Hercules, CA ranks #2,463 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 48 patents from 28 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Hercules, CA include Handylab, Lechat, Chevron. That works out to 1.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–28 of 28 inventors
| Rank ↑ | Inventor ↕ | Primary Company ↕ | Patents ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kalyan Handique | Handylab | 6 |
| 2 | Newton Luu | Lechat | 4 |
| 2 | Kandaswamy Jothimurugesan | Chevron | 4 |
| 2 | Curtis B. Campbell | Chevron | 4 |
| #5 | Wai Pak | Oracle | 3 |
| #5 | Hari Krishna Gutlapalli | Oracle | 3 |
| #7 | Thomas N. Chiesl | Ibis Biosciences | 2 |
| #7 | Donald L. Kuehne | Chevron | 2 |
| #9 | Gideon Bollag | Plexxikon | 1 |
| #9 | Diana V. Bejarano | — | 1 |
| #9 | Jack Lin | Plexxikon | 1 |
| #9 | Jason Ma | IBM | 1 |
| #9 | Tyler Lettau | Tile | 1 |
| #9 | Moinuddin Ahmed | Chevron | 1 |
| #9 | Zhiyang Guo | Jiangnan University | 1 |
| #9 | John Parks | Lam Research | 1 |
| #9 | Rachel M. Knight | Chevron | 1 |
| #9 | Paul Iannacito | Atmel | 1 |
| #9 | Zoltan Grose | — | 1 |
| #9 | Elaine S. Yamaguchi | Chevron | 1 |
| #9 | Leslie Ann G. Velasco | — | 1 |
| #9 | Ty Lettau | Adobe | 1 |
| #9 | Daniel Y. Chu | Bio-Rad Laboratories | 1 |
| #9 | Evelio Perez | Bio-Rad Laboratories | 1 |
| #9 | Kandaswany Jothimurugesan | Chevron | 1 |
| #9 | Chris I. Huang | ITRI | 1 |
| #9 | Amandeep Tyagi | Bio-Rad Laboratories | 1 |
| #9 | Trushar Patel | Sea Tel | 1 |
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