Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Charlottesville, VA ranks #468 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 6,933 patents from 1,304 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Charlottesville, VA include IBM, Qualcomm, Acuson. That works out to 148.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 1,304 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Rick A. Hamilton, II IBM 1,067
2 William J. Cummings Qualcomm 110
3 John A. Hossack Acuson 106
#4 Evan T. Edwards Kaleo 100
#5 David Patrick Luebke NVIDIA 83
#6 Timothy L. Macdonald University of Virginia 62
#7 Craig H. Meyer University of Virginia 56
#8 William F. Walker Hemosonics 53
#9 David Angeley Optimedica 51
#10 Boris P. Kovatchev University of Virginia 49
#11 George T. Gillies University of Virginia 47
#11 Marc D. Breton University of Virginia 47
#13 Eric Loth The British Masters Sa 46
#14 Robert A. Ross IBM 42
#14 Rogers C. Ritter Stereotaxis 42
#16 Jayson M. Rieger University of Virginia 39
#17 Stephen D. Patek University of Virginia 38
#17 Robert D. Thompson Pgxhealth 38
#19 Hein Tsoeng (Medard) Ng Agrigenics 37
#19 Benton H. Calhoun University of Virginia 37
#21 Joel M. Linden University of Virginia 35
#21 Manoj Patel Viiv Healthcare Uk (No.5) Limited 35
#23 James P. Landers University of Virginia 31
#23 Kevin R. Lynch University of Virginia 31
#25 Barry W. Johnson Privaris 30
#26 Brian R. Clark Anergen 28
#26 Travis N. Blalock University of Virginia 28
#26 Donald F. Hunt University of Virginia 28
#26 Richard David Pearson Radiodetection Limited 28
#26 Fletcher T. Wilson Intervene 28
#31 John P. Mugler, III University of Virginia 27
#32 Brian Foutz Cadence Design Systems 26
#32 John E. P. Syka Thermo Finnigan 26
#32 William R. Krause Orthopedic Designs 26
#35 David T. Johnson Icarus Medical 25
#36 Ronald D. Williams Emerson Electric 24
#36 John C. Herr University of Virginia 24
#38 Karl Roelofs Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited 23
#38 David Murray Lexmark International 23
#38 David Marsh Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited 23
#41 Aatmesh Shrivastava University of Virginia 22
#41 Robin A. Felder University of Virginia 22
#41 Gail W. Sullivan University of Virginia 22
#41 Peter E. Lipsky University Of Texas System 22
#41 Lingjia Tang Clinc 22
#41 Paul Andrew Yates University of Virginia 22
#47 David R. Diduch Medos International Sarl 21
#47 Michael Paul Timko University of Virginia 21
#49 Thomas Daniel 20
#49 George J. Christ Wake Forest University Health Sciences 20

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