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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Clifton, VA ranks #7,079 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 333 patents from 115 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Clifton, VA include Hubbell Incorporated, Toyota, RTX (Raytheon). That works out to 1370.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 115 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 David Owen Corp Hubbell Incorporated 21
2 Randall J. St. Romain, II Toyota 18
3 Thomas G. Lavedas RTX (Raytheon) 17
#4 Morgan C. Snyder Federal Home Loan Mortgage 13
#5 William Lukaczyk Lumenium 10
#5 Thomas Hampton Meso Scale Technologies, Llc. 10
#7 Graham King Nsgdatacom 9
#8 Steve D. Parrott Sprint Communications 8
#8 Imren Johar Capital One Services 8
#8 Vijay Gill Microsoft 8
#11 Timothy Michael Wood Glaxo Group Limited 7
#12 Stephen G. Solga Covidien Lp 6
#12 Manfred Goetz Mapal Fabrik Für Präzisionswerkzeuge Dr. Kress Kg 6
#12 Mark Kosters Verisign 6
#12 Triem T. Hoang US Navy 6
#16 Keira Kaitlyn Johnson Echo360 5
#17 Youn M. Lee US Army 4
#17 Ronald Francis Sulpizio, Jr. 4
#17 Robert F. Cromp RTX (Raytheon) 4
#17 Richard D. Ramirez Johns Manville 4
#17 Emerino J. Marchetti Sprint Spectrum 4
#17 Paul R. Rohr Bae Systems Information And Electronic Systems Integration 4
#23 Mel Chaskin Vanguard Research 3
#23 Richard E. Detore Greentec-Usa 3
#23 John J. Lopynski 3
#23 Charles Clinton Abercrombie, III Intercept 3
#23 Jean-Jacques Moortgat Aol 3
#23 Stefan T. Zankow 3
#23 William Blackwell Jaycor 3
#23 Jonathan K. Robertson Aol 3
#23 Laith Zori Ansys 3
#23 Stephen Nicholas Bittner Convergys Customer Management Group 3
#23 Ernest Langdon Reconrobotics 3
#23 Sharif Shaher Echo Ridge 3
#23 William J. Gazale 3
#23 Joseph R. Jahoda 3
#37 Barclay Roman Adaptive Methods 2
#37 Lawrence Ray Franklin 2
#37 Jeffrey Thomas Galea IBM 2
#37 Darton E. Greist, III Atlantic Research Group 2
#37 Stephen L. McLellen IBM 2
#37 Felix Roach Hoots, JR. The Aerospace 2
#37 Brian Park Think Surgical 2
#37 Amelia M. Dixon Fannie Mae 2
#37 Rana E. Novack IBM 2
#37 Adam Michael Beaton Meta 2
#37 Jason Force 2
#37 Robert Fake 2
#37 Nageswararao Chigurupati Verisign 2
#37 Randy Lynn Garrett Ironnet Cybersecurity 2

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