Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Tracy, CA ranks #1,012 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 135 patents from 71 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Tracy, CA include Blackberry Limited, Juniper Networks, Qualcomm. That works out to 1.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 71 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Adrian Buckley Blackberry Limited 11
2 Jaspal S. Gill Juniper Networks 7
2 Michaela Vanderveen Qualcomm 7
#4 Sabina Petride Oracle 6
#4 Saroj Kumar Sahu Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated 6
#6 Joseph C. Farmer Lawrence Livermore National Security 5
#6 Errol Antonio C. Sanchez Applied Materials 5
#6 Edward J. Gayles Amazon 5
#9 Gopi Krishna Juniper Networks 4
#9 Joseph M. Olsen Salesforce 4
#11 Jeffrey D. Chamberlain Intel 3
#12 Khurram Khani IBM 2
#12 Christopher Anthony Manitowoc Foodservice Companies 2
#12 Jeffrey Jason Bryan Oracle 2
#12 Dianna Maar Bio-Rad Laboratories 2
#12 John Speck Rearden 2
#12 Francois Charette Ford 2
#12 Brian E. Brusca Enovix 2
#12 Gilbert Mata, Jr. Covidien Lp 2
#12 Yinmin Wang Lawrence Livermore National Security 2
#12 Samuel Vincent NVIDIA 2
#12 Michael Spertus Broadcom 2
#12 Fethi Dhaoui Actel 2
#24 Don Nguyen Overland Storage 1
#24 Martinos Tran Flowcardia 1
#24 Surendra Patel Juniper Networks 1
#24 Melyssa Barrett Visa 1
#24 G. Richard Newell Microsemi Soc 1
#24 Elijah Jacob Williams 1
#24 Derek Richard IBM 1
#24 Hadia Lemar Bristol-Myers Squibb 1
#24 Dushyant Sharma Microsoft 1
#24 Jayakrishnan Ramakrishna Pillai Netapp 1
#24 William Augustus Steele Lawrence Livermore National Security 1
#24 Anthony Zemlock Lam Research 1
#24 Randy Jessee IBM 1
#24 Clifford Willis Emc Ip Holding Company 1
#24 Erwina Rudio Gilead Sciences 1
#24 Umar Sear Cisco 1
#24 Byeong Cheol Na 1
#24 Roxanne M. Johnson Oracle 1
#24 German A. Bogomolni Oracle 1
#24 Maryann Desoto 1
#24 Gopi Krishnamurthy Intel 1
#24 James Ogden Unmanned Innovations 1
#24 John Cunningham G3 Enterprises 1
#24 Chris McCarthy Faraday & Future 1
#24 William V. Hodges Tc1 1
#24 Bassil Dahiyat Xencor 1
#24 Tina C. Legler Bio-Rad Laboratories 1

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