Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Richmond, VA ranks #378 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 382 patents from 251 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Richmond, VA include Altria Client Services, King Abdulaziz University, Mx Technologies. That works out to 1.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 251 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Raymond Lau Altria Client Services 10
2 Georgios D. Karles Altria Client Services 7
3 Martin K. Safo King Abdulaziz University 6
#4 Garrett Thornburg Mx Technologies 5
#4 Ram B. Gupta 5
#6 Stephen Bellamah Altria Client Services 4
#6 Shannon Maxwell Black Altria Client Services 4
#6 Jason Andrew Macko Altria Client Services 4
#6 David B. Kane Altria Client Services 4
#6 James R. Buck Altria Client Services 4
#6 Adil Oudrhiri Abb Schweiz Ag 4
#6 Alistair Bramley Altria Client Services 4
#6 Terry Bache Altria Client Services 4
#6 Berina Yerkic-Husejnovic Altria Client Services 4
#15 Tamika S. Murrell Altria Client Services 3
#15 James Arthur Strickland Altria Client Services 3
#15 Cullen B. Rosenbrien Westrock Mwv 3
#15 Andrew T. Sinclair Worthen Industries 3
#15 Adam P. Kiteley Altria Client Services 3
#15 Ian L. Churcher Worthen Industries 3
#15 Yezdi B. Pithawalla Altria Client Services 3
#15 Edmond J. Cadieux Altria Client Services 3
#15 James D. Anderson, Jr. Lexmark International 3
#15 Jordan May Capital One Services 3
#15 Steven E. Adams Worthen Industries 3
#15 Yuval Malka Altria Client Services 3
#15 Ryan Newcomb Altria Client Services 3
#15 Ujwala Warek Altria Client Services 3
#15 Raquel Olegario Philip Morris Usa 3
#15 Michael GRISHAM Gpb Scientific 3
#15 John T. Loper Afton Chemical 3
#15 Brian M. Casey Altria Client Services 3
#15 Richard Jupe Altria Client Services 3
#15 William R. Sweeney Philip Morris Usa 3
#35 Andrew T. Peeler Westrock Packaging Systems 2
#35 David Phillips Altria Client Services 2
#35 Victor G. Bucklew 2
#35 Joseph White Amazon 2
#35 Chris Phelan Altria Client Services 2
#35 David BENNETT Altria Client Services 2
#35 Sean Sundberg Altria Client Services 2
#35 Ryan A. Bailey R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 2
#35 Arye Weigensberg Altria Client Services 2
#35 Shiqi Zhu Smartech 2
#35 James Louis Laiche Capital One Services 2
#35 Kevin L. Thomas Hoover Limited 2
#35 James Gaynor Grafton Schools 2
#35 Max Doerfler Capital One Services 2
#35 Anthony Reynolds Capital One Services 2
#35 Dennis Arun Alexis Chevron 2

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