Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Richmond, CA ranks #888 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 153 patents from 77 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Richmond, CA include Sangamo Biosciences, University of California, Intel. That works out to 1.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 77 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Michael C. Holmes Sangamo Biosciences 13
2 Philip D. Gregory Sangamo Biosciences 11
3 Alexander Katz University of California 8
#4 Allen Yang Yang Intel 7
#5 Jeffrey C. Miller Sangamo Therapeutics 6
#6 Andrew Nelson Verily Life Sciences 5
#6 Jeremy David Baker Samsung 5
#8 Thomas Laidig Applied Materials 4
#8 Edward J. Rebar Sangamo Therapeutics 4
#8 David Paschon Sangamo Therapeutics 4
#8 Gregory J. Cost Sangamo Therapeutics 4
#12 Howard Steven Lacheen Chevron 3
#13 Donald C. Lewis Aspect Software 2
#13 Dale R. Cameron BOE 2
#13 Jun Ho Son Kryptos Biotechnologies 2
#13 Erich Kai Stephan Pegasus Solar 2
#13 Dirk G. Brockstedt Aduro Biotech 2
#13 Edward Priest Black Diamond Video 2
#13 Peilin Chen Fluidigm 2
#13 Michael Ashbridge Google 2
#13 Kaushik Subramanian Visa 2
#13 Russell DeKelver Sangamo Therapeutics 2
#13 Alexei Potiagalov Business Objects Software 2
#13 Loren Berg Ciena 2
#13 Syed Saleem Javid Brahmanapalli Shutterfly 2
#13 David Kai Yuen Poon Zymeworks 2
#27 Mark Moore Aditazz 1
#27 Dragan Charlie Curcija University of California 1
#27 Neil Sinclair Cybertran International 1
#27 Ka-kit Lam Google 1
#27 Nicholas Barton Sunpower 1
#27 Miguel Vigil Chevron 1
#27 Seongtae Jeong Intel 1
#27 Hanh-Phuc Le Lion Semiconductor 1
#27 Jide Xu University of California 1
#27 Glenn Harris Pegasus Solar 1
#27 Carlos Leal-Verdugo Lam Research 1
#27 H. Steve Zhang Sangamo Therapeutics 1
#27 Anna Erickson Cerus 1
#27 James Mun Coopervision International Limited 1
#27 Yong ZHANG Huawei 1
#27 Erik Paul Bethke Zynga 1
#27 Andreas Reik Sangamo Therapeutics 1
#27 Walter Yamasaki 1
#27 Zhixun Ma Vitro Flat Glass 1
#27 Jongbaeg Kim Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University 1
#27 Bo Kou Chevron 1
#27 Wolfgang Oels Alion Energy 1
#27 Nga Malekzadeh Chevron 1
#27 David Triebwasser 1

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