Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Alamo, CA ranks #1,641 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,029 patents from 279 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Alamo, CA include Cisco, Abl Ip Holding, Keravision. That works out to 132.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 279 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Ali Sajassi Cisco 136
2 Peter Y. Y. Ngai Abl Ip Holding 98
3 Thomas A. Silvestrini Keravision 86
#4 Kirk Allan Burroughs Qualcomm 76
#5 Reid M. Rubsamen Aradigm 74
#6 Michael Nelson Broadcom 65
#7 Michael S. Urdea Chiron 63
#8 Mark Reiten Silicon Storage Technology 50
#9 Wade Lee Eml Technologies 48
#9 Peter G. Robinson Abbott 48
#11 Harrold J. Rust, III Enovix 39
#12 David Chien Chiron 33
#12 Steven A. Roth Bio-Rad Laboratories 33
#14 Krishniah Parimi Chevron 32
#15 Azhar Khan Google 31
#16 Gabriel Jakobson Verizon 30
#17 Pavan Chayanam Bank of America 28
#18 Ammar Rayes Cisco 27
#19 Amritpal Singh Bath Cisco 26
#19 Michael Naquin Baker Hughes Holdings 26
#19 Steven R. Lange Kla-Tencor 26
#19 Thomas I. Folden Fresenius Medical Care Holdings 26
#23 Thomas W. Kaaret The Clorox 21
#23 Mark S. Rowland Lawrence Livermore National Security 21
#25 Claudia Wentworth Quick Mount Pv 20
#26 Andrew Gabor Xerox 16
#27 Kostadin Dimitrov Yanev Activbody 15
#27 Michael Waite Zynga 15
#27 Chen Ming Hu TSMC 15
#30 Paul Maxwell AT&T 13
#30 John F. Palma Metabolex 13
#32 Peter R. Goglia Seagate Technology 12
#32 Svetoslav Ganov Google 12
#34 Mark Ammar Rayes Cisco 11
#34 Jonathan Chan Malwarebytes 11
#36 Brian J. Flaherty Lumeta 10
#36 Guy Leath Gettle Unknown 10
#36 Michael Cox Midtronics 10
#39 John Malatesta Workday 9
#39 Mia Kaminski 9
#39 Robert Parker Taliq 9
#39 Earl David Sacerdoti Chemtron Research 9
#39 Steven L. Weiner 9
#39 Xuemei Yang Bio-Rad Laboratories 9
#39 Richard Fishman Igt 9
#39 Wallace Davis Comtech Ef Data 9
#39 Paul Butterworth Vantiq 9
#39 Clayton G. Gardner Freal! Foods 9
#39 Jason L. Smart Google 9
#39 Jimmy Wang Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 9

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