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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Oakdale, CA ranks #8,174 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 268 patents from 78 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Oakdale, CA include The General Hospital, Fmc, Phonoflow Medical. That works out to 11.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 78 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Howard Goodman The General Hospital 55
2 Lloyd F. Hay Fmc 13
3 Norman Lee Owsley Phonoflow Medical 12
3 Bret W. Ludwig 3M 12
3 Wang-Chan Wong Lucas Gc Limited 12
#6 Gary W. Reed Tektronix 11
#7 James Schmidt E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 9
#8 Jon R. Reed J.S. Land Management 7
#9 Richard Manley US Air Force 6
#9 Shaun Harrison Snap 6
#11 Joseph W. Sharp Microsoft 5
#11 Diane Reynolds Algorithmics Software 5
#13 Tony Joyce Unknown 4
#13 Bobbie Burke Honda Motor Co. 4
#13 Jerry M. Hougland Fmc 4
#13 Brian Mathew Blocher Front Porch 4
#13 David WARD Genentech 4
#18 Ahmed Omar Chevron 3
#18 Terrill Abst Unknown 3
#18 Charleen Suzanne Solomon 3
#18 Victor A. Oelschlaegel Parker-Hannifin 3
#18 Sharon Devereaux 3
#18 Jeffrey M. Schlater Olin 3
#18 Alan Zachary Duraflame 3
#25 Barry L. Olsen NASA 2
#25 Jeff M. Steves 2
#25 Brett V. Steves 2
#25 Charlie Quong Detector Electronics 2
#25 Patrick C. Meachim Electric Power Research Institute 2
#25 Robby Reynolds 2
#25 Anita Smith 2
#25 Donald R. Oehrlein Hogan Mfg. 2
#25 Aaron Fernandes AMD 2
#25 Donald Alan Dolly 2
#25 Steven M. Williamson Apple 2
#25 Jeffrey W. Laforge Parker-Hannifin 2
#25 Leonard Manning Eldex Laboratories 2
#25 Colton Farquer 2
#25 Angilbert Sarkis 2
#25 Christopher Esteves 2
#25 Pontus K. H. Nilsson Mrl Industries 2
#25 James A. Frias 2
#25 Thomas Clark Boster Haeger 2
#25 Linda E. Strauman Olin 2
#45 James L. Rossini 1
#45 Stan Rieger 1
#45 Antone Sylvia 1
#45 Bobby New 1
#45 Thomas Vitale 1
#45 Troy A. McClure 1

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