Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Springfield, VA ranks #1,437 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,344 patents from 553 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Springfield, VA include Samsung, Micron, US Air Force. That works out to 74.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 553 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Kang-ill Seo Samsung 90
2 Chris M. Carlson Micron 88
3 Matthew Laskoski US Air Force 51
3 Jerry R. Smith US Air Force 51
#5 William N. Drohan American National Red Cross 50
#6 Tennille V. Goff Open Invention Network Llc Nc 37
#7 Mijin Kim US Navy 36
#8 Brian L. Justus US Air Force 34
#9 Igor L. Medintz US Air Force 33
#10 Angelos Stavrou George Mason 31
#11 Guillermo R. Villalobos US Air Force 30
#12 Leon Esterowitz US Air Force 28
#12 Jennifer Granito Meta 28
#14 Michael Scanlon US Army 24
#15 David Shahin Weatherford/Lamb 23
#15 Robert Link Eastman Kodak 23
#15 Robert Levy Microsoft 23
#15 Christopher M. Stratton United States Postal Service 23
#15 Boris N. Feigelson US Navy 23
#20 Thomas G. Giallorenzi US Air Force 22
#21 Richard K. Brown James River-Norwalk 21
#22 Jacque H. Georger, Jr. Geo-Centers 20
#23 Michael E. Locasto Columbia University 19
#23 John Bradley Boos US Air Force 19
#23 Patrick J. Marroum Abb Vie 19
#26 Scott A. Trammell US Air Force 18
#26 Hobart R. Everett, Jr. US Air Force 18
#26 Eric Houser US Air Force 18
#29 Rachael L. Myers-Ward US Navy 17
#29 Alan Berry Black & Decker 17
#31 Karen M. Slimak Unknown 16
#31 Michael H. Stewart US Navy 16
#33 Jonathan L. Shaw US Air Force 15
#34 Vincent T. Bly US Army 14
#35 Stanley T. Naudus 3Com 13
#35 Adam Shields Cook Medical Technologies 13
#35 Timothy J. Higgins GE 13
#38 Robert John Shaughnessy Circadence 12
#38 Robert J. Schaefer Breece Hill Technologies 12
#38 Harry Dietrich US Air Force 12
#38 Elizabeth Nelson US Army 12
#38 Bageshree Shevade Comcast 12
#38 Tatyana I. Feygelson US Navy 12
#44 Paul Matthews US Air Force 11
#44 Curtis Evans Ncr 11
#46 Usman Choudhary Novell 10
#46 Carl J. Thrasher US Air Force 10
#46 Robert Jackson Stillwater Scientific Instruments 10
#46 Aristos Christou US Air Force 10
#46 Chandra A. Briggman United States Postal Service 10

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