Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Danville, CA ranks #399 worldwide for total patents filed in 2025, with 317 patents from 132 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Danville, CA include HP, Micron, Qualcomm. That works out to 7.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 132 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Ning Ge HP 23
2 Vladimir Odnoblyudov Micron 17
3 Lochan Verma Qualcomm 13
3 Khaled Mammou Apple 13
#5 Rohit Jain Walmart Apollo 11
#6 Emmanuel Laffon de Mazieres Amazon 9
#7 Tamer Ibrahim Atricure 7
#8 Jian Gong Mgi Tech Co. 6
#8 Ben Tompkins Penumbra 6
#10 Ranganathan Kanchi Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 5
#10 Michael Epstein Google 5
#10 Sachin Verma Palo Alto Networks 5
#13 Ajit Gaddam Visa 4
#13 John Ashley Howmedica Osteonics 4
#13 Daniel Church Cerus 4
#13 Jagannath Putrevu Maplebear 4
#13 Enrique Romo Auris Health 4
#13 Mikhail Popovich Google 4
#13 Muhammad Umair Tile 4
#13 Reza Nourai Magic Leap 4
#13 Namvar Kiaie Abbott 4
#22 Theodore Platt Seer 3
#22 Shu-Shang Sam Wei Emc 3
#22 Jiping Fu Novartis Ag 3
#22 Srivatsan Kandadai Amazon 3
#22 Casper W. Chiang Zume 3
#22 David R. Scheuing The Clorox 3
#22 Mehdi Asnaashari Micron 3
#22 Xiaoqun Zou Applied Materials 3
#22 Joel Fraser Atwater X Development 3
#22 Ernest Tsui AT&T 3
#22 Michael Houghton Chiron 3
#22 Lam Tran Abbott 3
#22 Gerry Vannuffelen 3
#22 Vasanth Krishna Namasivayam Dropbox 3
#36 Jacqueline Chu General Motors 2
#36 Maxim Gubin Google 2
#36 John Logan Atmel 2
#36 Tat-Sing Huen Unknown 2
#36 Venkata Ratnam Saripalli GE 2
#36 David V. Schaffer University of California 2
#36 Joseph Devin Schneider Lawrence Livermore National Security 2
#36 Hin Siang Michael Tan Pan Pacific Plastics Mfg. 2
#36 David James Mitchell Hyas Infosec 2
#36 Tara Williams Growpath 2
#36 David C. Tully Irm 2
#36 Ashley D. Mishra Twelve Benefit 2
#36 Justin C Brunnett Apple 2
#36 Stephan T. HOFFMANN Neptune Medical 2
#36 Igor Ivanov Lam Research 2

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