Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Richmond, VA ranks #275 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 11,017 patents from 2,372 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Richmond, VA include Altria Client Services, Lexmark International, Philip Morris Usa. That works out to 48.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 2,372 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Raymond Lau Altria Client Services 136
2 Georgios D. Karles Altria Client Services 118
3 James D. Anderson, Jr. Lexmark International 92
#4 William R. Sweeney Philip Morris Usa 87
#5 Ram B. Gupta 78
#6 Ashok Bhatnagar Honeywell 71
#7 Martin T. Garthaffner Philip Morris Usa 70
#8 Stephen Bellamah Altria Client Services 68
#9 Ryan A. Bailey R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 63
#10 James Arthur Strickland Altria Client Services 59
#11 Richard H. Young, Sr. Weyerhaeuser Nr 58
#12 John T. Loper Afton Chemical 56
#13 Jay A Fournier Philip Morris Usa 54
#14 Lori L. Wagner Honeywell 52
#15 Scott D. Schwab Afton Chemical 51
#16 Jonathan S. Turner Washington University 50
#17 John Glenn Edelen Lexmark International 49
#17 Shannon Maxwell Black Altria Client Services 49
#19 Edmond J. Cadieux Altria Client Services 48
#20 Alistair Bramley Altria Client Services 47
#21 Harry S. Thomson Hestair Kiddicraft Limited 46
#21 A. Clifton Lilly, Jr. 46
#23 Terry Bache Altria Client Services 45
#24 William J. Bogdziewicz Altria Client Services 44
#24 James V. Peck Whitby Research 44
#26 Jarrett KEEN Altria Client Services 43
#27 Charles T. Higgins 42
#27 Kevin L. Thomas Hoover Limited 42
#27 Richard C. Davis Urocath 42
#30 David B. Kane Altria Client Services 41
#31 Danielle R. Crawford Philip Morris Usa 40
#31 Yezdi B. Pithawalla Altria Client Services 40
#33 David A. Hurst Honeywell 39
#33 Junaid Ahmed Siddiqui Dupont Air Products Nanomaterials 39
#33 Christopher William Newton E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 39
#33 Jason Andrew Macko Altria Client Services 39
#37 Jason Flora Altria Client Services 38
#38 Anthony V. Cruz Hamilton Beach/Proctor Silex 37
#38 Lewis Dean Dodrill Cisco 37
#38 Niall Gallagher Altria Client Services 37
#38 Norman B. Rainer 37
#42 Berina Yerkic-Husejnovic Altria Client Services 36
#42 Caleb S. Loftin 36
#44 Gus D. Keritsis 35
#44 Gene C. Weedon Bae Systems Tensylon H.P.M. 35
#44 Bipin Patil Altria Client Services 35
#44 Ryan Alan Danner Cisco 35
#48 John Hudson Microsoft 34
#49 Peter Martin 33
#49 Erik Jay Salazar De Leon Capital One Services 33

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