Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Tracy, CA ranks #1,108 worldwide for total patents filed in 2022, with 126 patents from 62 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Tracy, CA include Microsoft, Blackberry Limited, Qualcomm. That works out to 1.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 62 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Dushyant Sharma Microsoft 14
2 Adrian Buckley Blackberry Limited 12
3 Michaela Vanderveen Qualcomm 9
#4 Jean-Pierre Cole Abbott 6
#5 Swamy Sadashivaiah Renu Kananda Juniper Networks 5
#6 Francois Charette Ford 4
#6 John David Brazzle Analog Devices International Unlimited 4
#8 Errol Antonio C. Sanchez Applied Materials 3
#8 Sabina Petride Oracle 3
#8 James Shuler Dish Network L.L.C. 3
#8 John D. Rodrigues Microsoft 3
#12 Robert Meagher National Technology & Engineering Solutions Of Sandia 2
#12 Ronald F. Renzi Sandia 2
#12 Robert P. Crist Lawrence Livermore National Security 2
#12 Jeffrey D. Chamberlain Intel 2
#12 Saroj Kumar Sahu Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated 2
#12 Derek Richard IBM 2
#12 Alexander Nathanel Apilado 2
#12 Amer Hammudi Gynesonics 2
#12 Joseph C. Farmer Lawrence Livermore National Security 2
#21 Ashwin Pinto Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 1
#21 Roma Pralhad Desai Unknown 1
#21 Brian E. Brusca Enovix 1
#21 Gilbert Mata, Jr. Covidien Lp 1
#21 James M. Benton Simpson Strong-Tie Company 1
#21 Dustin Roelle Tc1 1
#21 Michael Wagner Tektronix 1
#21 Vladimir Nagorny Applied Materials 1
#21 Dheeraj Gautam Juniper Networks 1
#21 Gina M Fredrickson Juvalips 1
#21 Daryoosh Rejaly Aeye 1
#21 Joseph Tolentino Chongqing Jinkang Powertrain New Energy Co. 1
#21 Soam Pralhad Desai Unknown 1
#21 Purna Ramini 1
#21 Patrick Kien Tran Chargepoint 1
#21 Boonchanh Oupaxay Oracle 1
#21 Mark Christian Messner Lawrence Livermore National Security 1
#21 Baskaran Gopalan PayPal 1
#21 Malahat M. Amin 1
#21 Nathaniel Lucas 1
#21 Hubert Vollmer Avanex 1
#21 Iman Mohtashemi Thermo Finnigan 1
#21 Mitchell Moffet RTX (Raytheon) 1
#21 Ramakrishna Bollu Oracle 1
#21 William V. Hodges Tc1 1
#21 Dianna Maar Bio-Rad Laboratories 1
#21 Don Rudish Workday 1
#21 James D. McManus Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 1
#21 Rafath Rahman Flex-N-Gate Advanced Product Development 1
#21 Padmanab Pathikonda Cisco 1

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