Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Hollister, CA ranks #1,780 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,861 patents from 243 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Hollister, CA include IBM, Kopin, Pdf Solutions. That works out to 44.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 243 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Robert G. Biskeborn IBM 479
2 Jeffrey J. Jacobsen Kopin 106
3 Larg Weiland Pdf Solutions 95
#4 Daniel Berg Assa Abloy Ab 75
#5 Michael W. Hanagan Corbin Pacific 56
#6 Larry D. Knerr Shamrock Seed Company 47
#7 Richard L. Hammons Brocade Communications Systems 37
#8 Robert A. Huertas AMD 32
#9 Paul Headley Trw Limited 29
#10 Michael J. Dockter IBM 28
#10 Mark D. Thomas Read Rite 28
#12 Kenneth Carlin Nelson IBM 24
#12 Donald Varner Corbin Pacific 24
#14 Ryan Paul Fellows Franklin Armory Holdings 23
#15 Glenn A. Roberson, Jr. Semifab Incorporated 20
#15 Jared P. Coffeen Stryker 20
#17 John D. Williams Hughes Aircraft 17
#17 Nathan Labadie Amazon 17
#17 Mark Folsom Whittaker Ordnance 17
#20 Virginia W. Hughes, Jr. IBM 16
#20 Kurt Kemppainen Wordlock 16
#22 Kenneth L. McAllister Lee Masonry Products 15
#23 Jonathan Walker Sinclair Enza Zaden Beheer B.V. 14
#23 Thomas A. Lorincz Therma Corporation 14
#23 Alan Elbanhawy Fairchild Semiconductor 14
#26 Conrad Smith Stryker 12
#26 Alfred S. Conte Candescent Technologies 12
#26 Paul Green HGST 12
#26 Melvin Oris Holland Enza Zaden Beheer B.V. 12
#30 Mark Eason Iwatt 11
#31 Stephen Day Peninsula Packaging 10
#31 Brandon HUNTER Stryker 10
#31 Michael Forbush Edc Biosystems 10
#34 Vicente S. Zavala Corbin Pacific 9
#35 Mats Engwall IBM 8
#35 James W. Cutter Litton Industrial Products 8
#35 John A. Cole Chrysler Group 8
#35 J. David Egner Microsoft 8
#39 Richard Livingston Cisco 7
#39 Casey Sheehan Intertrust Technologies 7
#39 Bob C. Robinson HGST 7
#39 Gary Hartman Meadow Burke 7
#39 Francisco M. Anaya IBM 7
#39 Gary L. Corlett Lucid Treatment Systems 7
#39 William Charles Jordan Synopsys 7
#46 Frantz Mercier Assa Abloy Ab 6
#46 Justin A. LANCE Puracath Medical 6
#46 Scott Fields Novellus Systems 6
#46 William Ward Clawson Western Digital Technologies 6
#46 Sheila I. Sholars IBM 6

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