Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Forest, VA ranks #2,739 worldwide for total patents filed in 2023, with 43 patents from 27 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Forest, VA include Bwxt Nuclear Energy, Commscope Technologies, Capital One Services. That works out to 3.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–27 of 27 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 James B. Inman Bwxt Nuclear Energy 5
1 Van E. Hanson Commscope Technologies 5
3 Jonathan Witter Capital One Services 4
#4 Craig D. GRAMLICH Bwxt Advanced Technologies 3
#5 Chris Brown PayPal 2
#5 Zachary Adams US Air Force 2
#5 Ruomiao Wang Hanwha Azdel 2
#8 Michael J. Edwards Bwxt Mpower 1
#8 Ryan Z. Ziegler Bwxt Nuclear Energy 1
#8 Gary Peters Csp Technologies 1
#8 Richard H. Lee Belvac Production Machinery 1
#8 Scott J. Shargots Bwxt Mpower 1
#8 Timothy A. Policke Bwxt Technical Services Group 1
#8 Liqing Wei Hanwha Azdel 1
#8 Mark D. Ollander Flowserve Management 1
#8 Wade Markham Framatome 1
#8 Cornelius Edward Holliday GE 1
#8 Harold James Marshall Belvac Production Machinery 1
#8 Charles D. Lamb Automated Industrial Technologies 1
#8 Thomas Ebeling Hanwha Azdel 1
#8 Casey SILVER Mission Secure 1
#8 Thomas A. Artman Bwxt Isotope Technology Group 1
#8 Darren Lasko Qualcomm 1
#8 Brian Timothy Good Hanwha Azdel 1
#8 Wesley Stults Areva Np 1
#8 Rick Williamson Marmon Utility 1
#8 Steven Thompson Warner Manufacturing 1

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