Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Tehachapi, CA ranks #6,703 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 360 patents from 97 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Tehachapi, CA include Adc Telecommunications, Salter Labs, GE. That works out to 27.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 97 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Daniel Ray Mertesdorf Adc Telecommunications 42
2 Peter W. Salter Salter Labs 22
3 Kevin L. Cousineau GE 19
#4 Jose Joaquin Aizpuru Finisar 16
#5 Jon Karkow Icon Aircraft 15
#6 Timothy Olson IBM 12
#7 Robert E. Glaspie Elio Engineering 11
#8 Robert L. Geisler General Motors 10
#8 John Ford Varian Medical Systems 10
#10 Gregory R. Yandek US Air Force 9
#10 Matthew Gionta Icon Aircraft 9
#10 Ralph Hurst Mechanical Technology 9
#13 Allan L. Turner Environmental Projects 8
#13 Emilian Mieczyslaw Moroz GE 8
#15 Doyle D. Gracey 7
#15 Donald W. Petersen Wright Medical Technology 7
#15 Robert Garner 7
#18 David J. Fisher Firestar Engineering 5
#18 Byron Young Icon Aircraft 5
#18 Merrill E. Graham, Jr. 5
#18 Peter Truong De La Rue International Limited 5
#18 John J. Burken NASA 5
#23 William D. McCune Evergreen International Aviation 4
#23 George R. Adams 4
#25 Eric Eggleston GE 3
#25 George M. Papadakis 3
#25 Michael Gustason Velocity Magnetics 3
#25 Joseph A. Gonzales Applied Medical Resources 3
#25 Antonio Vespa Hyundai Motor 3
#25 Bruce B. Burson, Jr. AT&T 3
#25 Patrick N. Ruth Hybrid Plastics, Incorporated 3
#25 Brian R. Jarrett 3
#25 John S. Orr, Jr. 3
#25 Jacob C. Marcischak US Air Force 3
#25 Will Pong Syqe Medical 3
#25 Christian Burke 3
#37 Scott Bomar 2
#37 Norman Scott Winneguth GE 2
#37 William Hackman 2
#37 Mark Nunnelee NASA 2
#37 Mark Lee Cook GE 2
#37 Robert Nobuyoshi Yamasaki 2
#37 Michael D. Burns 2
#37 David Eugene Barland Spirit Aerosystems 2
#37 Louis O. Schorsch Unknown 2
#46 Kurt G. Sanner NASA 1
#46 Kyle Seth Leffler Inventus Holdings 1
#46 Norman L. Hanson 1
#46 Stephen L. Woodruff Florida State University 1
#46 Jerald Frownfelter 1

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