Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Forest, VA ranks #2,409 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,299 patents from 238 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Forest, VA include Commscope Technologies, Unknown, Bwxt Mpower. That works out to 110.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 238 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Van E. Hanson Commscope Technologies 86
2 Royce H. Husted Unknown 47
3 Michael J. Edwards Bwxt Mpower 43
#4 Scott J. Shargots Bwxt Mpower 42
#5 Richard W. Brown US Air Force 41
#6 Fred William Phillips Commscope Technologies 38
#7 Richard H. Lee Belvac Production Machinery 29
#8 Harold James Marshall Belvac Production Machinery 27
#9 Charles B. Morrison Commscope Technologies 26
#10 James B. Inman Bwxt Nuclear Energy 22
#11 Lewis A. Walton Bwxt Mpower 21
#11 Steven Thompson Warner Manufacturing 21
#11 Samuel A. Leslie 21
#14 Chris Brown PayPal 20
#15 Cornelius Edward Holliday GE 19
#16 Larry D. Dixon The B&W Nuclear Service 17
#16 Jonathan Witter Capital One Services 17
#18 Ruomiao Wang Hanwha Azdel 16
#19 Thomas Ebeling Hanwha Azdel 15
#19 Joel P. Husted Unknown 15
#21 Joseph Snyder Orbital Research 14
#21 Philip C. Gulliford Ericsson Ge Mobile Communications 14
#21 Michael Anthony Maiuzzo Sentel 14
#24 Paul E. Schmidt 13
#24 Daniel J. Morris Flowserve Management 13
#26 Ryan Z. Ziegler Bwxt Nuclear Energy 12
#26 Charles P. Brame Ericsson Ge Mobile Communications 12
#26 Craig D. GRAMLICH Bwxt Advanced Technologies 12
#29 Ronald C. Watson Bwxt Mpower 11
#29 Mathew W. Ales Bwxt Nuclear Energy 11
#29 Mac L. Hartless Harris 11
#32 Neohni Warner Smith Mountain Industries 10
#32 Ronald Rossi Johnson Matthey Public Limited 10
#32 Douglas J. Attix B&W Fuel 10
#35 Wim A. Imron Ericsson Ge Mobile Communications 9
#35 Ralph R. Sherman, Jr. GE 9
#35 Terry N. Garner GE 9
#38 An Tuyen Banh 8
#38 Eugene H. Peterson, III M/A-Com Private Radio Systems 8
#38 Hongxi Xue Mediatek 8
#38 Thomas P. Sisson Danville Automation Holdings 8
#42 Christopher D. Shuey Belvac Production Machinery 7
#42 Mark Lehmann Nxp Usa 7
#42 Daniel S. Cvacho Belgium Tool And Die 7
#42 Philip L. Berneburg W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn. 7
#42 Timothy J. Doiron 7
#42 Dennis Layne 7
#42 Julius M. Ullmann Bwxt Mpower 7
#42 Venkat Raghavendran Azdel 7
#42 Zachary Adams US Air Force 7

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