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Suffolk, VA All Time

334 patents  ·  118 inventors  ·  3.5/1k pop.

Ranked #7,067 of 112,640 cities Top 7%

Suffolk, VA ranks #7,067 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 334 patents from 118 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Suffolk, VA include Hydro-Gear Limited Partnership, Chicago Metallic, Textron. That works out to 3.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 118 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Robert E. Trimble Hydro-Gear Limited Partnership 28
2 Thomas E. Smith Chicago Metallic 26
3 Howard E. Holshouser — 20
#4 John W. Hopkins Textron 18
#5 Joseph Edward Scollard Siemens Automotive 11
#5 Richard L. Johnson, JR. Solarreserve Technology 11
#7 Stanley A. Brantley Martin Manufacturing Co. 10
#7 Kevin D. Heitzhaus Basf Se 10
#9 Gordon Chen Ciba Specialty Chemicals Water Treatments 8
#10 Gary Lawson General Foam Plastics 7
#11 Thomas Ricks Csr Technology Holdings 6
#11 Oliver K. Hobbs Amadas Industries 6
#11 John Steven Waddell Unknown 6
#11 Jacob Johnson Covera Health 6
#15 Jonathan T. Graham Amadas Industries 5
#16 Philip Ford Allied Colloids Limited 4
#16 Ryan Frost Conductix 4
#16 Sandra V. Koppen — 4
#19 Samuel A. Runge Newport News Shipbuilding And Dry Dock 3
#19 Peter Lim US Army 3
#19 Adam Alphin Coupa Software Incorporated 3
#19 Gerry C. Zekert Nabisco Brands 3
#19 Justin Davis George Mason 3
#19 Jack E. Vance Newport News Shipbuilding And Dry Dock 3
#19 Derek Ross — 3
#19 Dennis Quinn Lincoln Global 3
#19 Daniel Barker Hampton Roads Sanitation District 3
#28 Scott Alan Ehrenfried — 2
#28 James A. Willman — 2
#28 Alicia N. Ivory — 2
#28 John Eldridge Childress — 2
#28 Stephen Wright Openwave Mobility 2
#28 Larry A. Pray Nabisco Brands 2
#28 Charles Sexton GE 2
#28 John M. Brandt Nabisco Brands 2
#28 Emil Reynolds — 2
#28 Lorraine Johnson — 2
#28 Peter Giugliano — 2
#28 Kathryn Stamps Battelle Memorial Institute 2
#28 Robert E. Hudson — 2
#28 Brian C. Hopson Allied Colloids Limited 2
#28 Natalie Delores Phillips — 2
#28 Calvin Simmons — 2
#28 Sean Allen Coons Northrop Grumman 2
#28 Geoffrey L. Payne Allied Colloids Limited 2
#28 J. Warren White Clemson University 2
#28 Roslyn Denise Wilson — 2
#28 William Saunders — 2
#28 Adrian Balota — 2
#28 George W. Willman — 2

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