Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Forest, VA ranks #2,941 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 42 patents from 26 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Forest, VA include Bwxt Mpower, Commscope Technologies, Flowserve Management. That works out to 3.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–26 of 26 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Michael J. Edwards Bwxt Mpower 4
2 Van E. Hanson Commscope Technologies 3
2 Scott J. Shargots Bwxt Mpower 3
2 Mark D. Ollander Flowserve Management 3
#5 Cornelius Edward Holliday GE 2
#5 Harold James Marshall Belvac Production Machinery 2
#5 Daniel J. Morris Flowserve Management 2
#5 Mac L. Hartless Harris 2
#5 Dennis Layne 2
#5 Zachary Adams US Air Force 2
#5 James B. Inman Bwxt Nuclear Energy 2
#12 Casey SILVER Mission Secure 1
#12 Anne R. Austin Bwxt Mpower 1
#12 Rick Williamson Marmon Utility 1
#12 Liqing Wei Hanwha Azdel 1
#12 Lewis A. Walton Bwxt Mpower 1
#12 Charles B. Morrison Commscope Technologies 1
#12 Jonathan Witter Capital One Services 1
#12 Julius M. Ullmann Bwxt Mpower 1
#12 John M. Riddle Areva Gmbh 1
#12 Fred William Phillips Commscope Technologies 1
#12 Ruomiao Wang Hanwha Azdel 1
#12 Ronald C. Watson Bwxt Mpower 1
#12 Richard W. Brown US Air Force 1
#12 Charles D. Lamb Automated Industrial Technologies 1
#12 Elbert C. Minnick, III Bwxt Mpower 1

Part of Virginia