Top Inventors in Blacksburg, VA | Patent Leaderboard

Blacksburg, VA ranks #655 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 5,142 patents from 1,029 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Blacksburg, VA include Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Intuitive Surgical, The Procter & Gamble. That works out to 114.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 1,029 inventors

Rank	Inventor	Primary Company	Patents
1	Fred C. Lee	Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties	151
2	Qiang Li	Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties	99
3	Mark E. Froggatt	Intuitive Surgical	95
#4	Rafael V. Davalos	Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties	63
#5	Tanya Nicole Blasko	The Procter & Gamble	48
#5	Timothy E. Long	Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties	48
#7	Alan J. Michaels	Harris	46
#8	James C. Davis	The Standard Oil	45
#9	David C. Grant	Westinghouse Electric	44
#10	Dawn K. Gifford	Intuitive Surgical	43
#11	Paul Petrus	Arraycomm	42
#12	James E. McGrath	Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties	41
#12	Paul F. Wysocki	AT&T	41
#14	Thomas Piccariello	Shire	40
#15	Tianyi Li	Pony Ai	39
#16	Jongwon Shin	Toyota	38
#17	Josep Bassaganya-Riera	Landos Biopharma	37
#18	Sam Richard Turner	Eastman Chemical	35
#19	Richard W. Farrington	AT&T	34
#19	Carl W. Stoesz	Baker Hughes Holdings	34
#19	Christy S. Tyberg	IBM	34
#22	Roe-Hoan Yoon	Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties	33
#23	Yongfei Zhu	Paratek Microwave	32
#24	Raquel Hontecillas	Landos Biopharma	31
#25	Jaroslaw Kanski	Kempharm	30
#25	Rolando Burgos	Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties	30
#27	Bindu Bera	Kempharm	29
#27	Shuo Wang	Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties	29
#27	Nicholas V. Nechitailo	US Air Force	29
#27	Jih-Sheng Lai	Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties	29
#27	Xiang-Jin Meng	Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties	29
#32	Seshu B. Desu	Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha	28
#32	Krishnan Ramu	Regal Beloit America	28
#34	Christopher Lauderback	Shire	27
#35	John J. Fisher	Nuvotronics	26
#36	Dushan Boroyevich	Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties	25
#36	Michael D. Bartlett	University Of Massachusetts	25
#36	Anbo Wang	Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties	25
#36	Sanjib Bera	Kempharm	25
#40	Honesto D. Quiogue	Harvey Hubbell	24
#40	Harold R. Garner	General Atomics	24
#40	Daniel S. Homa	Baker Hughes Holdings	24
#43	Guoliang Liu	Hgst Netherlands, B.V.	23
#43	William Johnston	Baker Hughes, A Ge Company	23
#43	Henry Wilmore Cox, Jr.	Biosystems Consulting	23
#46	Brook Kennedy	Helen Of Troy Limited	22
#46	Arindam Datta	Johnson & Johnson	22
#46	Paolo Mattavelli	Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties	22
#49	Eric E. Sanborn	Intuitive Surgical	21
#49	Christopher B. Arena	Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties	21

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