Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Placerville, CA ranks #3,966 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 28 patents from 21 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Placerville, CA include Intel, Maquet Cardiovascular, Omni Cubed. That works out to 2.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–21 of 21 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Christopher E. Cox Intel 5
2 Bruce A. Baker Maquet Cardiovascular 4
3 Derek Carlton Westlund Omni Cubed 1
3 Kel Eugene Lemons Smartwash Solutions 1
3 Taryn Smith Pacesetter 1
3 Bob Caruso 1
3 John Howard La Grou 1
3 Howard L. Spielman Ami Entertainment Network 1
3 Jack V. Rice 1
3 Robert M. Smith Royal Appliance Mfg. 1
3 Kevin Cordes Synvasive Technology 1
3 Kevin E. Wells Intel 1
3 John Marques Gulf Eastern Manufacturing 1
3 Albert Dell Robison Yahoo Holdings 1
3 Karl Van Dyk Medtronic 1
3 Robert B. Ayrest 1
3 Will John Temple 1
3 Jason M. Brand Intel 1
3 George Foster Unknown 1
3 Gary Pigg 1
3 Mickey L. Fandrich Intel 1

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