Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Riverside, CA ranks #742 worldwide for total patents filed in 2020, with 206 patents from 131 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Riverside, CA include Plant 21, American Maid Plastic, Hrl Laboratories. That works out to 0.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 131 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Chris Phillips 13
2 Robert Roy McMath 9
3 Brent D. Barnes Plant 21 7
#4 Moe Vazin American Maid Plastic 6
#5 Chong Ding Hrl Laboratories 4
#6 Edward Bradley Godwin, III 3
#6 Ajit Arun Zadgaonkar 3
#6 Edward Willis Harmon, IV 3
#6 Paul Diaz Biomatrica 3
#6 Chao-Ying Lee 3
#6 Michael G. Valdez Edwards Lifesciences 3
#6 Arun Shrihari Zadgaonkar 3
#6 Jing Shi Unknown 3
#6 Yadong Yin University of California 3
#15 Ian McCormick Kicteam 2
#15 Rodrigo Oliveira Da Silva 2
#15 Carmem R. Bernardi Isca Technologies 2
#15 Eric Cushing Ccl Label 2
#15 Agenor Mafra-Neto Isca Technologies 2
#15 Jon J. Premo 2
#15 Gregory G. Liburd Edwards Lifesciences 2
#15 Charles E. Wyman Midwest Research Institute 2
#15 Daniel ManHung Wong Oracle 2
#15 Michael Doyle Intel 2
#15 Eric Muller Rhodia Operations 2
#15 Chi Zhou Microsoft 2
#15 Anandasankar RAY University of California 2
#15 Sean R. Cutler University of California 2
#15 John Elvan Renzi Buck Knives 2
#15 Wesley W. Huie Directv 2
#15 Christopher H. Clark US Air Force 2
#15 Timothy Paine University of California 2
#15 John Kyle K&N Engineering 2
#15 Gerald E. Peterson Rain Bird 2
#15 Andrew Stevens Goformz 2
#15 Adrian D. Desilva Vyaire Medical Capital 2
#15 Robert J. Deans 2
#38 Arthur F. Hurtado 1
#38 Mike Smith Adroit Worldwide Media 1
#38 Dylan R. Switzer US Air Force 1
#38 Raymond G. Leblond Leverage Information Systems 1
#38 Shirui Guo University of California 1
#38 Uzair Siddiqui Becton, Dickinson And 1
#38 Alexander V. Dudchenko University of California 1
#38 Keval Vora Futurewei Technologies 1
#38 Jibiana Zoe Jakpor 1
#38 Michael K. Rust University of California 1
#38 Antonio DiGuglielmo 1
#38 Robert Irvine Pitney Bowes 1
#38 Aditya Vaidya University of California 1

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