Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Norfolk, VA ranks #2,277 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 57 patents from 33 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Norfolk, VA include Lifenet Health, Realta Holdings, Embody. That works out to 0.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–33 of 33 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Tyler Craven 5
2 Lloyd Wolfinbarger, Jr. Lifenet Health 4
2 Kenji CUNNION Realta Holdings 4
2 Neel K. KRISHNA Realta Holdings 4
#5 Michael P. Francis Embody 3
#5 Vincent Adams Abl Ip Holding 3
#5 Richard Heller University Of South Florida 3
#8 Karl H. Schoenbach Old Dominion University 2
#8 Olga N. Pakhomova Old Dominion University 2
#8 Andrei G. Pakhomov Old Dominion University 2
#8 Katherine Holmstrom Thermo King 2
#8 Dennis C. Working NASA 2
#13 Paxton O'Toole Canon 1
#13 Tara C. RAMSEY Instant Systems 1
#13 Hilary Wriggers Embody 1
#13 Ibrahim Ben Mustafa AT&T 1
#13 Loree C. Heller University Of South Florida 1
#13 LeRoy White, JR. 1
#13 Yas Maghdouri-White Embody 1
#13 Alden Nelson Ockerman Automation Consulting 1
#13 Madeline C. Alden Instant Systems 1
#13 Breanne Gjurich Lifenet Health 1
#13 Noah Moffett, III Unknown 1
#13 Stephen E. Clark Face International Corporaton 1
#13 Juan Fernandez Products Of Tomorrow 1
#13 Ivor Barry Kaplan 1
#13 John M. Giordano Hunt Holdings 1
#13 William C. White Dow Corning 1
#13 Alexander C. Edrington 1
#13 Stephen J. Beebe Eastern Virginia Medical School 1
#13 Michael MAYER Tomra Sorting Gmbh 1
#13 Michael S. Eggert Gaumard Scientific Company 1
#13 Mehdi R. Khorrami NASA 1

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