Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Lompoc, CA ranks #440 worldwide for total patents filed in 2023, with 308 patents from 190 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Lompoc, CA include Aurrion, RTX (Raytheon), Soraa Laser Diode. That works out to 6.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 190 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Gregory Alan Fish Aurrion 8
2 Christian Boemler RTX (Raytheon) 6
3 Alexander Sztein Soraa Laser Diode 5
3 Erik Johan Norberg Aurrion 5
3 Simon Raab Faro Technologies 5
#6 Sean Hand Bruker Nano 4
#6 Jason Osborne Bruker Nano 4
#6 Robert Silvio Guzzon Aurrion 4
#6 Ronald C. Bakus, II Apeel Technology 4
#6 Tetsuro Oishi Sonos 4
#6 Vladimir Fonoberov Bruker Nano 4
#6 Helene A Frain Terras Deckers Outdoor 4
#6 Jared Bauters Juniper Networks 4
#6 Herman Sydney Roup Talon Technologies 4
#6 Michael Jason Grundmann X Development 4
#6 John M. Garcia Aurrion 4
#6 Sean P. Kilcoyne RTX (Raytheon) 4
#18 Dave Taylor Sonos 3
#18 Terrence Cole Procore Technologies 3
#18 Brian Romanczyk University of California 3
#18 Diane Roberts Sonos 3
#18 Jann Paul Kaminski Corning Incorporated 3
#18 Kai Moncino Flir Systems 3
#18 David R. Rhiger RTX (Raytheon) 3
#18 Marko Suput Continuus Materials Intellectual Property 3
#18 Aihua Zhang Grt 3
#18 James Andrew Cook Caci, Inc.—Federal 3
#18 Paul Victor Klimov Google 3
#18 John Stump Balanced Body 3
#18 Jordan Marshall Blue Origin 3
#18 Amber Brown Sonos 3
#32 James S. Speck University of California 2
#32 Jose Graziani Sonos 2
#32 David Taylor Sonos 2
#32 Edward P. Smith RTX (Raytheon) 2
#32 Jacob A. Bergam Continental Autonomous Mobility Us 2
#32 Cody Herzog Irobot 2
#32 John S. Foster Innovative Micro Technology 2
#32 Michael Kent Flir Systems 2
#32 Ole Kils Cmc Rescue 2
#32 William Schubert Fujitsu Limited 2
#32 Jesse Crossno Crossno & Kaye 2
#32 Steven Craig Anderson Abbott 2
#32 Tadao Hashimoto Sixpoint Materials 2
#32 John Stump Cmc Rescue 2
#32 Micky R. Harris RTX (Raytheon) 2
#32 Danielle Sandoval Procore Technologies 2
#32 L. Stephen Buchanan Ormco 2
#32 Christopher Sweeney Geomagical Labs 2
#32 Karl Schiffmann Robert T. And Virginia T. Jenkins 2

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