Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Hercules, CA ranks #2,595 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,192 patents from 152 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Hercules, CA include Handylab, Chevron, Tile. That works out to 45.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 152 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Kalyan Handique Handylab 192
2 Curtis B. Campbell Chevron 54
3 Tyler Lettau Tile 40
3 Kandaswamy Jothimurugesan Chevron 40
3 Ka-Ngo Leung University of California 40
#6 Newton Luu Lechat 39
#7 Daniel Y. Chu Bio-Rad Laboratories 38
#8 John Parks Lam Research 31
#9 James N. Ziemer Chevron 30
#10 Jack Lin Plexxikon 27
#11 Austin Payne Bio-Rad Laboratories 25
#12 Elaine S. Yamaguchi Chevron 22
#13 Bob Baoping He Bruker Axs Gmbh 21
#14 Wai Pak Oracle 19
#15 Susan M. Abernathy Chevron 18
#15 Robert L. Jacobson Chevron 18
#17 Jason Ma IBM 17
#17 Janice A. Kolberg Chiron 17
#17 Evelio Perez Bio-Rad Laboratories 17
#20 Hari Krishna Gutlapalli Oracle 16
#21 Gary M. Lee Schering 14
#21 Brian Boniface Bio-Rad Laboratories 14
#23 Steven R. Binder Bio-Rad Laboratories 13
#23 Viorel Duma Chevron 13
#23 Hongjian Liu Ubtech Robotics Corp 13
#23 Shing Chang Cetus 13
#27 Trushar Patel Sea Tel 12
#27 Moinuddin Ahmed Chevron 12
#27 Donald L. Kuehne Chevron 12
#30 Michael I. Watkins Bio-Rad Laboratories 11
#30 Gideon Bollag Plexxikon 11
#32 Ty Lettau Adobe 10
#33 Maxine Bauzon Bayer Healthcare 9
#33 John Brandis Perkinelmer 9
#33 Carlos Ortega Endologix 9
#33 Paul F. Bryan Chevron 9
#37 Rushad E. Karanjawala Eli Lilly 8
#37 James B. Heather Stauffer Chemical 8
#37 Thomas Lawrence Smith AT&T 8
#40 Zhiyang Guo Jiangnan University 7
#40 Willie E. Rochefort 7
#40 Philip L. Winslow Chevron 7
#43 Sida Wang Bio-Rad Laboratories 6
#43 Thomas N. Chiesl Ibis Biosciences 6
#43 Gaurav Bhalla Chevron 6
#43 Tom Berkelman Bio-Rad Laboratories 6
#43 Abraham J. Navarro Take-Two Interactive Software 6
#48 Rueyming Loor Cetus 5
#48 Jong-Jye Lin 5
#48 Paul K. Ng Cutter Laboratories 5

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