Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Lompoc, CA ranks #208 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 571 patents from 328 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Lompoc, CA include Callwave Communications, Sonos, Sixpoint Materials. That works out to 12.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 328 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 David S. Trandal Callwave Communications 13
2 Tetsuro Oishi Sonos 10
2 Tadao Hashimoto Sixpoint Materials 10
#4 Stephen J. Golden Catalytic Solutions 9
#5 Erik Johan Norberg Aurrion 8
#6 Gregory Alan Fish Aurrion 7
#6 Michael Kent Flir Systems 7
#6 Colin D. Kelley Callwave Communications 7
#6 Barbara Sharp Flir Systems 7
#10 Alexander Sztein Soraa Laser Diode 6
#10 Daniel J. Blumenthal Oe Solutions America 6
#10 John S. Foster Innovative Micro Technology 6
#10 Theodore Lowes Cree 6
#14 David F. Hofstatter Callwave Communications 5
#14 Jenifer R. Moore Pura Stainless 5
#14 Roger Proksch Asylum Research 5
#17 Scott Radabaugh Vionic Group 4
#17 Roland F. Bryan Pinger Technologies 4
#17 Nicholas C. Martinez Owl Biomedical 4
#17 Cleveland A. Motley, III Pinger Technologies 4
#17 Enrique A. Salgado Pinger Technologies 4
#17 David C. McClintock Callwave Communications 4
#17 Henrik N. Poulsen Oe Solutions America 4
#17 Marc R. Amling Karl Storz Imaging 4
#17 Bernd Oliver Christiansen Citrix Systems 4
#17 James S. Speck University of California 4
#17 Benedikt Zeyen Innovative Micro Technology 4
#28 Richard Warren Little Sonos 3
#28 Howard Bailey Advanced Scientific Concepts 3
#28 Juergen Musolf Cbrite 3
#28 Jeffery F. Summers Innovative Micro Technology 3
#28 Cary Dunn Citrix Systems 3
#28 Amber Brown Sonos 3
#28 John Stump Balanced Body 3
#28 Steven Craig Anderson Abbott 3
#28 Jeffrey Lynn Heath Linear Technology Holding 3
#28 Karl Schiffmann Robert T. And Virginia T. Jenkins 3
#28 David Chatenever Karl Storz Imaging 3
#28 Steve F. Holmgren Sonos 3
#28 Milan Mashanovitch Freedom Photonics 3
#28 Scott Kipp Brocade Communications Systems 3
#28 Michael Chan Intouch Technologies 3
#28 John C. Harley Innovative Micro Technology 3
#28 Matteo Contolini Sumitomo Electric Industries 3
#28 William Bruce Morrow Harrier Technologies 3
#28 Nicholas Wilder Start Project 3
#28 Bruce Laurence Kennedy Arthrex 3
#28 Kevin Shields Owl Biomedical 3
#28 Tian Xiao Cbrite 3
#28 Deborah Eileen Goldsmith Apple 3

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