Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

McLean, VA ranks #376 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 8,410 patents from 1,297 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in McLean, VA include Ofinno, LG, Meta. That works out to 165.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 1,297 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Esmael Hejazi Dinan Ofinno 1,909
2 Kiseon Ryu LG 364
3 Barry Appelman Meta 134
#4 Peter L. Venetianer Avigilon Fortress 92
#5 Burton S. Kaliski, Jr. Verisign 79
#6 Daniel Todd Kerzner Alarm.Com Incorporated 78
#7 Tae Meon Bae Sk Planet Co. 70
#8 Lawrence Douglas Capital One Financial 68
#9 Gang Qian Objectvideo Labs 66
#9 Nazanin Rastegardoost Ofinno 66
#11 Nachiketh Rao Potlapally Amazon 65
#12 Alain J. Cohen Opnet Technologies Co. 62
#13 Robert William Kocher Ideal Innovations 58
#14 Ahmed Tewfik Bouzid Li-Cor 57
#15 Saleem Sangi Capital One Services 54
#16 Zhenyu Li Huawei 49
#17 Benjamin Z. Li Microstrategy Incorporated 47
#18 Ittai Kan Afiniti 45
#18 Jason PRIBBLE Capital One Services 45
#18 Alan Dabbiere Airwatch 45
#18 Maharaj Jalla Consulting Engineers 45
#22 William M. Shvodian Freeescale Semiconductor 43
#22 Akin Ozozlu T-Mobile Innovations 43
#24 Raymond Paul Beckett British Biotech Pharmaceuticals 42
#25 Matthew Bullock Texas Instruments 40
#26 Scott Karp Capital One Services 38
#26 Mark Allen McHenry Shared Spectrum 38
#28 Ray Wang Litepoint 37
#29 Emilio A. Fernandez Pulse Electronics 36
#30 Kirakodu S. Nanjundaswamy The Gillette Company 35
#31 Lawrence Douglas Capital One Services 34
#32 Edward M. Scheidt Tecsec 33
#32 Himanshu Verma AMD 33
#34 Andrew L. Wick Aol 32
#34 Timothy Lang Microstrategy Incorporated 32
#36 Peter N. Kaufman Essex Electronics 31
#37 Michael G. Bradley Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”) 29
#37 James A. Odell Aol 29
#39 Gunnar E. Jagdmann A. H. Robins Company, Incorporated 28
#40 Lev Volftsun Sestra Systems 25
#41 Robert S. Babington Babington Technology 24
#41 Benjamin Sherman Cardiothoracic Systems 24
#43 Ramesh Chandra Nutanix 23
#44 Emine Unlu Mars, Incorporated 22
#44 Vivian Wang Capital One Services 22
#44 Dan Givol Capital One Services 22
#47 James Gordon Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”) 21
#47 R. Norris Keeler Kaman Aerospace 21
#47 Kai Chun Yang Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin 21
#47 Kelli L. Biegger US Dept of Homeland Security 21

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