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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Chico, CA ranks #3,305 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 35 patents from 26 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Chico, CA include Klean Kanteen, California Cooperative Rice Research Foundation, Pneumrx. That works out to 0.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–26 of 26 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Philip John Notheis Klean Kanteen 4
2 Nicholas Chesterton 2
2 Stanley Omar P. B. Samonte California Cooperative Rice Research Foundation 2
2 Nathan Aronson Pneumrx 2
2 Eric Vollmer 2
2 Virgilio Cedro Andaya California Cooperative Rice Research Foundation 2
2 Farman Jodari California Cooperative Rice Research Foundation 2
#8 Daniel Marc Veidlinger Piksel 1
#8 Benjamin McCord Electronic Transaction Consultants 1
#8 Jesse R. McCord 1
#8 Grant R. Page Magna Imperio Systems 1
#8 Thomas Devol Rain Bird 1
#8 Harry William McGowan, III Ambulant 1
#8 Christa S. McCord 1
#8 Thomas Van Dixon 1
#8 Salvador Felix 1
#8 Scott Laine Nanotech Energy 1
#8 James A. Higgins Google 1
#8 Allan Olson Infineon Technologies Ag 1
#8 Pamela Samantha Lewis Unknown 1
#8 David A. Blau Hubbell Incorporated 1
#8 James Chesterton 1
#8 Brock Eastman East West Bank 1
#8 James Osgood Klean Kanteen 1
#8 Xinliang Qiu United States Thermoelectric Consortium 1
#8 Brian Pierce Herbalscience Group 1

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