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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Willits, CA ranks #13,130 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 131 patents from 47 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Willits, CA include Volkswagen, Microphor, Broadcom. That works out to 26.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–47 of 47 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Jonathan Jonny Melic 18
2 Jerramy Lee Gipson Volkswagen 15
3 R. Edward Burton Microphor 10
#4 Tony Turner Broadcom 8
#5 James Eugene Watts 5
#5 Vernon W. Haselswerdt Microphor 5
#7 James L. Dunham 4
#7 Tim G. Elford Gilead Connecticut 4
#7 William W. Bowen Sonoma Orthopedic Products 4
#7 Robert Burton Intel 4
#7 Timothy Kenevan 4
#12 Robert Gardner Montana State University 3
#13 Dean McCann 2
#13 Henry W Rued 2
#13 Anthony Ellis Treves Products, Services & Innovation 2
#13 Daniel M. Mihelcic 2
#13 Keith Rutledge 2
#13 Pete Mihelcic 2
#13 Gary A. Ramos 2
#13 Sheri Hanson 2
#13 Herb Kamphausen California Expanded Metal Products 2
#13 Jon Bixler 2
#13 Michael A. Koch B.Braun Medical 2
#13 Charles Henry MacDonald 2
#25 William D. Barrass 1
#25 Catherine C. Cutter 1
#25 Kenneth D. Runyan 1
#25 Lemoyne W. Dilgard University of California 1
#25 John Wagenet 1
#25 Barbara A. H. Spencer 1
#25 Kevin Thomas Poss 1
#25 Craig Carni Ironridge 1
#25 Victor Zuidema Ironridge 1
#25 Bartholomew Galligan, III 1
#25 Neal H. Camp 1
#25 William Scott Edgar Apple 1
#25 Michael E. Dell'Ara 1
#25 Minh Van Pham 1
#25 Earl S. Hansen 1
#25 Lowell Justus 1
#25 Fletcher Nichol Chef Software 1
#25 Bruce Trent 1
#25 William R. Warf Paccar 1
#25 Phillip Edward Jergenson 1
#25 Kevin Retzloff 1
#25 Nicholas L. Patterson 1
#25 Donald George McEdwards 1

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