Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Atascadero, CA ranks #4,890 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 550 patents from 161 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Atascadero, CA include Promega, Shl Group Ab, Strasbaugh. That works out to 18.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 161 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Thomas Kirkland Promega 58
2 Carlos Guillermo Shl Group Ab 25
3 Thomas A. Walsh Strasbaugh 18
#4 Christopher Pell Exotoe 17
#5 Brendan P. Kelso Illinois Tool Works 14
#5 Stephen Edward Richey Illinois Tool Works 14
#7 Michael S. Lacy Lam Research 13
#7 Charles Schryver Orvance 13
#7 William A. Blythe Drymax Technologies 13
#10 Larry Spiegel Strasbaugh 12
#11 Brian D. Gleason Scientific Drilling International 11
#12 Theodore K. Hunter 10
#12 Brad L. Noll Zurn Industries 10
#12 Patrick Leonard Hogue Hogue Grips 10
#15 Frank Richard Patti 9
#16 Aaron G. Hogue Hogue Grips 8
#16 William Schaffer Applied Materials 8
#18 Clinton A. Staley Autodesk 6
#18 Dudley Dean Gimpel Ernie Ball 6
#20 Stephen J. Tillmann Plantra 5
#20 Marlan J. Holland 5
#20 David Ruysser Gabler Amazon 5
#20 Kyle James Cormany X Development 5
#20 Cory Wilson Reflex Instruments Asia Pacific Pty 5
#20 Michael A. McCall Jenike & Johanson 5
#26 Richard G Davidson 4
#26 John M. Mankins 4
#26 Matthew Schlotterbeck Entegris 4
#26 Mark T. Ingersoll Deroyal Industries 4
#26 Guy L. Hogue 4
#26 John Wyatt Brown Cal Poly 4
#26 K. Michael Harris 4
#26 Joseph Mello Cal Poly 4
#26 Steve Belmonte 4
#26 Derek Jensen Fujifilm 4
#26 Christopher Thomas Koplan Reflex Instruments Asia Pacific Pty 4
#26 Marion K. Harris 4
#26 Stephanie Cortese Fziomed 4
#26 Ezra Phillips Del Industries 4
#26 James A. Gerhardt 4
#26 Ryan Kruse Faro Technologies 4
#42 Tom Kirkland Celtaxsys 3
#42 John W. F. Goers Cytogen 3
#42 Wendy Robbins 3
#42 John L. Borg 3
#42 Frank Kock Zurn Industries 3
#42 Kim R. Kunz 3
#42 Nana Y. Farkye California Polytechnic State University 3
#42 Kathryn Christman Mindbody 3
#42 Clyde Clark Intel 3

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