Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Lincoln, CA ranks #4,031 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 707 patents from 144 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Lincoln, CA include Evalve, Gutterglove, Philips Electronics North America. That works out to 14.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 144 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Kent D. Dell Evalve 52
2 Robert C. Lenney Gutterglove 49
2 Robert K. Rosen 49
#4 Peter Janssen Philips Electronics North America 38
#5 Shaun Wackerly Hewlett Packard Enterprise 32
#6 Randall Kramer Novozymes 29
#7 Benjamin Travis Meadowcroft Rubrik 26
#8 William W. Alston Surgx 22
#9 Christopher Clinton Chappell Quick Quack Car Wash Holdings 20
#10 Joseph C. Simpson Gatekeeper Innovation 19
#11 Tasneem Brutch Samsung 16
#11 Robin Han IBM 16
#13 Sek Yee Tan Dow Agrosciences 12
#13 Peter F. Santina Unknown 12
#13 Aaron Michael Koll Igt Global Soulutions 12
#16 David C. Hood Ericsson 11
#17 N. Michelle Borg Unknown 10
#18 John N. Shell Depomed 9
#18 Brittany Davis HP 9
#20 Nalesh Chandra AT&T 8
#20 Bonnie L. Dolan Bank of America 8
#22 Christopher Liu Relx 7
#22 Frank Mikowychok 7
#22 Stuart Johnston 7
#22 Gurkirat Billing Micron 7
#26 Nathan Stanley Jenne HP 6
#26 Zebula Doll Unknown 6
#26 Chris Kruger Edsal Manufacturing Company 6
#29 Abigale Tyree Sundberg Unknown 5
#30 Richard B. Rosseau Fmc 4
#30 Phillip Chauvin 4
#30 Rahul M. Palnitkar Intel 4
#30 John David Egri, II 4
#30 Tyrone A. Brown 4
#30 Matthew A. Carney Meta 4
#30 John P. Rokos 4
#30 Joshua B. Sybrowsky Unknown 4
#30 Lino Etollo Carnesecca International Billing Services 4
#39 Lyndall Erb Afx 3
#39 Deborah G. Shatley Dow Agrosciences 3
#39 Jeffery Allen Reich Verifone 3
#39 George Caryotakis Communications & Power Industries 3
#39 Jeffrey N. McCoy Unknown 3
#39 Robert Spinnato 3
#39 William C. Boen 3
#39 Christopher Ryan Resnicke 3
#39 Liem Manh Nguyen HP 3
#39 Keely Spinnato 3
#39 Dave Vanderpan Doorframer 3
#39 William Charles McGee, III Te Connectivity Co. 3

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