Williamson, WV ranks #11,891 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 154 patents from 28 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Williamson, WV include 3M, Neopath, The Boeing. That works out to 50.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–28 of 28 inventors
| Rank | Inventor | Primary Company | Patents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sergey Lamansky | 3M | 44 |
| 2 | Jon W. Hayenga | Neopath | 34 |
| 3 | Mingyan Li | The Boeing | 15 |
| #4 | William D. Hall | Funai Electric Co. | 11 |
| #5 | Jeffrey P. Stowers | Virginia Panel | 9 |
| #6 | Massoud Vaziri | Hamilton Sundstrand | 5 |
| #7 | Benjamin Brown | Macom Technology Solutions Holdings | 4 |
| #8 | Billy Carl Chappel | Lexmark International | 3 |
| #8 | Gerald W. Ingram | — | 3 |
| #8 | Grady Powers | Virginia Panel | 3 |
| #8 | Zhonghua Qu | Meta | 3 |
| #12 | Robert Carlton | — | 2 |
| #12 | Freddie M. Lawson | Lexmark International | 2 |
| #12 | Louis D. Neff | Gte Products | 2 |
| #15 | Clayton E. McGlothin | — | 1 |
| #15 | Joanna G. Palmerton | Toyota | 1 |
| #15 | Bill C. Chappel | Lexmark International | 1 |
| #15 | Kevin Clemmer | Shenandoah Manufacturing Partners | 1 |
| #15 | Holly L. Zeese | — | 1 |
| #15 | Wayne H. Gosnell | — | 1 |
| #15 | Stanley T. Martin | — | 1 |
| #15 | Peter J. Armato | — | 1 |
| #15 | Jack I. Lipps | — | 1 |
| #15 | Curry Anderson | — | 1 |
| #15 | Jack Hall | General Foam Plastics | 1 |
| #15 | Fran McClellan Shigley, III | Amazon | 1 |
| #15 | Jacob Szeluga | Sumitomo Wiring Systems | 1 |
| #15 | Narpat Panwar | Unknown | 1 |
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