Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Merced, CA ranks #3,445 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 34 patents from 24 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Merced, CA include Accenture Global Solutions Limited, Broadcom, Rovi Guides. That works out to 0.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–24 of 24 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Srinivas Yelisetty Accenture Global Solutions Limited 4
1 Yue Chen Broadcom 4
3 Alan Waterman Rovi Guides 3
#4 Herbert A. Waterman Rovi Guides 2
#4 Tolga Kurtoglu Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated 2
#6 Dimitar Gargov Optimal Ranging 1
#6 Phillip Kasper Anderson 1
#6 Lun Jiang University of California 1
#6 Andrea Rodarte University of California 1
#6 Yu Hui Northwestern University 1
#6 Chun-Han Yao Yahoo Assets 1
#6 Nazareth Diaz 1
#6 Ravi Jain The Boc Group Limited 1
#6 Anthony Jorgenson Infinera 1
#6 Preet Paul Singh Advantest 1
#6 Daniel Lee Gasper Malibu Boats 1
#6 Mike Altomare 1
#6 Roland Winston 3M 1
#6 Sanford Lane Cooper Lasersonics 1
#6 Asier Ozaeta Rodriguez Qc Ware 1
#6 Yiran Jiang University Of Illinois 1
#6 Kiran Kumar Kodeboina 1
#6 Vindoh Jayaram Meta 1
#6 Clarissa J. Nobile University of California 1

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