Top Inventors in Hampton, VA | Patent Leaderboard

Hampton, VA ranks #2,513 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,234 patents from 414 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Hampton, VA include IBM, NASA, Sonora Medical Systems. That works out to 9.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 414 inventors

Rank	Inventor	Primary Company	Patents
1	Stephen J. Hobson	IBM	51
2	Loi N. Nguyen	—	44
3	Stanley E. Woodard	NASA	27
#4	Joycelyn S. Harrison	NASA	25
#5	William H. Phillips	Sonora Medical Systems	20
#5	William E. Miller	National Semiconductor	20
#7	Godfrey Sauti	—	18
#8	Judd R. Wilkins	NASA	16
#9	Christopher L. Davis	The Boeing	15
#9	Mark Michels	Biodynamics	15
#11	Joel A. Alexa	—	14
#12	Tian-Bing Xu	NASA	13
#13	Thomas N. Quinn	Lunera Lighting	12
#13	Michael D. Williams	AT&T	12
#13	Reginald Alfred King	Domain Dynamics Limited	12
#13	James P. Fulton	NASA	12
#17	Anthony Watkins	NASA	11
#17	Sharon E. Lowther	—	11
#17	David R. Schryer	NASA	11
#20	Richard F. Hellbaum	NASA	10
#20	Christian Cassar	Cisco	10
#20	John W. Nicholson	National Research Development	10
#20	Keith L. Gordon	—	10
#20	Truong Nguyen	Therm-O-Disc, Incorporated	10
#20	Michael Bowers	Black & Decker	10
#20	Clinton W. Stallard, III	Newport News Shipbuilding And Dry Dock	10
#27	Roberto Bracone	Lifenet Health	9
#27	John E. McKisson	Jefferson Science Associates	9
#27	John A. Companion	NASA	9
#27	Shelby J. Morris	—	9
#31	Daniel Bivolaru	Innoveering	8
#31	Cory Robert Weeks	Eaton Intelligent Power Limited	8
#31	Robert S. Rogowski	NASA	8
#31	Charles E. Carter	Bellsouth Intellectual Property	8
#35	Kristopher E. Wise	NASA	7
#35	Sang Tran	Pulsar Process Measurement Limited	7
#35	Benjamin Lawrence Welch	Dilon Technologies	7
#35	William D. Solterbeck	—	7
#35	Russell W. Smith	—	7
#35	Gordon Wyant	Siemens Automotive	7
#35	Eric Schertz	—	7
#42	Juergen Baumbach	Symbotic	6
#42	David P. Lockard	NASA	6
#42	John T. Dorsey	NASA	6
#42	Kenneth Wright	Datcard Systems	6
#42	Michael Pedrick	—	6
#42	Joseph M. Marchello	NASA	6
#42	Mahyar R. Malekpour	—	6
#42	Ken McAlpine	Tomtom International B.V.	6
#42	Ronald N. Jensen	NASA	6

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