Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Norfolk, VA ranks #2,162 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,471 patents from 414 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Norfolk, VA include Lifenet Health, Products Of Tomorrow, University Of South Florida. That works out to 6.2 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 Lloyd Wolfinbarger, Jr. Lifenet Health 61
2 Juan Fernandez Products Of Tomorrow 51
3 Richard Heller University Of South Florida 48
#4 Karl H. Schoenbach Old Dominion University 42
#5 Mark T. Devlin Afton Chemical 40
#6 William C. White Dow Corning 39
#7 Michael S. Eggert Gaumard Scientific Company 27
#7 Samuel A. Face, Jr. Face International Corporaton 27
#9 Cynthia E. Keppel Hampton University 25
#10 Stephen E. Clark Face International Corporaton 23
#11 Sanjay Khanna Juniper Networks 21
#12 Noah Moffett, III Unknown 18
#12 John R. Cournoyer Depuy Synthes Products 18
#12 William P. Hann Cisco 18
#15 Michael P. Francis Embody 16
#15 Hamid Sayar 16
#17 Kenji CUNNION Realta Holdings 15
#17 Neel K. KRISHNA Realta Holdings 15
#19 Dennis C. Working NASA 13
#19 John M. Giordano Hunt Holdings 13
#19 Mehdi R. Khorrami NASA 13
#19 Richard A. Goldbach Metro Machine 13
#23 Glenn F. Rogers, Jr. Face International Corporaton 12
#23 Andreas E. Savakis Eastman Kodak 12
#23 Andrei G. Pakhomov Old Dominion University 12
#23 Billy T. Upchurch NASA 12
#27 Edward Merle Johnson, II Marquette University 11
#27 Dianne C. Daniel Handle It 11
#27 Carl F. R. Weiman Transitions Research 11
#30 James Rock Musion Ip 10
#30 Zoubeida Ounaies NASA 10
#30 Aaron I. Vinik Eastern Virginia Medical School Of The Medical College Of Hampton 10
#30 Stephane Girois Arkema France 10
#30 Kenneth G. Trinder, II Eos Surfaces 10
#35 David Taylor-Fishwick Eastern Virginia Medical School 9
#35 Alden Nelson Ockerman Automation Consulting 9
#35 Robert J. Pearson National Gypsum 9
#35 Paul A. Robinson Aerotech Research (Usa) 9
#35 Joseph T. McFadden Unknown 9
#35 Vincent Adams Abl Ip Holding 9
#41 Keith McKinley Basil Cisco 8
#41 Mark Schroeder Hoechst Celanese 8
#41 Stephen J. Beebe Eastern Virginia Medical School 8
#41 Hilary Wriggers Embody 8
#41 James M. Bailey Allegro Microsystems 8
#46 Mostafa Uddin Nokia Solutions And Networks Oy 7
#46 Loree C. Heller University Of South Florida 7
#46 Olga N. Pakhomova Old Dominion University 7
#46 Yas Maghdouri-White Embody 7
#46 Frank E. McConnell Metro Machine 7

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