Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Midlothian, VA ranks #588 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 5,778 patents from 917 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Midlothian, VA include Altria Client Services, Capital One Services, Philip Morris Usa. That works out to 315.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 917 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Eric Hawes Altria Client Services 187
2 Christopher S. Tucker Altria Client Services 175
3 Eric K. Barnum Capital One Services 95
#4 Peter Lipowicz Altria Client Services 89
#5 Geoffrey Brandon Jordan Altria Client Services 80
#6 Thomas Tam 78
#7 Rangaraj S. Sundar Altria Client Services 73
#8 Seetharama C. Deevi 69
#9 Walter A. Nichols 68
#10 Gregory James Griscik Altria Client Services 54
#10 Mohammad R. Hajaligol Philip Morris Usa 54
#10 Lee Adcock Capital One Services 54
#13 San Li Altria Client Services 53
#13 Firooz Rasouli Philip Morris Usa 53
#15 Feng Gao Altria Client Services 52
#16 Ralf Klein Honeywell 51
#17 Travis M. Garthaffner Altria Client Services 50
#17 Gerald McDonnell Inertech Ip 50
#19 John J. Wolfgang IBM 48
#19 Chengalrayan Kudithipudi Altria Client Services 48
#21 Jeremy J. Straight Altria Client Services 47
#22 Henry Gerard Ardiff Honeywell 46
#23 Xinggao Fang Afton Chemical 43
#23 Kiu-Seung Lee E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 43
#23 Lixin Xue Philip Morris Usa 43
#26 Phillip M. Hulan Altria Client Services 41
#27 James Ashfield Capital One Services 40
#27 John B. Paine, III 40
#29 Phoebe Atkins Capital One Services 39
#30 John A. Young Honeywell 37
#31 Hyun Sung Lim E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 36
#31 Yan Helen Sun Altria Client Services 36
#33 Grier S. Fleischhauer 35
#33 Christopher D. Martin Honeywell 35
#35 Robert M. Moore, Jr. Albemarle 34
#35 Stephen Schneider Capital One Services 34
#35 David J. Rodini E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 34
#38 Steven R. Allen E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 33
#39 Timothy S. Sherwood Philip Morris Usa 32
#40 Asher Smith-Rose Capital One Services 30
#40 Henry M. Dante Altria Client Services 30
#42 David Robert Davies, III Atlas Barbell 29
#42 Earle Michael Lee Capital One Services 29
#42 Bennett C. Ward Hoechst Celanese 29
#45 Harold Rabinowitz Engelhard 28
#45 Douglas B. Dobbs Calmar Holdings 28
#45 Kenneth J. Wynne Virginia Commonwealth University 28
#48 Sarojini Deevi Philip Morris Usa 27
#48 Everett C. Grollimund 27
#50 Britt Calloway Old Dominion Brush 26

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