Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Lompoc, CA ranks #276 worldwide for total patents filed in 2019, with 522 patents from 310 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Lompoc, CA include X Development, Aurrion, Cnh Industrial America. That works out to 11.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 310 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Michael Jason Grundmann X Development 18
2 Gregory Alan Fish Aurrion 12
3 Erik Johan Norberg Aurrion 8
#4 Thomas Mahieu Cnh Industrial America 7
#4 Jared Bauters Juniper Networks 7
#4 Guillermo C. Bazan University of California 7
#7 Anthony Sperduti Sonos 5
#7 Andrew C. Beall Worldviz 5
#7 Jeffrey Lynn Heath Linear Technology Holding 5
#7 Tadao Hashimoto Sixpoint Materials 5
#7 Tetsuro Oishi Sonos 5
#12 Barbara Sharp Flir Systems 4
#12 Alexander Sztein Soraa Laser Diode 4
#12 Colin D. Kelley Callwave Communications 4
#12 Steve F. Holmgren Sonos 4
#12 Roger Proksch Asylum Research 4
#12 Herman Sydney Roup Talon Technologies 4
#12 Justin J. Schwab AbbVie 4
#12 Simon Raab Faro Technologies 4
#12 Mark Trammell Sonos 4
#12 Jerry Hongming Zheng Disney 4
#12 Pat Richardson Gold Crest 4
#12 Sean P. Kilcoyne RTX (Raytheon) 4
#24 Michael J. Ford University of California 3
#24 Bruce Chandler May Irr 3
#24 Nick Savage Herman Miller 3
#24 Christopher S. Gudeman Innovative Micro Technology 3
#24 Bruce A. Covington Flir Systems 3
#24 David Dwelley Linear Technology Holding 3
#24 Micky R. Harris RTX (Raytheon) 3
#24 Scott Radabaugh Vionic Group 3
#24 Gitesh Bhagwat Linear Technology Holding 3
#24 David Taylor Sonos 3
#24 Asako Hirai University of California 3
#24 Sean Michael Storlie Invoca 3
#24 Sherry T. Hikita University of California 3
#24 Matt Dubberley Coulter Ventures, Llc. 3
#24 Zac Bogart 3
#24 Francis J. Doyle, III University of California 3
#24 Vikram Patil Unknown 3
#24 Theodore Lowes Cree 3
#24 Lincoln V. Johnson University of California 3
#24 Behshad Baseghi 3
#24 John L. Vampola RTX (Raytheon) 3
#45 David B. Wagner Object Reservoir 2
#45 Ronald C. Bakus, II Apeel Technology 2
#45 Deep Shah Medtronic 2
#45 Andreas Engberg Seek Thermal 2
#45 Alan J. Heeger University of California 2
#45 Bryan Kaye Crossno & Kaye 2

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