Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Livermore, CA ranks #162 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 728 patents from 291 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Livermore, CA include The Invention Science Fund I, Energous, Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated. That works out to 8.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 291 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Muriel Y. Ishikawa The Invention Science Fund I 94
2 Victoria Y.H. Wood The Invention Science Fund I 76
3 Gregory Scott Brewer Energous 10
#4 Victor Alfred Beck Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated 9
#5 Jaydeep Sinha Kla-Tencor 8
#5 Salah Machani Emc Ip Holding Company 8
#5 Scott A. Meyer Cardiac Pacemakers 8
#8 Joachim Walter Ahner Seagate Technology 7
#8 Thomas C. Moore Acist Medical Systems 7
#8 Bill Nale Intel 7
#8 Gildardo Delgado Kla-Tencor 7
#8 Kendall R. Waters Acist Medical Systems 7
#13 Arthur M. Howald Lam Research 6
#13 Brian K. Caufield IBM 6
#13 David M. Tung Seagate Technology 6
#13 Gilbert H. Herbeck Apple 6
#13 Nate L. Lyman Ebay 6
#13 Ying Wu Lam Research 6
#13 Mark A. Edwards Acco Brands 6
#13 Joshua D. Kuntz Lawrence Livermore National Security 6
#13 Donald Anthony Pilz California Expanded Metal Products 6
#22 Jane P. Bearinger Lawrence Livermore National Security 5
#22 Chidambaram Bhagavathiperumal 5
#22 Douglas A. Buchberger, Jr. Applied Materials 5
#22 Gilles A. Pokam Intel 5
#26 Martin Walter Palo Alto Networks 4
#26 Todd Farmer Bridgelux 4
#26 Colleen Pendergast Apple 4
#26 Kevin Griffin Applied Materials 4
#26 Peter M. Jacobson Pacesetter 4
#26 Robert Michael Kinstle, III Corsair Memory 4
#26 Arnaud Jean-Louis Charton Amazon 4
#26 Steven C. Miller GE 4
#26 Ramandeep Mehmi Hydronovation 4
#26 Cem Basceri Micron 4
#26 Kenneth J. Michlitsch Usgi Medical 4
#26 Patrick L. Feng National Technology & Engineering Solutions Of Sandia 4
#26 William Ouellette The Procter & Gamble 4
#26 Stephen Keith McLaurin Seagate Technology 4
#26 Matthew J. Everett Carl Zeiss Meditec Ag 4
#41 Christopher Paulson Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated 3
#41 Richard Keenan Optiscan Biomedical 3
#41 Stevan B. Jovanovich Integenx 3
#41 Lacerial Pearson Howmedica Osteonics 3
#41 David Barry Penumbra 3
#41 Scott West Curo Medical 3
#41 Kevin Huang TSMC 3
#41 Chien-Hung Chou Gilead Sciences 3
#41 Roger M. Johnson Applied Materials 3
#41 Anthony Makarewicz 10X Genomics 3

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