Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Grover Beach, CA ranks #7,116 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 330 patents from 45 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Grover Beach, CA include Apple, Irobot, Ball Horticultural. That works out to 26.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–45 of 45 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Mehmet Mutlu Apple 44
2 Timothy R. Ohm Irobot 42
3 Laura L. Masor Ball Horticultural 31
#4 Omaira Pineda Mendel Biotechnology 27
#5 Donald A. Hitko Hrl Laboratories 22
#6 Carolyn W. Hitko Promega 15
#7 Anton Shakhmin Promega 14
#7 John E. Franta 14
#9 Reno Heon Wheel Pros 10
#9 Michael Philip Cohen Eli Lilly 10
#11 Robert W. Lishman Medical Composite Technology 9
#11 Philip Collins Global Inkjet Systems Limited 9
#13 Ottmar Brandau Friendship Products 8
#13 Arthur H. Goldiner 8
#15 Linda B. Camplese 7
#16 Shees N. Sulemanji Illinois Tool Works 6
#16 Sarah Vogt Entegris 6
#16 Craig Machado Unknown 6
#19 G. Delbert Friesen National Starch And Chemical Investment Holding Copporation 3
#20 James Cegelski Illinois Tool Works 2
#20 Joseph Campanale Den-Mat Holdings 2
#20 Heather L. Hunt Den-Mat Holdings 2
#20 Alexander William Hughson 2
#20 Carolyn Woodroofe Hitko Promega 2
#20 Don Hitko Hrl Laboratories 2
#20 Adrian K. Hongo 2
#20 Bradley M. Lormand US Air Force 2
#20 Cyril Schneider 2
#20 Ed Williams 2
#20 Erik Gutterud Reflex Instruments Asia Pacific Pty 2
#20 Steven Cegelski Illinois Tool Works 2
#20 Michael Salais 2
#33 Scott E Barrett 1
#33 Dirk Tomio Cummings Amazon 1
#33 Frank Nunes 1
#33 Dennis L. Oberkamp Advanced Medical Optics 1
#33 Eric Michael Laiblin The Aes 1
#33 Vardy Taylor Pearson 1
#33 Kenneth O'Reilly 1
#33 Joseph Stute 1
#33 Anthony D. Galaviz 1
#33 Gary Thomas Modoff 1
#33 David Cleek 1
#33 Randall T. Myrick 1
#33 Wayne A. Hozie 1

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