Vacaville, CA ranks #3,120 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 36 patents from 23 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Vacaville, CA include Verizon, IBM, National Instruments. That works out to 0.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–23 of 23 inventors
| Rank ↑ | Inventor ↕ | Primary Company ↕ | Patents ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benjamin J. Parker | Verizon | 7 |
| 2 | Robert Paul Nichols | — | 4 |
| 3 | Mari F. Heiser | IBM | 2 |
| 3 | Jerry Rollins | — | 2 |
| 3 | Arkadeb Ghosal | National Instruments | 2 |
| 3 | Ronald Ireland | Pennwalt | 2 |
| #7 | Richard A. Martindale | Automatic Bar Controls | 1 |
| #7 | Wenqian Shan | Michigan State University | 1 |
| #7 | Jim Tuyls | Automatic Bar Controls | 1 |
| #7 | Silas Veloz | Bell Automotive Products | 1 |
| #7 | Richard Sommerfelt | — | 1 |
| #7 | Steven Romine | Bio-Rad Laboratories | 1 |
| #7 | Diane Reker | — | 1 |
| #7 | Beth Nelson | Novozymes A/S | 1 |
| #7 | Philip G. Baker | Polaroid | 1 |
| #7 | Maureen Sommerfelt | — | 1 |
| #7 | Michael G. Sullivan | Dsm N.V. | 1 |
| #7 | John B. Burnett | Electro Scientific Industries | 1 |
| #7 | James D. Getty | Nordson | 1 |
| #7 | Sharon Kaye Spratt | Sangamo Biosciences | 1 |
| #7 | Bret D. Baker | Automatic Bar Controls | 1 |
| #7 | Brian Wilson | Victrex Manufacturing Limited | 1 |
| #7 | Patrick Kaufman | Cummins | 1 |
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