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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Yreka, CA ranks #8,293 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 263 patents from 87 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Yreka, CA include Qsigma, Bell & Howell Mail Processing Systems, Motorola. That works out to 33.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 87 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Earle Jennings Qsigma 28
2 Jonathan D. Emigh Bell & Howell Mail Processing Systems 25
3 Ganesh Venugopal Motorola 18
#4 Glenn Stark Tandon Group 11
#5 Timothy G. Willis Unknown 10
#6 Brant Miller Clark Telecommunication Systems 9
#6 Jason Bosarge Tamiras Per Pte. Ltd. 9
#8 David F. Crowe Sri International 8
#9 Edward M. Troup Rain Bird Sprinkler, Mfg. 7
#9 Richard Fisk Nsk Europe Limited 7
#11 Alfonso Jaramillo, Sr. 6
#11 Donald R. Beck 6
#13 David W. Banker Catalina Marketing 5
#13 Daniel A. Palmer Harman International Industries, Incorporated 5
#15 Floyd S. Woolf 4
#15 John Kabo 4
#15 Gary Lu The Gillette Company 4
#15 Jon BAKER 4
#19 Robert Knight Unknown 3
#19 Steven Hubbell Emc Ip Holding Company 3
#19 Leo C. Hayes 3
#19 James Troy Lapham 3
#19 Jack Luepke Kyocera Mita 3
#19 Eugene Hernandez 3
#25 James W. Heffel University of California 2
#25 David Kear 2
#25 Robert K F Teng 2
#25 Jon Emigh 2
#25 Mark Stanley Waldrop Cameron International 2
#25 Roger Derek Moody 2
#25 Jules Poiron 2
#25 Stephen M. Matthews University of California 2
#25 David H. Rees, Jr. 2
#25 Chester J. Pierce, Jr. Advanced Container 2
#25 Gerald A. Hickey 2
#25 Kenneth W. Mouw 2
#37 Donald Gary Webber, Jr. 1
#37 Sean M. Visser 1
#37 Kenneth F. Jimenez 1
#37 Peter L. Meyer University of California 1
#37 James L. Friden 1
#37 George Kopiloff 1
#37 Tim E. Nilsson 1
#37 Robert Bruce Amesbury 1
#37 Scott Peaslee 1
#37 Grant H. Hickson 1
#37 Bryan R. K. Cross Cisco 1
#37 Daryl L. Watson 1
#37 Tirsa Flippo 1
#37 Patrick J. Brenner 1

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