Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Lompoc, CA ranks #219 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 573 patents from 322 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Lompoc, CA include Sixpoint Materials, Flir Systems, Aurrion. That works out to 12.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 322 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Tadao Hashimoto Sixpoint Materials 12
1 Barbara Sharp Flir Systems 12
1 Gregory Alan Fish Aurrion 12
#4 David Dwelley Linear Technology Holding 8
#4 Jeffrey Lynn Heath Linear Technology Holding 8
#6 Erik Johan Norberg Aurrion 7
#6 Amber Brown Sonos 7
#6 David S. Trandal Callwave Communications 7
#9 James S. Speck University of California 6
#9 Colin D. Kelley Callwave Communications 6
#9 Alexander Sztein Soraa Laser Diode 6
#9 Stephen J. Golden Catalytic Solutions 6
#9 Michael Jason Grundmann X Development 6
#14 Daniel J. Blumenthal Oe Solutions America 5
#14 Justin J. Schwab AbbVie 5
#14 Roger Proksch Asylum Research 5
#14 Christian Boemler RTX (Raytheon) 5
#14 Tetsuro Oishi Sonos 5
#14 Philip A. Lisiecki Akamai Technologies 5
#14 Mark Trammell Sonos 5
#14 Theodore Lowes Cree 5
#14 Frederick Perner HP 5
#23 James Honea Transphorm 4
#23 Jennifer MacIntyre Deckers Outdoor 4
#23 David F. Hofstatter Callwave Communications 4
#23 Roger Edgar Gold Crest 4
#23 Jacob Israelachvili Twin Cups 4
#28 David Taylor Sonos 3
#28 Nathan Carey Twin Cups 3
#28 William A. Terre Flir Systems 3
#28 Modjtaba Ghodoussi Computer Motion 3
#28 Steven Craig Anderson Abbott 3
#28 Michael J. Stromberg Intri-Plex Technologies 3
#28 Kirk Su Linear Technology Holding 3
#28 Louis Chin Jones Hound Labs 3
#28 Lee M. Savage RTX (Raytheon) 3
#28 Carolyn Chase Gold Crest 3
#28 Andrew C. Beall Worldviz 3
#28 Matthew Bio Amgen 3
#28 Pat Richardson Gold Crest 3
#28 John Stump Takeya Usa 3
#28 David Giannini Callwave Communications 3
#28 Timothy W. James Superconductor Technologies 3
#28 Alan J. Heeger University of California 3
#28 Blake Henry Seek Thermal 3
#28 Tim LeBeau Seek Thermal 3
#28 Gabriel Gordon Eye Drop Imaging Technology 3
#28 Lauren E. Kokai AbbVie 3
#28 John M. Garcia Aurrion 3
#50 Bruce Laurence Kennedy Arthrex 2

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