Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Vacaville, CA ranks #2,474 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,254 patents from 276 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Vacaville, CA include Verizon, Automatic Bar Controls, Victrex Manufacturing Limited. That works out to 12.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 276 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Benjamin J. Parker Verizon 78
2 Richard A. Martindale Automatic Bar Controls 47
3 Brian Wilson Victrex Manufacturing Limited 38
#4 Thomas H. Turpen Large Scale Biology 35
#5 Stephen J. Garger Large Scale Biology 33
#6 Robert Paul Nichols Tyco Electronics Co. 30
#7 Azita Asefi Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 27
#7 Franklin J. Wall, Jr. Philips Lumileds Lighting Company 27
#9 James D. Getty Nordson 24
#10 Michael J. McCulloch Large Scale Biology 21
#10 Laurence K. Grill Biosource Technologies 21
#12 James M. Tuyls Automatic Bar Controls 20
#13 Eric Abbate Novozymes 19
#13 Guy Della-Cioppa Biosource Technologies 19
#15 Michael G. Sullivan Dsm N.V. 17
#15 Patrick Kaufman Cummins 17
#17 Hal S. Padgett Novici Biotech 16
#17 Bret D. Baker Automatic Bar Controls 16
#17 Michael Hamilton Coward Meta 16
#17 Gregory Pogue Large Scale Biology 16
#21 Karen Moore Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 15
#22 Philip G. Baker Polaroid 14
#22 Antonio J. Jepson Automatic Bar Controls 14
#22 Silas Veloz Bell Automotive Products 14
#25 Susan Johnson Siemens Vdo Automotive Ag 13
#26 Katayoon Dehesh Calgene 12
#27 Boris Brodsky Automatic Bar Controls 11
#27 Alvaro E. Morales Flores Lindsay Transportation Solutions 11
#29 Brian Michael Piety Illinois Tool Works 10
#29 James W. Hillendahl Bio-Rad Laboratories 10
#29 Sharon Kaye Spratt Sangamo Biosciences 10
#29 David McGee Biosource Technologies 10
#29 Catherine M. Houck Calgene 10
#29 Genadie G. Sverlow Biosource Technologies 10
#29 Peter M. Hass Petsport Usa 10
#36 Kwok Kong Chan River2Sea 9
#36 John B. Burnett Electro Scientific Industries 9
#38 Garrard L. Hargrove Rlc Technologies, L.L.C. 8
#38 Ann Myers Turpen Biosource Technologies 8
#38 James Allard Irobot 8
#38 Ronald Gulino Qualcomm 8
#38 Ron Valtierra Acorn West 8
#38 Jerrold M. Olefsky University of California 8
#44 Richard Barry Holtz Biosource Technologies 7
#44 Sandra Lee Oracle 7
#44 Erik Weber Lindsay Transportation Solutions 7
#44 Ronald Ireland Pennwalt 7
#44 Andrew A. Vaewhongs Large Scale Biology 7
#44 Gabriel Dial Automatic Bar Controls 7
#44 Deborah K. Hall Unknown 7

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