Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Tracy, CA ranks #923 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 160 patents from 82 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Tracy, CA include Blackberry Limited, Qualcomm, Applied Materials. That works out to 1.7 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 Adrian Buckley Blackberry Limited 17
2 Michaela Vanderveen Qualcomm 15
3 Errol Antonio C. Sanchez Applied Materials 6
3 Francois Charette Ford 6
3 Dushyant Sharma Microsoft 6
#6 Dianna Maar Bio-Rad Laboratories 5
#6 Boonchanh Oupaxay Oracle 5
#8 John Speck Rearden 4
#8 Joseph C. Farmer Lawrence Livermore National Security 4
#10 James M. Benton Simpson Strong-Tie Company 3
#10 Vijay M. Vaniapura Mattson Technology 3
#10 Fethi Dhaoui Actel 3
#13 Errol C. Sanchez Applied Materials 2
#13 Gopi Krishna Juniper Networks 2
#13 Vladimir Nagorny Applied Materials 2
#13 Dustin Roelle Tc1 2
#13 Zhen Qi Lawrence Livermore National Security 2
#13 Sabina Petride Oracle 2
#13 Patrick Kien Tran Chargepoint 2
#13 Edward J. Gayles Amazon 2
#13 Stephen Joshua Macaso Millet Fornia Biosolutions 2
#13 Jean-Pierre Cole Abbott 2
#13 Swamy Sadashivaiah Renu Kananda Juniper Networks 2
#13 James Shuler Dish Network L.L.C. 2
#13 John D. Rodrigues Microsoft 2
#26 Chris McCarthy Faraday & Future 1
#26 Vimal Gnanaraj Nelson Walmart Apollo 1
#26 Tony Zemlock Lam Research 1
#26 Robert Meagher National Technology & Engineering Solutions Of Sandia 1
#26 Gopi Krishnamurthy Intel 1
#26 Rafath Rahman Flex-N-Gate Advanced Product Development 1
#26 Shriniwas Phalke Walmart Apollo 1
#26 Raymundo Alatorre Mercado Nike 1
#26 Kannan Kumar Cisco 1
#26 Padmanab Pathikonda Cisco 1
#26 Jon K. Aimone Oracle 1
#26 John Cunningham G3 Enterprises 1
#26 Thomas R. Metz Lawrence Livermore National Security 1
#26 Robert Blake Cardiosolv Ablation Technologies 1
#26 Melissa Murillo Blackhawk Network 1
#26 Don Rudish Workday 1
#26 Jay Hiremath IBM 1
#26 Larry D. Elizaga Applied Materials 1
#26 Jeremy Lenhardt Lawrence Livermore National Security 1
#26 Tina C. Legler Bio-Rad Laboratories 1
#26 Benjamin Lujan 1
#26 Carl Johnson Applied Materials 1
#26 Brendan Xavier Louis Visa 1
#26 Bruce A. Parke Apple 1
#26 Ronald F. Renzi Sandia 1

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