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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Orinda, CA ranks #613 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 227 patents from 82 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Orinda, CA include Gracenote, Verizon, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.. That works out to 11.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 82 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Markus K. Cremer Gracenote 46
2 Jin Yang Verizon 26
3 Kristine Ing Kushner Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 11
3 Mark Telefus Flextronics Ap 11
#5 Gerbrand Ceder MIT 8
#5 Daniel Klein Microsoft 8
#7 Robert Coover Gracenote 7
#8 Owen Winne Schoppe Salesforce 6
#9 Julian Schmidt Visa 4
#9 Douglas Surber Oracle 4
#11 Tarlochan S. Nijjar Prothena Biosciences Limited 3
#11 Tasos Roumeliotis Location Labs 3
#11 Arunava Majumdar University of California 3
#11 Brennan Boblett Tesla 3
#15 Steve Hatzirallis Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 2
#15 Colin Jon Taylor A9.Com 2
#15 Igor Y. Khandros Formfactor 2
#15 Kevin C. Fischer Sunpower 2
#15 Mark P. White Berkeley Lights 2
#15 Estrella Rogel Chevron 2
#15 Philip Scott James Fresenius Medical Care Holdings 2
#15 Eitan Konstantino Trireme Medical 2
#15 Michael C. Wood Leapfrog Enterprises 2
#15 Myron Scott Software Gmbh 2
#15 Alex Hwang Sony 2
#15 Katherine M. Yee Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 2
#15 Ethan Eismann Adobe 2
#15 Kimberly Kam Verily Life Sciences 2
#15 David Moretti Apple 2
#15 Robert Lewis Clarke Aqua Metals 2
#31 Tomoyuki Yoshie Duke University 1
#31 Lester John Lloyd Aradigm 1
#31 Chris Bradley HP 1
#31 Christopher Michael Bradley Colgate-Palmolive 1
#31 Abhijit Oak Autodesk 1
#31 Luke P. Lee University of California 1
#31 Christof Schultz Bio-Rad Laboratories 1
#31 Paul H. Staelin Infor (Us) 1
#31 Alexandra Louise Krakaris 1
#31 Anatoly Pinchuk Cellecta 1
#31 Kirk McLean Bayer Schering Pharma Ag 1
#31 William Michael Kavanaugh 1
#31 Shahriar Shariat Talkhoonche Microsoft 1
#31 Kevin Schraith Salesforce 1
#31 Jeffrey Todd Spitulnik Keenwawa 1
#31 Brian Derek DeBusschere Zonare Medical Systems 1
#31 Brian McFeely Tripwire 1
#31 Shyam Parekh AT&T 1
#31 Sergei Lilichenko Early Warning Services 1
#31 Diana Abdueva Guardant Health 1

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