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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Richlands, VA ranks #13,013 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 133 patents from 33 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Richlands, VA include Delphi Technologies, Suncoke Technology And Development, Gala Industies. That works out to 25.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–33 of 33 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Dan W. Chilcott Delphi Technologies 37
2 Mark Anthony Ball Suncoke Technology And Development 24
3 J. Wayne Martin Gala Industies 13
#4 Jack Simmons Simmons-Rand 5
#4 Wayne Martin Gala Industies 5
#4 Robert W. Simpson Celotex 5
#7 Erik Denver Heintzmann 4
#8 Sean M. Fleming 3
#8 Ray Childress 3
#8 Malcolm Hart Eastman Kodak 3
#8 Michael Pauley Southern Innovation International Pty 3
#12 Steve Childress 2
#12 Arthur Dunn Honeywell 2
#12 Stephen Childress Nptest 2
#12 George N. Aul Methane Drainage Ventures 2
#12 John C. Tappan 2
#12 Jim O. Cruey 2
#18 H. William Ferguson, Jr. Nsw 1
#18 Dallas G. Collie 1
#18 Donald A. Bryan 1
#18 Kenneth C. Sloneker 1
#18 Darrell E. Horn 1
#18 Irvin Ronald Taylor 1
#18 John W. Crigger 1
#18 James S. Hylton Newell Industrial 1
#18 James A. Hylton Newell Industrial 1
#18 John K. Seabolt 1
#18 Katherine Cline 1
#18 Denis J. Keohane Marconi Commerce Systems 1
#18 Dennis Todd Short 1
#18 Boyd R. Yale 1
#18 Kevin Ramesh Kabaria Bloomberg Finance 1
#18 Don R. Cunningham 1

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