Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Bristol, VA ranks #4,963 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 539 patents from 147 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Bristol, VA include Sandvik Intellectual Property Ab, Thinoptx, Bristol Compressors International. That works out to 31.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 147 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Princess Ann Coleman 48
2 Kenneth Monyak Sandvik Intellectual Property Ab 33
3 Wayne B. Callahan Thinoptx 18
#4 Scott Hix Bristol Compressors International 13
#4 John Narney Bristol Compressors 13
#4 Daniel S. Soultanian Sunbeam Products 13
#4 Keith R. Latham 13
#8 Clarence L. Bandy, Jr. American Longwall Mining 11
#8 David Gilliam Bristol Compressors 11
#10 Rongchang Xin Danaher 10
#11 Scott A. Bullock Electro-Mechanical 9
#11 Kent J. Furcron Trc Acquisition 9
#11 Regina M. Moncier Eastman Kodak 9
#14 David M. Clonch Long-Airdox 8
#14 Robert B. Peters Bristol Compressors 8
#14 Jerry D. Edwards Bristol Compressors International 8
#17 Jan Andersson Sandvik Ab 7
#17 Eugene Chumley Bristol Compressors 7
#17 Randall Gill GE 7
#17 Larry Pippin Bristol Compressors 7
#17 Lawrence E. Rasnick, Jr. Prisma Fibers 7
#22 Gordon T. Boyd Bristol Compressors 6
#22 Lewis G. Neal Noxso 6
#22 Arnold B. Bower, Jr. GE 6
#22 Benjamin Majerus Bristol Compressors 6
#22 Vladimir Radev Simmons-Rand 6
#22 Todd W. Dewar Scroll Technologies 6
#22 Joseph H. Keller Applied Technology Limited Partnership 6
#29 John D. Hightower US Air Force 5
#29 Robert D. Douglas Bristol Compressors 5
#29 Benjamin Adams The Adt Security 5
#29 Brandon Sevier Nadler Royal Group 5
#29 Michael John Kowalski Aktiebolaget Electrolux 5
#29 Lin Wei Futurewei Technologies 5
#35 Robert C. Mumpower, II Eastman Kodak 4
#35 Norman G. Haderer Westinghouse Electric 4
#35 Gary A. Fuller Eimco 4
#35 Paul Havens Aktiebolaget Electrolux 4
#35 Gregory David Mercier Kearney-National 4
#35 Timothy W. Jackson Aktiebolaget Electrolux 4
#35 John Richard Walters, Jr. Bristol Compressors 4
#35 Parag Patel Walgreen 4
#35 Edward Tate VanHoy Gb Ii 4
#35 Mark Trent Bristol Compressors 4
#45 James Barry Link E. Dillon & 3
#45 Leanne M. Kenealy Atkins North Carolina State University 3
#45 William L. Neal Bell Helicopter Textron 3
#45 Steven Fletcher Mahle International Gmbh 3
#45 Hugh C. Stringer Bristol Compressors 3
#45 Milton K. Roark Prisma Fibers 3

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