Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Lynchburg, VA ranks #1,598 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,098 patents from 554 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Lynchburg, VA include Ebay, Ge-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas, Belvac Production Machinery. That works out to 26.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 554 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Ryan Melcher Ebay 82
2 William Earl Russell, II Ge-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas 68
3 Dennis E. Green Belvac Production Machinery 35
3 Benjamin D. Fisher Bwxt Advanced Technologies 35
#5 John A. Wiseman IBM 31
#5 Daniel T. MacLauchlan The Babcock & Wilcox 31
#7 Gregory Allan Maca Andrew 28
#7 Mihai G. M. Pop Areva Np 28
#9 Robert Almblad Axxess Entry Technologies 26
#10 Louis S. Polster Oliver Products 25
#11 Jeffrey S. Childress GE 22
#11 Donald R. McAllister Commscope Technologies 22
#13 Joseph G. Schill Belvac Production Machinery 21
#13 William T. Dolenti Flowserve Management 21
#15 Houston H. Hughes, III Ericsson Ge Mobile Communications 20
#16 John H. Flora The Babcock & Wilcox 19
#17 Gerald E. Roberts GE 18
#17 Steven L. Sands Dell Usa 18
#17 Byron A. Fleury Flowserve Management 18
#17 Paul J. Latimer The Babcock & Wilcox 18
#21 Michael W. Evans 17
#22 William C. Davis Washington State University 16
#23 Jonathan M. Loomis Qtm 15
#24 James L. Teel Ericsson Ge Mobile Communications 14
#24 John C. Griffith Areva Np 14
#24 Rodney A. Dolman 14
#27 Salil P. Banerjee Phyn 13
#27 Stephen R. Wynn 13
#27 John W. Ayres, III Adtran 13
#30 Robert E. Womack The Babcock & Wilcox 12
#30 Mathias Schmalisch Andrew Wireless Systems Gmbh 12
#30 Roger D. Ridgeway Bwxt Mpower 12
#33 Daniel R. Petrak Dow Corning 11
#33 Felix S. Jabsen The Babcock & Wilcox 11
#33 William C. Hooss Flowserve Management 11
#33 Andrew C. Whitten Bwxt Mpower 11
#33 Johannes J. Vandegraaf GE 11
#33 Donald C. Schluderberg The Babcock & Wilcox 11
#39 Curtis L. Finch, II Journyx 10
#39 Thomas A. Przelomiec 10
#39 David L. Hattey GE 10
#39 William E. Bailey The Babcock & Wilcox 10
#39 John M. Phillips Avocent 10
#39 Andrew W. Doan Bwxt Mpower 10
#39 John R. SALASIN Bwxt Advanced Technologies 10
#46 Jeffrey L. Shortridge Belvac Production Machinery 9
#46 John D. Kalvelage Multi-Comp 9
#46 Bruce William Schafer Framatome Technologies 9
#46 Frederick J. Highton GE 9
#46 Jeffrey J. Johnson Eaton 9

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