Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Fresno, CA ranks #1,174 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,859 patents from 831 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Fresno, CA include Hoshiko, The Burchell Nursery, Unknown. That works out to 5.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 831 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Gary Stephen Shuster Hoshiko 260
2 John K. Slaughter The Burchell Nursery 94
3 Deborah L. Miller Unknown 42
3 Jason H. Safabash Senorx 42
#5 Robert W. Baird Freeescale Semiconductor 37
#6 Ken Lum Grundfos Pumps 27
#6 Oliver L. Saunders Gilead Sciences 27
#8 Ronald Paul Disney 24
#8 Aleksey Nogin Hrl Laboratories 24
#8 John M. Garabedian 24
#8 Murray L. Neal American Development Group International 24
#12 Thomas C. Williams Union Carbide 23
#12 Jawahar M. Desai Sirona Medical Technologies 23
#14 James F. Arbuckle Pelco 22
#14 Gary Crook British Telecommunications Public Limited 22
#14 John H. Weinberger Superior Farming 22
#14 Milos Sovak Biophysica 22
#18 Stephen Berglund 20
#19 James Lunt Cargill, Incorporated 18
#20 Victor Sinow Navitas Semiconductor Limited 16
#21 Sherman Howell Creed Fmc 15
#21 Martin H. Tusim 15
#21 Larry Hieb Sanden Vendo America 15
#21 Steve Anderson Pom Wonderful 15
#21 George Alexanian 15
#21 Sean Farrell Fresenius Medical Care Holdings 15
#27 Daniel Nourian National Diversified Sales 14
#27 Robert Silva Mevion Medical Systems 14
#27 Steven D. Ford Claude Laval 14
#27 Kaylan M. Roberts Wawona Packing Co. 14
#31 Richard Todd Boswell Pelco 13
#31 Nigel Grech University of California 13
#31 David Meester Fmc 13
#31 Donald R. Huene Techmedica 13
#35 Viswam Nathan Samsung 12
#35 Ray H. Baker 12
#35 Tim Moore Boston Scientific Scimed 12
#35 Patrick John Jensen Zoom Video Communications 12
#35 Sidney R. Siemer W. R. Grace & 12
#35 Darrell C. Horn Blentech Corporaiton 12
#41 Samuel D. Traxinger Sunrise Medical (Us) 11
#41 Jagdip S. Bisla Unknown 11
#41 John P. Penczak Unknown 11
#41 David L. James Huntington Bancshares Incorporated 11
#41 Ross T. Gault Arrow Acquisition 11
#41 Nadarasa Visveshwara Unknown 11
#41 Gerald L. Claxton Upright 11
#41 Taylor Hellam Disney 11
#41 Mohsen Reihanifam Fresenius Medical Care Holdings 11
#50 John C. Ellenberger Elevate Technologies 10

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