Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Danville, CA ranks #312 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 9,826 patents from 1,210 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Danville, CA include Formfactor, Micron, HP. That works out to 225.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 1,210 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Benjamin N. Eldridge Formfactor 233
2 Vladimir Odnoblyudov Micron 214
3 Ning Ge HP 205
#4 Hagop Nazarian Crossbar 166
#5 Lochan Verma Qualcomm 119
#6 Khaled Mammou Apple 118
#7 George Matamis Sandisk Technologies 112
#8 Petro Estakhri Lexar Media 110
#9 Mehdi Asnaashari Micron 105
#10 Michael Houghton Chiron 104
#11 Michael F. Tomasco Abbott 97
#12 Di Liang Hewlett Packard Enterprise 80
#12 John Ashley Howmedica Osteonics 80
#14 Neil McLellan A-Sat 78
#15 Igor Ivanov Lam Research 77
#16 Robert C. Chang 76
#17 James S. Sexton Z-Line Designs 74
#18 Michael M. Morrissey Berlex Laboratories 72
#19 Charles Gluchowski Synaptic Pharmaceutical 71
#20 Peter Wagner Zyomyx 69
#21 Tamer Ibrahim Atricure 66
#21 Christopher R. Uhlik Arraycomm 66
#23 Anup K. Singh Sandia 65
#23 Michael Epstein Google 65
#25 Emmanuel Laffon de Mazieres Amazon 64
#26 David R. Scheuing The Clorox 63
#27 Theodore L. Parker 62
#28 Arthur A. Bertolero Endoscopic Technologies 61
#28 Shu-Shang Sam Wei Emc 61
#30 Ernest Tsui AT&T 57
#31 David V. Schaffer University of California 56
#31 Allan Rosencwaig Therma-Wave 56
#33 Sachin Verma Palo Alto Networks 54
#34 Luiz B. Da Silva University of California 53
#35 Gregory van Buskirk The Clorox 51
#35 Lidu Huang Western Digital Technologies 51
#37 Carl Keller Jasper Technologies 50
#37 Clement K. Choy The Clorox 50
#37 Herman Kwong Nortel Networks Limited 50
#40 Xiao-Dong Xiang Intematix 47
#40 Bernhard B. Sterling Optiscan Biomedical 47
#42 Canhui Ou AT&T 46
#42 John T. Burke Lanxide Technology 46
#42 Steven R. Rados Verizon 46
#45 James S. Petrek Rainin Instrument 45
#46 Enrique Romo Auris Health 43
#47 Bradley W. Rice Xenogen 42
#47 Paul A. Renhowe Chiron 42
#47 Reza Nourai Magic Leap 42
#47 Andrei Szilagyi Holochip 42

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