Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Chesapeake, VA ranks #2,683 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,153 patents from 343 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Chesapeake, VA include The Invention Science Fund I, Eastman Kodak, Unknown. That works out to 4.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 343 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Dennis J. Rivet The Invention Science Fund I 220
2 Charles C. Anderson Eastman Kodak 138
3 John Joseph Hayes, Jr. 33
#4 Andrew Moore Unknown 23
#5 Richard Ding Li IBM 21
#6 Harry E. Ulmer Allied Consulting 19
#7 Lawrence Shane Intravatola Air Systems 15
#8 John Jordan AT&T 13
#8 Brennan E. Hansen Special Projects Operations 13
#10 Dennis Paul Ackerman Go Logic Decision Time 12
#10 Thomas G. Dushatinski Bnnt 12
#12 Yi-Kuei Lin National Taiwan University Of Science And Technology 11
#13 Bernhard Metzger E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 10
#14 Mehran K. Rahbar Siemens Automotive 9
#15 William E. Gibbs GE 8
#15 Richard A. Britten Hampton University 8
#15 James M. Joyce IBM 8
#18 Georg Seyrlehner Plasser & Theurer Export Von Bahnbaumaschinen Gesellschaft M.B.H. 7
#18 Christopher Savoie Sybase 7
#18 Francis J. Ivey Novus International 7
#18 James Whitfield, Jr. Liebherr Mining Equipment Newport News 7
#18 Guy Thomas Woodrum Basf Se 7
#23 Rebekah Cabal Revelution Technology 6
#23 Julian Parker Westvaco 6
#23 Jon Zogg Mitsubishi Chemical America 6
#23 DanAngelo Cabal Revelution Technology 6
#23 William C. Feamster, III 6
#23 Richard A. Linyear Unknown 6
#29 Kenny Bunch Citrix Systems 5
#29 Ted Smith Csem Centre Suisse D'Electronique De Microtechnique Sa 5
#29 David B. Stefan 5
#29 Michael P. Abbott US Air Force 5
#29 G. Thomas Woodrum Basf Se 5
#29 Frank A. Lattanzio Eastern Virginia Medical School 5
#29 Jessie B. Linyear Unknown 5
#29 Alexander Huber Lifenet Health 5
#29 Bruce Storey Basf Se 5
#29 Dean Alan Iley Bank of America 5
#29 Leonard C. Ellis Virginia Chemicals 5
#40 Steven Carlo George Mason Intellectual Properties 4
#40 Joseph L. Bush Hoechst Celanese 4
#40 Douglas R. Chambers Hoechst Celanese 4
#40 David Oliver Boone Emc 4
#40 James Shaeffer Eastern Virginia Medical School 4
#40 Wayne B. LeGrande Unitech Co. 4
#40 Timothy Hagerty Craig Technical Consulting 4
#40 Ronit Rafaeloff-Phail Eastern Virginia Medical School Of The Medical College Of Hampton 4
#48 William M. Cahoon Ab Volvo Penta 3
#48 Glenda M. Braswell-Moore 3
#48 David Frank Angelico Air Systems 3

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