Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Lompoc, CA ranks #254 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 11,941 patents from 2,245 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Lompoc, CA include HP, Callwave Communications, University of California. That works out to 268.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 2,245 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Frederick Perner HP 168
2 David S. Trandal Callwave Communications 136
3 James S. Speck University of California 131
#4 Simon Raab Faro Technologies 111
#5 Gregory Alan Fish Aurrion 106
#6 David Lemon Oglevee 103
#7 Frank Edward Anderson Lexmark International 88
#8 Guillermo C. Bazan University of California 79
#9 John S. Foster Innovative Micro Technology 75
#10 Noel C. MacDonald Cornell Research Foundation 72
#11 Tadao Hashimoto Sixpoint Materials 71
#12 Michael Jason Grundmann X Development 68
#12 Alan J. Heeger University of California 68
#14 Eric McFarland Symyx Technologies 64
#14 Christian Boemler RTX (Raytheon) 64
#16 Warren Coon Magnecomp 61
#17 Erik Johan Norberg Aurrion 58
#18 Colin D. Kelley Callwave Communications 55
#19 Robert B. Evans R. R. Donnelley & Sons 54
#19 Virgil B. Elings Digital Instruments 54
#19 Christopher S. Gudeman Innovative Micro Technology 54
#22 Anthony F. Sammells Eltron Research 53
#22 Tetsuro Oishi Sonos 53
#24 Theodore Lowes Cree 51
#24 Michael L. Chabinyc Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated 51
#26 Roger Proksch Asylum Research 50
#27 Alexander Sztein Soraa Laser Diode 49
#28 Barbara Sharp Flir Systems 46
#29 Marc R. Amling Karl Storz Imaging 45
#30 Stephen J. Golden Catalytic Solutions 44
#31 Jeffrey Lynn Heath Linear Technology Holding 43
#32 Samuel Shiber Surgical Systems & Instruments 41
#32 Timothy W. James Superconductor Technologies 41
#34 David F. Hofstatter Callwave Communications 40
#35 David Dwelley Linear Technology Holding 39
#36 David Chatenever Karl Storz Imaging 38
#36 James J. Weber Weber Orthopedic 38
#38 David Taylor Sonos 37
#38 Ichiro Kasai Minolta Co. 37
#38 David Malina Moen Incorporated 37
#41 Ronald A. Barr Read Rite 36
#41 Hugh L. Narciso, Jr. Pdt Systems 36
#41 Shiva Prakash E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 36
#44 Bryan Clark Tandy 35
#44 Jared Bauters Juniper Networks 35
#46 Philip A. Lisiecki Akamai Technologies 34
#46 Charles Douglas MacPherson E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 34
#48 James Aviani Cisco 33
#48 Justin J. Schwab AbbVie 33
#50 Paul W. Smith Intri-Plex Technologies 32

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