Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Ojai, CA ranks #3,865 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 749 patents from 176 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Ojai, CA include Microsoft, Hubbell Incorporated, Dako Denmark A/S. That works out to 98.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 176 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Robert Freed Microsoft 46
2 Christopher Lane Bailey Hubbell Incorporated 44
3 Marc Key Dako Denmark A/S 42
#4 Derek Rodrigues Kaseya Limited 32
#5 Todd Metlen Lifefuels 27
#6 Reid Henry Bowman Earth Science Laboratories 22
#7 Paul Schmid Mattel 20
#8 David L. Cohn IBM 17
#9 Jesse Vandiver Scosche Industries 16
#10 Dwight Marcus Ntech Properties 15
#10 John Matthew Town Thomson Licensing 15
#12 Daniel Elliot Numerex 14
#13 Aaron Meyer The Sloan 12
#13 Kenneth S. Collin, Jr. Hammerhead Industries 12
#13 Michael J. Kohut Sony 12
#16 Harvey Alexander Elliot Numerex 10
#16 Keith A. Dutton Shopzilla 10
#16 Timothy Drew Ferrie The Sloan 10
#19 William Kleidon Ojai Energetics Pbc 9
#19 Bruce Marx Pharmaco-Kinesis 9
#19 Jens Albrecht Riege Skyworks Solutions 9
#19 David Hedman 9
#23 James C. Bolton Industrial Tools 8
#23 John A. B. Dillard, III 8
#23 Charles Bosson Kaseya International Limited 8
#23 David J. Rohweller 8
#23 Michael Gresser Immungene 8
#28 Steven Lee Herbruck 7
#29 Reno Rolle Unknown 6
#29 Bradley D. Beitler Fmc 6
#29 Shannon Lee Bain Nutonian 6
#29 Dana A. Eskridge Medtronic 6
#29 Claude Fiset Medix3D 6
#34 Andrew Behar Adidas Ag 5
#34 Monroe Adler Cochran Spatz Laboratories 5
#34 John Nava East End 5
#34 Timothy J. Devine 5
#34 William Sheridan Fielder 5
#34 Greg Lyons Pentair Water Pool And Spa 5
#34 Michael Hamlin Flexible Technologies 5
#34 David K. Harding Rival Manufacturing 5
#34 Peter Breese Vetco Gray 5
#34 Karl Pope Candela 5
#44 Donna Spurgeon 4
#44 Dmitri Siegel Sonos 4
#44 Anthony W. Louderback Litton Systems 4
#44 Steven M. Simpson NASA 4
#44 Zubin Levy 4
#49 Rodney K. Craven Parker-Hannifin 3
#49 Aaron Prichard The Sloan 3

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