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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Gilroy, CA ranks #568 worldwide for total patents filed in 2018, with 230 patents from 96 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Gilroy, CA include Alpha And Omega Semiconductor, NVIDIA, Apple. That works out to 3.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 96 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Hamza Yilmaz Alpha And Omega Semiconductor 17
2 Ziyad S. Hakura NVIDIA 11
3 Christopher B. Fleizach Apple 9
3 Witold Kula Micron 9
3 Anton Davydov Apple 9
#6 Wendy R. Bergman Yoder Brother 8
#7 Theodore J. Schmidt Juniper Networks 7
#8 Anthony D. Minervini Knowles Electronics 5
#8 Harold L. Sontag Apple 5
#8 Shifeng Pan Irm 5
#8 James A. W. Shoemaker Rennovia 5
#8 William Johanson Applied Materials 5
#13 Ronald Vern Schauer Applied Materials 4
#13 Bum Ki Moon Infineon Technologies Ag 4
#13 Lara Hawrylchak Applied Materials 4
#13 Michael S. Cox Applied Materials 4
#17 Scott Allen Mullin Apple 3
#17 Bruce McNutt IBM 3
#17 Victor Briones Visby Medical 3
#17 Richard S. Ginn Integrated Vascular Systems 3
#17 Mitchell E. Hanes Goldsmith Seeds 3
#17 Pieter J. Kerstens IBM 3
#17 John Strassner Futurewei Technologies 3
#17 Steven R. Welch IBM 3
#17 Ganesh Jampani Xage Security 3
#26 Mauricio Antonio Hernandez-Sherrington IBM 2
#26 David P. Cappabianca Apple 2
#26 James W. Pickel IBM 2
#26 Mariusch Gregor Applied Materials 2
#26 Kevin S. Bright Rovi Guides 2
#26 Christine Bui 2
#26 Curt L. Cotner IBM 2
#26 Andrea Olgiati Amazon 2
#26 Benjamyn Serna Abbott 2
#26 Raja V. S. Halaharivi Micron 2
#26 Reiner Kraft IBM 2
#26 Douglas A. Doughty GE 2
#26 Jae C. Schwartz Thermo Finnigan 2
#26 Cynthia Ann Gabriel IBM 2
#26 Peter Geoffrey Jones Cisco 2
#26 Scott W. Slabaugh Apple 2
#26 John H. Mylius Apple 2
#26 Glen T. Mori Applied Materials 2
#26 Gopal Valsan Apple 2
#26 Ton A. Ngo IBM 2
#26 Glenn O'Rourke AMD 2
#47 Richard J. Nathan Jonetix 1
#47 Daniel Case Finisar 1
#47 James Wood Juniper Networks 1
#47 Dean Geoffery Liere Syngenta Participations Ag 1

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