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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Rustburg, VA ranks #15,157 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 104 patents from 33 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Rustburg, VA include Ceramics Process Systems, Flowserve Management, Motorola. That works out to 81.2 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 Eric A. Barringer Ceramics Process Systems 19
2 Daniel E. Carlson Flowserve Management 9
2 Mark D. Priest 9
2 Robert P. Dixon Motorola 9
#5 Samuel Toliver GE 7
#5 Daniel Davenport Retail Space Solutions 7
#7 Gary J. Pitcher 3
#7 Jim Jenkins Genworth Financial 3
#7 Wallace G. Keesee 3
#7 William Kennedy Galt GE 3
#7 Dennis Maddox Ericsson Ge Mobile Communications 3
#12 Steven D. Overby Framatome Technologies 2
#12 Roswell D. M. Peters US Army 2
#12 Walter J. Denkowski Philadelphia Gear 2
#12 Roger D. Ridgeway Bwxt Isotope Technology Group 2
#12 Clarence L. Wooldridge 2
#12 Dave Zimmerman C. B. Fleet Company 2
#12 Ray Mardis Clem Delaware Capital Formation 2
#19 Benjamin R. Rieley Schrader Electronics Limited 1
#19 Cynthia Schott 1
#19 Kathy Freibergs 1
#19 Eugene B. Bailey Amsted Industries Incorporated 1
#19 Gary W. Owens The Babcock & Wilcox 1
#19 Jennifer Vecchio Genworth Financial 1
#19 Ray A. Dooley The Babcock & Wilcox 1
#19 Philip N. Jones GE 1
#19 Carroll E. Allcock The Babcock & Wilcox 1
#19 Samual Toliver Ericsson Ge Mobile Communications 1
#19 Richard Simonson 1
#19 Betty Hancock 1
#19 Michael R. Overstreet Simplimatic Engineering 1
#19 Sherwood W. Ferrell GE 1
#19 Ruby Anderson C. B. Fleet Company 1

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