Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Fresno, CA ranks #1,542 worldwide for total patents filed in 2018, with 84 patents from 52 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Fresno, CA include Hoshiko, Gilead Sciences, The Burchell Nursery. That works out to 0.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 52 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Gary Stephen Shuster Hoshiko 17
2 Oliver L. Saunders Gilead Sciences 4
3 John K. Slaughter The Burchell Nursery 3
#4 Taylor Hellam Disney 2
#4 Maureen Ann Armstrong Westrock Shared Services 2
#4 Douglas G. Willis 2
#4 Gary D Stadler 2
#4 Jason H. Safabash Senorx 2
#4 Kin Chiu Ng US Air Force 2
#4 Christopher Fries Apple 2
#4 Charles Marion Curry, Jr. Empire Technology Development 2
#4 Sean Farrell Fresenius Medical Care Holdings 2
#4 Antonio D. Lucero Optimedica 2
#4 Deborah L. Miller Unknown 2
#15 John C. Ellenberger Elevate Technologies 1
#15 Mohammed Amin Nezami Research Cancer Institute Of America 1
#15 Michael Garabedian New York University 1
#15 Gerald Bosstick Jetbed 1
#15 Bobbie Michelle Owen-Simonson 1
#15 Lawrence Garcia 1
#15 Chad Stoll 1
#15 Greg Grannis Unknown 1
#15 Humberto Almaguer 1
#15 Dennis E. Schramm Eco.Logic Brands 1
#15 Greg Dockery 1
#15 Marya Obenauf 1
#15 Elmer Quinto 1
#15 Alan Robertson 1
#15 Mark Cargill Pilkington North America 1
#15 Jeffrey Adolph 1
#15 Patricia E. Raven 1
#15 Matthew Creighton 1
#15 Larry Raven 1
#15 Thomas De Lany 1
#15 Sarkis Khanzadian 1
#15 Spencer S. Walse USDA 1
#15 Daniel Nourian National Diversified Sales 1
#15 Nina Seyedabadi 1
#15 Thomas C. McIlhatton 1
#15 Vipin Kumar Chaturvedi Gri Bio 1
#15 Michael Van Horst 1
#15 Reynaldo V. Alonzo 1
#15 David Shapiro Intercept Pharmaceuticals 1
#15 Bryan Scott Basinger 1
#15 Robert James Bair Unknown 1
#15 Bonnie Lee Buzick Unknown 1
#15 Aleksey Nogin Hrl Laboratories 1
#15 Adolpho Gonzalez Juniper Networks 1
#15 Michael Emerzian 1
#15 Rick Hopkins Valent Biosciences 1

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