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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Hanford, CA ranks #12,649 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 139 patents from 56 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Hanford, CA include Intel, Carrier, Caylym Technologies International. That works out to 2.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 56 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Clifford D. Hall Intel 24
2 Min-Tih Lai Intel 14
3 Mark A. Hill Carrier 11
#4 Richard Goddard Caylym Technologies International 7
#5 Richard Vandersteen 5
#6 Daniel Delgado Aerospatiale Societe Nationale Industrielle 4
#6 James Michael Snell IBM 4
#8 Samuel Theophilis Johnson Akzo Nobel N.V. 3
#8 Richard Brock 3
#8 Shannon Eigenman 3
#8 Clark Daniel Maytubby Elk Corporation Of Dallas 3
#8 George F. Verdegaal, Jr. 3
#8 Keith Garcia 3
#14 Terry B. Linton Tri Tool 2
#14 Benfei Hu 2
#14 Ronald E. Evans 2
#14 Stanley T. Esposito 2
#14 John Warmerdam 2
#14 Fernando C. Avila Unknown 2
#14 John L. Fagundes 2
#14 Russell J. Verdegaal 2
#14 Monte Lininger 2
#23 Jose Inez Guerra 1
#23 Albert Lee Richardson 1
#23 Norman Alvidrez 1
#23 David M. Borba 1
#23 Charles F. Grenier 1
#23 Alan J. Duyst Weyerhaeuser Nr 1
#23 Loyd W. Moore 1
#23 Lance Ludgay Null 1
#23 Natalie Filardi Unknown 1
#23 William J. Verdegaal 1
#23 Howard Smith 1
#23 Debra L. Currin 1
#23 Dennis M. Scamardo 1
#23 John W. Tos 1
#23 Edward W. Gaitan 1
#23 Dinh C. Hoang 1
#23 David A. Macedo 1
#23 Karen A. Clacher 1
#23 Charles B. Gillman US Air Force 1
#23 David R. Hiser 1
#23 James A. Quintel 1
#23 Vicki G. Heinrich 1
#23 Max W. Walden 1
#23 Russell H. Mosier Carnation 1
#23 Duane R. Kerr Carnation 1
#23 Charles W. Sisson Carnation 1
#23 Michael J. Crain 1
#23 Donna Poore 1

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