Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Clayton, CA ranks #4,861 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 555 patents from 130 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Clayton, CA include Verizon, Gilead Sciences, Chevron. That works out to 50.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 130 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Thomas W. Haynes Verizon 41
2 Juan A. Guerrero Gilead Sciences 34
3 Curt B. Campbell Chevron 31
#4 Brian Olson Verizon 29
#5 Dilinur Wushour Kyocera Document Solutions 23
#6 Vitaly Y. Barinov Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories 18
#6 Suzanne M. Fisi Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 18
#8 Joginder N. Anand 15
#9 Brian Cohen First Solar 14
#10 Rudy Willis Citrix Systems 12
#11 Jerald A. Britten Lawrence Livermore National Security 11
#11 Kent E. Cordry Q.E.D. Environmental Systems 11
#13 Jeffrey M. Riepling Apple 10
#14 Ronald J. Sbragia Dow Agrosciences 8
#14 David Chrobak Express Mobile 8
#16 Richard J. Plom Twitter 7
#16 Shahram Misaghi Genentech 7
#16 Paul H. Prehn Cellco Partnership 7
#19 Marsha Hurd Cardiac Pathways 6
#19 David B. Kaminski Q.E.D. Environmental Systems 6
#19 Michael Williamson Nanostructures 6
#19 Theodore W. Holmsen 6
#19 Bruce W. Wieland Duke University 6
#24 Demetrios Kyriacou 5
#24 Gary Sedman Chisholm Trimble Navigation Limited 5
#24 Loren L. Druz Del Monte 5
#24 Daniel A. DeSousa Drive Medical Design & Manufacturing 5
#24 Paul Henshaw Biota Technology 5
#24 Bruce Phelps Novartis Vaccines And Diagnostics 5
#30 Oluwasijibomi O. Okeowo Chevron 4
#30 Herman Dykstra Unknown 4
#30 Janine L. Jorgensen 4
#30 James J. De Yoreo Lawrence Livermore National Security 4
#30 Steven Shifman Align Technology 4
#30 James Gamm Virgin Mobile Usa 4
#30 Peter Dailey Roche Molecular Systems 4
#30 Lynn Costlow Bei Technologies 4
#30 Bruce Michaud NVIDIA 4
#30 James T. Pechacek Dowelanco 4
#40 Nicholas Rush Electronic Arts 3
#40 Dan Morrow Microsoft 3
#40 Chad Jamart Broadcom 3
#40 Michael R. Nees Bechtel Group 3
#40 Alyssa Suzanne Kearney Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 3
#40 Toney Warren Silicon General 3
#40 Lester Young 3
#40 Kathryn Tao Hgst Netherlands, B.V. 3
#40 Luz Elena Pinzon AT&T 3
#40 Pierre Vanat Cordis Dow 3
#40 Daniel L. Van Atta Bio-Rad Laboratories 3

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