Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Upland, CA ranks #1,990 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,631 patents from 401 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Upland, CA include Pwp Industries, Delaware Capital Formation, Xerox. That works out to 20.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 401 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Terry Vovan Pwp Industries 62
1 Mark A. Swart Delaware Capital Formation 62
3 Michael D. Thompson Xerox 54
#4 William C. Smith AT&T 53
#5 Seung Chu Xencor 52
#6 Beau M. Braunberger Vision Works Ip 37
#6 Charles M. Hohman Owens-Corning Fiberglas 37
#8 Kjeld Hestehave Bomatic 36
#9 Sebastian S. Plamthottam Avery Dennison 31
#10 Kevin Kim Nxp Usa 27
#11 Samuel Chi Razer Auto 24
#12 Shenda M. Baker Synedgen 21
#12 Jean M. Bonaldo Care Medical Devices 21
#14 Howard L. Vandersall Astaris L.L.C. 20
#14 Robert Doebler Claremont Biosolutions 20
#16 Keith D. Anderson Medtronic 18
#16 Basil Naji James Hardie Technology Limited 18
#18 Arthur Scott Pearson Sweda Company 17
#18 Hindi R. Zeidman 17
#20 Thomas Sievers Takata-Petri Ag 16
#20 Patricio Giecco Juniper Networks 16
#22 Joseph Loeffler Aerogen 15
#22 Oakley G. Ross General Dynamics Corp., Pomona Division 15
#24 Dale Woiken Aeropress 14
#24 Hy B. Nguyen Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics 14
#26 William Alexander Therien Exoanalytic Solutions 13
#26 Jonathon Salehpour Nortonlifelock 13
#26 David L. Melmeth James Hardie Technology Limited 13
#29 James D. Sterling Keck Graduate Institute 12
#29 Charles H. Sherwood Anika Therapeutics 12
#29 Takeyoshi Nitta Mikutay 12
#32 Charles M. Kienholz I-Flow 11
#32 Donald A. Hohman Accuride 11
#34 Stephen C. Hamel Aci International 10
#34 Billy J. Hobbs Lsp Products Group 10
#34 Alan D. Tuck, Jr. Wilden Pump And Engineering 10
#34 Edward A. Reed Packless Metal Hose 10
#38 Donald G. Musson Serb Sa 9
#38 Henry Gonzalez Computer Network Technology 9
#38 Jerry W. Cramer Sunkist Growers 9
#38 Wallace W. Velie Mallard Products 9
#42 Thayne Dye James Hardie Technology Limited 8
#42 Wesley Scott Dochnahl Tempo Industries 8
#42 Leon Robinson ExxonMobil 8
#45 Daniel Yu Hsu Kingston Technology 7
#45 Nicolsson Fernandes Wki Holding Company 7
#45 Gerry Damikolas Newfrey 7
#48 Kevin T. Stevenson F.D.S. Manufacturing 6
#48 Gui-Yang Lu Avid Identification Systems 6
#48 Gary B. Dunks Iolab 6

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