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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Radford, VA ranks #7,698 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 292 patents from 76 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Radford, VA include American Research Corporation Of Virginia, Techlab, Spectrum Brands. That works out to 18.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 76 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Howard P. Groger American Research Corporation Of Virginia 22
1 David M. Lyerly Techlab 22
3 William D. Himes Spectrum Brands 21
#4 James M. Glass, III Adtran 12
#5 Gerald W. Brown 11
#6 Luther I. Dickens Radva 10
#7 Paul Wagner Pelletron 9
#8 Mohammad Khandan-Barani Moog 8
#8 Allen Duncan Moog 8
#8 Ricky Lee Kenley Celanese Acetate 8
#11 James Davison IBM 7
#11 Min-Kang Hsieh Columbia University 7
#11 Usha Varshney American Research Corporation Of Virginia 7
#11 Moe K. Barani Aspen Motion Technologies 7
#15 Venu Gummadavelli Gupta GE 6
#15 Kenneth Sales Cooper Technologies 6
#15 Chase Cox Meld Manufacturing 6
#18 Lance Schoell Medeco Security Locks 5
#18 Locke White, II Unknown 5
#18 Stephen M. Stafford Hubbell Incorporated 5
#18 Kevin Garrison 5
#18 Douglas Jaeger American Research Corporation Of Virginia 5
#23 Milca Fils-Aime Orbital Atk 4
#24 Hettie H. Webb Moog 3
#24 C. Christopher Klepper Bwxt Y-12 3
#24 George E. Danz Kollmorgen Technologies 3
#24 Donald E. Leber Shipley Company, L.L.C. 3
#24 Burley C. Semones Light Engineering 3
#24 Joshua Averett Luna Innovations Incorporated 3
#24 John H. Mabie Kollmorgen Technologies 3
#24 Giri Rajendran Xaloy 3
#24 Henry M. Bass American Research Corporation Of Virginia 3
#24 Jeffrey Bandel Vista Outdoor Operations 3
#34 Hans Eliot Edling Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties 2
#34 Scott Dawson 2
#34 David M. Coulson 2
#34 Rafelix A. Williams Hercules 2
#34 Frances Phillips 2
#34 Philip S. Coulon, Jr. Kollmorgen Technologies 2
#34 James S. Whited Kollmorgen Technologies 2
#34 James F. Howlett 2
#34 Lloyd K. Loftus American Research Corporation Of Virginia 2
#34 Gabriel DeRepentigny Sentera 2
#34 A. Clark Altizer 2
#34 Greg Wagner Farell Hollingsworth & Vose 2
#34 Hamilton Gerald Saunders 2
#47 Julian P. Kirk 1
#47 Dwight D. Boyd Hubbell Incorporated 1
#47 Tyler William Wood 1
#47 Christopher F. Morrell Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties 1

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