Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Pleasant Hill, CA ranks #1,013 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 144 patents from 60 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Pleasant Hill, CA include Cisco, Intel, Google. That works out to 4.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 60 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Tristan Antonio Fletcher Cisco 16
2 Timothy Verrall Intel 9
3 Eric John Fairbanks Google 8
3 Anthony Gerald Kern Google 8
#5 Kate LeeAnn Bechtel Vioptix 7
#6 Cary Glen Noel Cisco 6
#7 Poorya Sabounchi Illumina 5
#8 Timothy M. Stauffer Simpson Strong-Tie Company 4
#8 Lyubov Nesteroff Juniper Networks 4
#10 Jared T. Benson T-Mobile Usa 3
#10 Thomas K. Tcheng Neuropace 3
#10 Joshua Kittleson Bolt Threads 3
#10 Peter Thomas Setsuda DeVore 3
#10 Matthias Seul IBM 3
#10 Iain HARLOW Cerego Japan Kabushiki Kaisha 3
#10 Daniel Dolan Bechtel Group 3
#17 Vikas K. Sharma Genentech 2
#17 Eric Lin Hu Fornia Biosolutions 2
#17 Zachary Todd Beattie Google 2
#17 Manoj C. Desai Gilead Sciences 2
#17 Matthew Doyle Fresenius Medical Care Holdings 2
#17 Robert Morgan Dolphin N2 Limited 2
#17 Peichao Lu Novartis Ag 2
#17 Jeremiah Joseph Akin Ebay 2
#17 Suwat Phruksawan Charles Schwab & Co. 2
#17 Darrin Stuart Novartis Ag 2
#17 Michael Crane Amazon 2
#17 Ha Hong Caption Health 2
#29 Donald N. Kjer Linden Research 1
#29 Edward J. NEARY Dolby Laboratories Licensing 1
#29 Chris Eskildsen 1
#29 Jon Carlson 1
#29 Nam Nguyen Dell Products 1
#29 Kevin Conyers Tc1 1
#29 Matthew C. Hauck Tanium 1
#29 Joseph Michael Young Novartis Ag 1
#29 Shampa Chakravarty Oracle 1
#29 Daniel Bedinger 1
#29 Olexiy Buyadgie Utilization Technology Development, Nfp 1
#29 David Sherr Charles Schwab & Co. 1
#29 Marcia Klingensmith Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 1
#29 Darrin Joseph Cohen 1
#29 Adeola Florence Ojo Chevron 1
#29 Emerando M. Delos Reyes Cellco Partnership 1
#29 Christopher Eskildsen Tc1 1
#29 Jonathon S. Feit 1
#29 Igor Petrunya Lendingclub 1
#29 Ross Leone Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 1
#29 Alexander Farrow Philip Morris Products S.A. 1
#29 Iain Butler Eargo 1

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