Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Placerville, CA ranks #3,181 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 38 patents from 19 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Placerville, CA include Intel, Micron, Spectra Research. That works out to 3.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–19 of 19 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Christopher E. Cox Intel 9
2 Robert Richard Noel Bielby Micron 8
3 Jason M. Brand Intel 3
#4 Dustin J. Carter Micron 2
#4 Enrico Carrieri Intel 2
#6 Michael Durand 1
#6 Brian Dempsey Dold 1
#6 Rory Humphreys 1
#6 John W. Sellers Spectra Research 1
#6 Steven Kenneth Christie Illinois Tool Works 1
#6 Robert M. Smith Royal Appliance Mfg. 1
#6 Jim Mayfield 1
#6 Frédéric Caron Look Cycle International 1
#6 Monte Klinkenborg Intel 1
#6 Charles Taylor Toyota 1
#6 Van Tairiol Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited 1
#6 Cory Starr 1
#6 Albert Dell Robison Yahoo Holdings 1
#6 Will John Temple 1

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