Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Salem, VA ranks #1,967 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 68 patents from 46 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Salem, VA include Yakattack, IBM, GE. That works out to 2.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–46 of 46 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Daniel Anderson Newman Yakattack 5
2 Michael Drzewucki IBM 4
2 Jeffrey Alan Melius GE 4
2 L. Brandon Shaw US Navy 4
#5 Pranav Avasarala Aver Technologies 3
#5 Henry Sanders Unknown 3
#7 Juan Manuel Vela Fireeye 2
#7 Jeff Rowberg Biomech Sensor 2
#7 Leslie Brandon Shaw US Air Force 2
#7 Pallavi Avasarala Aver Technologies 2
#7 Swamy Avasarala Aver Technologies 2
#12 Nicole EICKHOFF Sciencelogic 1
#12 Igor Berroteran GE 1
#12 Fernando Arturo Ramirez Sanchez GE 1
#12 Richard Brosh Bae Systems Information And Electronic Systems Integration 1
#12 Carl G. Schaefer, Jr. US Air Force 1
#12 Stephanie Barksdale George Mason University 1
#12 David Thornhill Essilor International 1
#12 Anthony Wayne Antesberger US Army 1
#12 Martin H. Moore US Air Force 1
#12 Clinton Simmons, Jr. 1
#12 Zane Taylor Miller GE 1
#12 Hasan Syed 1
#12 Michael T. Scardina Hunter Associates Laboratory 1
#12 Sheena Stitt 1
#12 Adam Nelson Novozymes A/S 1
#12 Sahiti Rachakonda Aver Technologies 1
#12 Jamaal D. Delbridge US Air Force 1
#12 Randy Holland Arvinmeritor Technology 1
#12 Paulo Cesar Guerreiro da Costa George Mason University 1
#12 Sohan Kumar Sunku Aver Technologies 1
#12 Tara Marie Stitt 1
#12 Ken F Eggers Amazon 1
#12 Jonathan Leder Novozymes Biologicals Limited 1
#12 Deane Owen Elliott Unknown 1
#12 Kristi Woods Novozymes Bioag A/S 1
#12 Neeraj Nepal US Navy 1
#12 Michael Lawton Rodin GE 1
#12 Ronald G. Embry, Jr. Cw Holdings 1
#12 Johannes Bronkhorst 1
#12 Thomas E. Sutto US Air Force 1
#12 Palmer Christopher Demeo 1
#12 Qiliang Li George Mason University 1
#12 David Eveland Assa Abloy Limited 1
#12 Richard Burgess Crane & Co. 1
#12 Denise G. Tayloe Unknown 1

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