Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Arroyo Grande, CA ranks #2,235 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,415 patents from 174 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Arroyo Grande, CA include Ball Horticultural, Open Invention Network Llc Nc, Virco Mgmt.. That works out to 76.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 174 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Scott C. Trees Ball Horticultural 352
2 Allan Havemose Open Invention Network Llc Nc 185
3 Peter Glass Virco Mgmt. 77
#4 Dieter Klaubert Promega 73
#5 Richard A. Berg Cohesion Technologies 54
#6 John J. Drab RTX (Raytheon) 39
#7 Mark McDougall Promega 36
#8 Thomas D. Ferro Aod Holdings 28
#9 John D. Ralston Infineon Technologies Ag 26
#10 Austin T. Ferro Aod Holdings 24
#11 James Unch Promega 22
#12 Pavlo E. Rudakevych Irobot 21
#13 Donald Lee Aod Holdings 17
#14 Richard Donald Giuli Apple 16
#14 Kevin E. Kalajan Oracle 16
#16 Paul O. Scheibe Landmark Screens 15
#17 Troy Thorup Ball Horticultural 13
#18 Gary Wayne Bagnall Zoo Med Laboratories 12
#18 Jon Paul Curzan Cyan Systems 12
#20 Charles P. Hagmaier Eastman Kodak 11
#20 Charles M. Perethian First Champaign 11
#20 Patrick L. Smith The Aerospace 11
#20 Nathan R. Carter Analog Devices 11
#24 Frank G. Martin Del Industries 10
#24 Dustin Heon Wheel Pros 10
#24 Charles E. Sauerbier Light Wave 10
#27 Scott Gill Aod Holdings 9
#28 David H. Nelson Google 7
#28 Stephen J. Dwight Promega 7
#28 Michael C. Cross Caltech 7
#31 Kevin Thomas Beck Konica Minolta US 6
#31 Carl E. Mero Seminis Vegetable Seeds 6
#31 Charles R. Boyd Texas Sampling 6
#31 Garthop Upton 6
#31 Rocky D. Gipson Entegris 6
#36 John Park Aod Holdings 5
#36 Spencer Lyle Voorheis Amazon 5
#36 William G. Oppelt Fziomed 5
#36 Scott Noble Hickman Illinois Tool Works 5
#40 Doug DeBerti 4
#40 Nicholas J. Tompkins Apio 4
#40 Joseph Biggs University Of Delaware 4
#40 Brad DeBerti 4
#40 Bruce Edward DeBruhl 4
#40 Robert C. Hatch Veroscan 4
#40 Jesse L. Wobrock 4
#40 Benjamin A. Rhoades 4
#40 David A. Bottom Intel 4
#40 Carl J. Appellof Broadcom 4
#50 Mary Elizabeth McQuarrie Adobe 3

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