Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Burns Lake, CA ranks #1,213 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,762 patents from 1,404 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Burns Lake, CA include Gentex, Illinois Tool Works, US Army.

Showing 1–50 of 1,404 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 John W. Carter Gentex 55
2 Joseph S. Adams Illinois Tool Works 31
3 Charles W. Walker, Jr. US Army 20
#4 Benjamin V. Knelson Unknown 18
#4 Juergen Koessler Primex Manufacturing 18
#4 Branko Palcic Xillix Technologies 18
#4 Thomas E. Jones US Air Force 18
#8 John William Holmes Ford 17
#9 Wun C. Chong 16
#10 Rene T. Jonker Power Measurement 14
#10 Leonard Smith Microsoft 14
#10 Clifford William Devine Quanta Associates 14
#10 Sergio Vitomir Protocol Environmental Solutions 14
#10 Peter Herwig Maria Tomme Galapagos Nv 14
#10 William L. Sherwood 14
#16 William Emil Heinz Andrew 13
#16 Blayney J. Scott Scott Plastics 13
#16 Mark Gallagher Spidercloud Wireless 13
#19 Karl Fischer Basf Se 12
#19 Peter Robert Henderson McConnell Sierra Wireless 12
#21 Alan Lupin Epic Biosonics 11
#21 Lars Josefsson Ericsson 11
#21 Jed Christopher Friesen Predl Systems North America 11
#21 Kelvin Chiddick Whitmore Manufacturing 11
#21 William Leith Apple 11
#26 Jackson A. Smith 10
#26 Robert M. Knudson Macmillan Bloedel Limited 10
#26 Gary W. Kenward Nortel Networks Limited 10
#26 Bradley J. Field Pacific Safety Products 10
#26 Patricia M. Logan University Of Texas System 10
#26 Kyle Patrick IBM 10
#26 Terry G. Wiens 10
#33 Donald B. Arney Unknown 9
#33 Leonard Wayne Halstrom Silent Knights Ventures 9
#33 Svend Jensen 9
#33 Antonio Rapaz 9
#33 John H. Wall Dana Limited 9
#33 Helmut E. Fandrich Unknown 9
#39 Robert B. Karrer 8
#39 Winston Yeung 8
#39 John Barlow Gkn Technology Limited 8
#39 Daniel Ross Collette Honeywell 8
#39 Robert L. Sorensen Motorola 8
#39 Brian T. King 8
#39 Janice North Qlt 8
#39 Ping Hui Nokia 8
#39 David James Martens IBM 8
#39 Anton Orlitzky A.T.S. Electro-Lube Holdings 8
#39 Scott Phillips Cardiodigital Limited 8
#50 John Gross Peak Innovations 7