Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Acton, CA ranks #9,800 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 206 patents from 59 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Acton, CA include Motorola, Prc-Desoto International, Tyco Safety Products Canada. That works out to 27.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 59 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Charles R. Smith 44
2 Lawrence Osborne Motorola 27
3 Ahmed Sharaby Prc-Desoto International 9
3 Joshua Terry Prather 9
#5 Lionell K. Griffith 7
#6 Gerald M. Bluhm Tyco Safety Products Canada 5
#6 Brandon J. Beckham Texas Instruments 5
#6 Josh Prather Baker Hughes Holdings 5
#9 Dennis Redman Bobrick Washroom Equipment 4
#9 Chad Eric Dorton 4
#9 Carlos Phoenix Broadcom 4
#9 Kenneth James Goodstein Divergent Technologies 4
#9 Barry Zvi Shapira Novo Nordisk A/S 4
#9 William Edward Ratliff Hr Textron 4
#15 Jeffrey D. Hempel 3
#15 John W. Comish, Jr. Molex 3
#15 Perry Mark Goldberg RTX (Raytheon) 3
#15 Sheldon Holland Moc Products Company 3
#15 Lee Bombard Disney 3
#20 Timothy L. Camaret 2
#20 Penny A. Gleason 2
#20 James Kerr Unknown 2
#20 Charles Edward Nicoud 2
#20 Robert Samuel Cordobes 2
#20 Yehuda M. Shapira Woodward Hrt 2
#20 Tejveen Gill Ppg Industries Ohio 2
#20 John Spence 2
#20 Graeme Nattress Red.Com 2
#20 William Schneider Lockheed Martin 2
#20 Byron Betts Mason Electric 2
#20 Vincent Loporchio 2
#20 Joseph W. Cardoza Unknown 2
#20 Gary D. James Hughes Aircraft 2
#20 Patrick T. Gleason 2
#20 Richard J. Cresse 2
#36 Kevin B. Parnham Ii-Vi Incorporated 1
#36 Sonia Rivelli 1
#36 Charles A. Bang 1
#36 Darrel Phillips 1
#36 Delton Boardman Hr Textron 1
#36 Sean Irish 1
#36 Bonnie Goodman 1
#36 Stephanie H. Casillas 1
#36 Andrew P. Wandler Nomadix 1
#36 Gary Roteman 1
#36 Ken Bradley Dallara 1
#36 Jesse L. James 1
#36 Kent Madsen 1
#36 Willy Liechti 1
#36 Roderick J. Hunt Hydro-Aire 1

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