Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

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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