia Tang Clinc 5
#5 Daniel Joseph WICHELECKI Bonumose 4
#5 Craig H. Meyer University of Virginia 4
#5 William F. Walker Hemosonics 4
#5 Marc D. Breton University of Virginia 4
#9 Edwin O. ROGERS Bonumose 3
#9 David Marsh Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited 3
#9 David Patrick Luebke NVIDIA 3
#9 Paul Andrew Yates University of Virginia 3
#9 Evan T. Edwards Kaleo 3
#9 Manoj Patel Viiv Healthcare Uk (No.5) Limited 3
#9 Karl Roelofs Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited 3
#16 Zhaonan Sun IBM 2
#16 Brian R. Wamhoff Hemoshear 2
#16 John P. Mugler, III University of Virginia 2
#16 David Woo Thermo Fisher 2
#16 Rebecca Stepp Morgan Bank of America 2
#16 John L. Gainer Diffusion Pharmaceuticals 2
#16 Boyu Yang Beijing Goldwind Science & Creation Windpower Equipment Co. 2
#16 David T. Johnson Icarus Medical 2
#16 Michael B. Simmers Hemoshear 2
#16 Kristin Schmidt IBM 2
#16 Shaun Moshasha University of Virginia 2
#16 George T. Gillies University of Virginia 2
#16 Steve Nicodemus Video Gaming Technologies 2
#16 Kevin Leach Clinc 2
#16 Bankole A. Johnson University of Virginia 2
#16 Kevin Seitter University of Virginia 2
#16 Adam Dixon Rivanna Medical 2
#16 Leighton Schnedler 2
#16 Brett R. Blackman Hemoshear 2
#16 Lance Barrera Wayne Fueling Systems 2
#16 Kevin Skadron University of Virginia 2
#16 Andrew Hall Uipath 2
#16 Fletcher T. Wilson Intervene 2
#16 William G. Crutchfield, Jr. Crutchfield 2
#16 Benton H. Calhoun University of Virginia 2
#16 Richard Kerr Sisson Video Gaming Technologies 2
#16 James P. Landers University of Virginia 2
#16 Panagiotis Mastorakos The Johns Hopkins University 2
#44 Christopher M. Kramer University of Virginia 1
#44 Michael A. Starr Comdial 1
#44 Avik Ghosh University of Virginia 1
#44 Robert G. Kelly GE 1
#44 Michael J. Hutchison University of Virginia 1
#44 Thomas J. Braciale University of Virginia 1
#44 Gheorghe Bunget Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin 1

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