Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Hampton, VA ranks #3,242 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 37 patents from 29 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Hampton, VA include IBM, Eaton Intelligent Power Limited, Pulsar Process Measurement Limited. That works out to 0.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–29 of 29 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Joel A. Alexa 3
2 Keith L. Gordon 2
2 Godfrey Sauti 2
2 Benjamin N. A. Durrans IBM 2
2 Joseph Carlo Pastrana 2
2 Stephen J. Hobson IBM 2
2 Cory Robert Weeks Eaton Intelligent Power Limited 2
#8 Sang Tran Pulsar Process Measurement Limited 1
#8 Michael Pedrick 1
#8 Michael Ritchie Te Connectivity Co. 1
#8 Ben Welch Jefferson Science Associates 1
#8 Tamer F. Refaat 1
#8 Daniel Bivolaru Innoveering 1
#8 Waverley D. Marsh 1
#8 Kristopher E. Wise NASA 1
#8 Timothy W. Fahringer 1
#8 John W. Nicholson National Research Development 1
#8 Kenneth Jermstad Te Connectivity Co. 1
#8 John E. McKisson Jefferson Science Associates 1
#8 Michael D. Williams AT&T 1
#8 Nicholas H. Rymer 1
#8 Russell W. Smith 1
#8 David P. Lockard NASA 1
#8 Joseph Portner The Mitre 1
#8 Roberto Bracone Lifenet Health 1
#8 Michael P. Hendrickson 1
#8 Joshua C. Glaab 1
#8 Christopher S. Domack 1
#8 Neil C. Coffey NASA 1

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