Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

El Cerrito, CA ranks #1,859 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 72 patents from 36 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in El Cerrito, CA include Chevron, Riskiq, Berkeley Lights. That works out to 14.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–36 of 36 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Dan Xie Chevron 6
2 Adam Hunt Riskiq 5
2 J. Tanner Nevill Berkeley Lights 5
#4 Yvette Hatton Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 4
#4 Boris Rubinsky University of California 4
#6 Dayne Wilcox Corning Research & Development 3
#6 Alexandros A. Pantelopoulos Google 3
#6 Michel M. Maharbiz University of California 3
#6 Shaurjo BISWAS Feasible 3
#6 Barry James Van Tassell Feasible 3
#11 Clifford C. Federspiel Vigilent 2
#11 Richa Varma Goodrich 2
#11 Ryan Neely Iota Biosciences 2
#11 Liel Rubinsky Rm2 Technology 2
#11 Maxime Boulet-Audet Bolt Threads 2
#11 Ronald Yang Salesforce 2
#11 Benjamin OAKES Scribe Therapeutics 2
#18 Clayton J. Radke Rohm And Haas 1
#18 Michael Griffin 1
#18 James A Hodson Cognism Limited 1
#18 Jason M. McEwen Berkeley Lights 1
#18 James G. Thomson USDA 1
#18 Aleks Channes Gollu 1
#18 Tsze H. Tsang Exelixis 1
#18 Lisa F. Barcellos Duke University 1
#18 Christopher Guild Keller IBM 1
#18 Casey Lawler Uber Technologies 1
#18 Arun Persaud University of California 1
#18 Scott Janis Hollister Incorporated 1
#18 Arnold Leitner Yousolar 1
#18 Mehrnoosh Vahidpour Rigetti & Co 1
#18 Ching Ming Wang Zendar 1
#18 Anastasios Melis University of California 1
#18 Heather Koshinsky Investigen 1
#18 Peter Varadi Elliptec Resonant Actuator Ag 1
#18 Hendrika Makilya Samsara 1

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