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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Forest, VA ranks #2,121 worldwide for total patents filed in 2022, with 59 patents from 33 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Forest, VA include Commscope Technologies, Bwxt Nuclear Energy, Bwxt Advanced Technologies. That works out to 5.0 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 Van E. Hanson Commscope Technologies 7
2 James B. Inman Bwxt Nuclear Energy 6
3 Craig D. GRAMLICH Bwxt Advanced Technologies 3
3 Scott J. Shargots Bwxt Mpower 3
3 Cornelius Edward Holliday GE 3
#6 Lewis A. Walton Bwxt Mpower 2
#6 Christopher Sean Fewox Bwxt Isotope Technology Group 2
#6 Gary W. Neeley Bwxt Advanced Technologies 2
#6 Julius M. Ullmann Bwxt Mpower 2
#6 Bryan Blake Wiggins Bwxt Isotope Technology Group 2
#6 Ryan Z. Ziegler Bwxt Nuclear Energy 2
#6 Mark Lehmann Nxp Usa 2
#6 Ronald C. Watson Bwxt Mpower 2
#6 Gary Peters Csp Technologies 2
#15 Chris Brown PayPal 1
#15 Richard H. Lee Belvac Production Machinery 1
#15 Zachary Adams US Air Force 1
#15 Gary R. Poling Framatome 1
#15 Fred William Phillips Commscope Technologies 1
#15 Kenneth Wade Markham Framatome 1
#15 Gary Sill Automated Industrial Technologies 1
#15 James B. Inman Bwxt Isotope Technology Group 1
#15 Michael J. Edwards Bwxt Mpower 1
#15 Thomas Dale Gahagen Smartsky Networks 1
#15 Charles Larry Fisher Bwxt Nuclear Energy 1
#15 Darren Lasko Qualcomm 1
#15 Thomas A. Artman Bwxt Isotope Technology Group 1
#15 Michael Lee Frazier 1
#15 Michael N. Rondeau Commscope Technologies 1
#15 Venkat Raghavendran Azdel 1
#15 Jonathan Rosin Hanwha Azdel 1
#15 Timothy A. Policke Bwxt Technical Services Group 1
#15 Jonathan Witter Capital One Services 1

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