The R&D Dept.

Local inventors patent a helmet to protect against rifle bullets, plus new developments from MeadWestvaco, Afton Chemical and more.

New patents from du Pont, Philip Morris and more.

New patents for Philip Morris, MeadWestvaco, du Pont and more.

New patents related to commerce, energy, health, data and more.

New patents for Phillip Morris, Genworth, IBM, VCU and Capital One, to name a few.

Local inventors get patents in the health, data processing, banking and more.

New inventions arriving with patents from Afton Chemical, a newly renamed Shockoe Bottom firm, MeadWestvaco, Dupont, Honeywell and more.

An unusual mix of patents this week from an athletic gear firm on the Southside, an Ashland biotech firm, AMF Automation, a robotics company and more.

One of the busiest list of patents in weeks with filings from VCU, Capital One, MeadWestvaco, Afton Chemical, and a local golf putter company.

More patents for local packaging giant MeadWestvaco. Philip Morris keeps its R&D department busy. And other patents from Hill Phoenix, IBM, Honeywell and a Henrico resident.