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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Powhatan, VA ranks #6,119 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 406 patents from 88 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Powhatan, VA include Altria Client Services, Kyocera Avx Components (San Diego), Fibermark. That works out to 1010.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 88 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Dwight D. Williams Altria Client Services 70
2 Michael Roe Kyocera Avx Components (San Diego) 32
3 Homan B. Kinsley, Jr. Fibermark 29
#4 Christopher R. NEWCOMB Altria Client Services 24
#5 Jeffrey A. Swepston Philip Morris Usa 19
#6 Sean Derek Anderson First Wave Products Group 14
#7 Kenneth William Cluff Truist Bank 13
#8 Roger Z. de la Burde 12
#8 Robert Adams Honeywell 12
#10 Edwin L. Cutright 11
#11 Alfred L. Collins 9
#12 Ann Chapin Capital One Services 8
#13 Michael A. Goode Pfizer 7
#13 Scott Childress Amerimas Home Products 7
#15 Peter Davey Capital One Services 6
#15 Ronald D. Honaker 6
#17 Andrew McIntosh University Of Leeds 5
#17 Cameron Albert Depuy Synthes Products 5
#19 James L. Kunka Reynolds Metals 4
#19 Peter P. Kofira Capital One Services 4
#19 Walter Bohdan 4
#19 Dane Starr Hamilton Beach/Proctor Silex 4
#19 Robert Alan Shortridge, SR. 4
#24 Jake King Integrated Global Services 3
#24 Douglas Oliveri Altria Client Services 3
#24 Matthew J. O'Sickey Tredegar Film Products 3
#24 Sally Schmidt Capital One Services 3
#24 Johnny E. Etheridge 3
#24 Alex S. Gergely 3
#24 George Thomas Unknown 3
#24 Robert D. Curtis Unisys 3
#24 Todd S. Koch Pfizer 3
#24 Curtis Hill 3
#24 Thomas G. Bolden 3
#35 Barry L. Graves 2
#35 Thomas J. Gannon Philip Morris Usa 2
#35 Paola Thurlow Capital One Services 2
#35 Robert C. Stettler Capital One Services 2
#35 Jeffrey A. Tyree Capital One Services 2
#35 Stephen Christopher Barton 2
#35 Tracie G. Meador 2
#35 Kelly Farmer Hologic 2
#35 Robert McArtan Atlas Die 2
#35 Vanessa Rose Shepperson Pfizer 2
#45 Ernest S. Sneed 1
#45 Aubrey T. Carr 1
#45 Catherine Leicester Ogle 1
#45 S. Scott Smith International Engine Intellectual Property Company 1
#45 Frederick Ried Bruchbacher Philip Morris Usa 1
#45 Richard T. Brinser 1

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