Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Springfield, VA ranks #1,706 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 79 patents from 44 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Springfield, VA include Micron, United States Postal Service, US Navy. That works out to 2.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–44 of 44 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Chris M. Carlson Micron 8
2 Christopher M. Stratton United States Postal Service 5
3 Mijin Kim US Navy 4
3 Patrick J. Marroum Abb Vie 4
#5 Scott A. Trammell US Air Force 3
#5 Carl J. Thrasher US Air Force 3
#5 Curtis Evans Ncr 3
#8 Guillermo R. Villalobos US Air Force 2
#8 Charles E. Kaul The Boeing 2
#8 Boris N. Feigelson US Navy 2
#8 Elizabeth Nelson US Army 2
#8 Rachael L. Myers-Ward US Navy 2
#8 Kang-ill Seo Samsung 2
#8 Michael Scanlon US Army 2
#8 Matthew Laskoski US Air Force 2
#8 Brian L. Justus US Air Force 2
#8 James E. Goodbar, III United States Postal Service 2
#8 Linda Sloan Becton, Dickinson And 2
#8 Stuart Clark Holmes Solutions Limited Partnership 2
#20 Paul E. Sheehan US Navy 1
#20 Ramon Aguilar, JR. Edwards Lifesciences 1
#20 Neri G. Terry United States Postal Service 1
#20 Addisu Alemu Vignet Incorporated 1
#20 Nadeemullah A. Mahadik US Navy 1
#20 George W. Merkel Institute For Cancer Research 1
#20 Nelson Lam Capital One Services 1
#20 James Park US Air Force 1
#20 Theodore P. Martin US Navy 1
#20 Tatyana I. Feygelson US Navy 1
#20 Robert John Shaughnessy Circadence 1
#20 Frank Lucus Steinkamp US Air Force 1
#20 Christopher Ray Brown Accenture Global Solutions Limited 1
#20 Micha Gerstenberg 1
#20 Michael McDonald US Navy 1
#20 Daniel S. Newton US Navy 1
#20 Paul Jaffe Wideorbit 1
#20 Wade LEONARD Booz Allen Hamilton 1
#20 John Edward Refila Oracle 1
#20 Igor L. Medintz US Air Force 1
#20 Michael W. Nurnberger US Air Force 1
#20 Michael H. Stewart US Navy 1
#20 Frederick Martin Landry 1
#20 Kalyan M. Gupta Itt Manufacturing Enterprises 1
#20 Nadeemmullah A. Mahadik US Navy 1

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