Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Rocklin, CA ranks #2,580 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,200 patents from 293 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Rocklin, CA include HP, Hillerich & Bradsby, Frs Group. That works out to 16.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 293 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Andrew C. Walton HP 37
2 Robert Cochran HP 36
3 George W. Burger Hillerich & Bradsby 29
#4 Joseph McLellan Frs Group 28
#5 Kenneth M. Buckland Cisco 24
#5 James D. Hensley HP 24
#7 Fritz B. Harris Metal Improvement Company 23
#7 Michael Todd University of California 23
#7 Jason Spencer The Volcano 23
#10 Walter H. Johnson Kla-Tencor 20
#10 Joseph M. Nichols Lutron Technology Company 20
#12 Chris Talbot Applied Materials 19
#13 Chuck A. Black HP 18
#14 Douglas William Heath Seminis Vegetable Seeds 17
#15 Martin O. Nicholes HP 16
#15 Michael I. Thompson Qlogic 16
#17 Mehran Mirkazemi-Moud Verifone 15
#17 James K. Koch HP 15
#19 David A. Kumpf 14
#19 Alexander A. Lubinski Covidien Lp 14
#21 Matthew Leettola Grabit 13
#21 Patrick Link Nintendo Co. 13
#23 Bruce A. Klemin Qlogic 12
#23 August Camber Micron 12
#23 Xueming Qian Amgen 12
#23 Jeremy Wilson HP 12
#27 Shivaun Albright HP 11
#27 Rajeev Grover HP 11
#27 Masood Ahmed The Volcano 11
#27 Piotr Findeisen HP 11
#31 John Duff Salesforce 9
#31 Jeffrey R. Murphy Avago Technologies General Ip (Singapore) Pte. 9
#31 George C. Boyse Down River International 9
#31 Kevin M. Hoffman Electronics For Imaging 9
#35 Donald Strasser Jumpsport 8
#35 Changwon Rhee Intel 8
#35 Elizabeth Rogers Eastman Kodak 8
#38 Devon L. Dawson HP 7
#38 Dean L. Scoville 7
#38 Rajpal Gill HP 7
#38 Brent Allan Best Illinois Tool Works 7
#42 Dmitriy Berchanskiy Intel 6
#42 Connor Buckland Chef Robotics 6
#42 Frank A. Reichstein HP 6
#42 Jacques Marcel Muyango Qorvo Us 6
#42 Marcel Duvekot HP 6
#42 Karamadai Srinivasan HP 6
#42 Mathew A. Nieberger 6
#42 Scott C. Petler 6
#42 Mike S. Choi Intel 6

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