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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Chester, VA ranks #3,612 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 816 patents from 220 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Chester, VA include Altria Client Services, Honeywell, E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And. That works out to 34.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 220 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Andrew Nathan Carroll Altria Client Services 52
2 Brian D. Arvidson Honeywell 51
3 Larry R. Marshall E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 36
#4 Robert M. Marshall 29
#5 Shengsheng Liu Philip Morris Usa 27
#6 Francis V. Utsch 21
#7 Lamberto Crescentini 16
#8 Gregory L. Nelson Altria Client Services 15
#8 Brian H. Waring Honeywell 15
#8 Robert E. Talley 15
#11 Danny R. Sink Brenco, Incorporated 14
#11 Jules G. Choueifati Hill Phoenix 14
#11 David M. Harrison Motorola 14
#14 Brian Matthews Cisco 13
#14 William B. Fisher Allied Consulting 13
#16 Ian C. Twilley Allied Consulting 12
#16 Jeffrey Courington John Mezzalingua Associates 12
#16 Daniel F. Cudzik Reynolds Metals 12
#19 Wesley G. Sanderson 10
#19 Ronald L. Kelly 10
#21 Denis G. Wolfe Prescolite 9
#21 Eugene B. Fischer 9
#23 Steven Correale Honeywell 8
#23 Keith Bourne Rolls-Royce North America 8
#23 Karen M. Torrence Philip Morris Usa 8
#26 Martin Earl Reed Amsted Rail Company 7
#26 Rodney L. Wells Allied Consulting 7
#28 Lisa C. Bates E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 6
#28 Edward J. Buyalos 6
#28 Laszlo J. Balint 6
#28 Jan F. Van Peppen Allied Consulting 6
#32 David Harris Filtrona Richmond 5
#32 John Felter Chrysalis Technologies Incorporated 5
#32 Georg Schick Evonik Degussa Gmbh 5
#32 Martin Heidorn Altria Client Services 5
#32 Lisa Payne Dodd 5
#32 David Hatch Gigavac 5
#32 Kurt W. Fisher Amsted Rail Company 5
#32 John F. Krzyston Reynolds Metals 5
#32 John D. Thomson Altria Client Services 5
#32 David Pendlebury Allied Consulting 5
#42 Christopher Griffin 4
#42 Susan L. Lovasic E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 4
#42 David L. Haley E. R. Carpenter Company 4
#42 Kenneth G. Morrison Allied Consulting 4
#42 Debbie Guckert E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 4
#42 Ila Skinner Philip Morris Usa 4
#42 Geoffrey M. Stoltz Porex Technologies 4
#42 William Paul Bunting Evonik Goldschmidt Gmbh 4
#42 Lyman W. Wycoff Hill Phoenix 4

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