Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Fresno, CA ranks #1,821 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 72 patents from 41 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Fresno, CA include Hoshiko, Arrow Acquisition, The Burchell Nursery. That works out to 0.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–41 of 41 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Gary Stephen Shuster Hoshiko 14
2 Ross T. Gault Arrow Acquisition 5
3 John K. Slaughter The Burchell Nursery 4
#4 Nadarasa Visveshwara Unknown 3
#4 Aleksey Nogin Hrl Laboratories 3
#4 Sean Farrell Fresenius Medical Care Holdings 3
#7 Danny Lynn Gamel 2
#7 Douglas G. Willis 2
#7 Hannah Serimian 2
#7 Antonio D. Lucero Optimedica 2
#7 Oliver L. Saunders Gilead Sciences 2
#12 J. Rosario Cervantes 1
#12 Dennis E. Schramm Eco.Logic Brands 1
#12 Roy Whitson Bayer Cropscience 1
#12 John Wolff Guardian Industries 1
#12 Phyllis Taylor 1
#12 Reynaldo V. Alonzo 1
#12 Nimrod Anderson 1
#12 Max Flaming Maxco Supply 1
#12 James Christopher Thorpe Sunrise Medical Hhg 1
#12 Larry Hieb Sanden Vendo America 1
#12 Rick Hopkins Valent Biosciences 1
#12 Adolpho Gonzalez Juniper Networks 1
#12 Nigel Grech University of California 1
#12 Henry E. Aryan Zavation 1
#12 Shane Wesley Robinson 1
#12 Mark A. Kelm Mars, Incorporated 1
#12 Stanley M. Cusak 1
#12 Nina Seyedabadi 1
#12 Karen Metteer Unknown 1
#12 Sarkis Khanzadian 1
#12 Thomas De Lany 1
#12 Arnold Jones Litton Systems 1
#12 Wei Yu Jiangsu University 1
#12 Jawahar M. Desai Sirona Medical Technologies 1
#12 Maureen Ann Armstrong Westrock Shared Services 1
#12 Bryan K. Neff Pelco 1
#12 Douglas J. Johnson US Air Force 1
#12 Daniel Nourian National Diversified Sales 1
#12 Joseph Rossi 1
#12 Tom G. Pistacchio 1

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