Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Lafayette, CA ranks #822 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 4,100 patents from 569 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Lafayette, CA include Intellectual Ventures, Micron, Verizon. That works out to 161.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 569 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 David B. Tuckerman Intellectual Ventures 181
2 Roy Meade Micron 137
3 Arda Aksu Verizon 115
#4 Darren Roy Link Bio-Rad Laboratories 114
#5 Daniel Almonacid Ubiome 94
#6 Lutgard C. De Jonghe Polyplus Battery 72
#7 Robert G. Johnson Honeywell 67
#8 Albert Shane Google 64
#9 Daniel Pinkel University of California 61
#10 Subramaniam Venkatraman Google 57
#10 Carine Hoarau Tc1 57
#12 Thomas Mitchell Dair Sorenson Ip Holdings 56
#13 Peter Webber Align Technology 49
#14 Jun Bao Ciena 48
#15 Bret E. Peterson Scientific Learning 45
#15 Michael Edward James Paterson Amazon 45
#17 Andrew H. McGrath Advanced Design Mfg 43
#18 Aron Michael Rosenberg Logitech Europe S.A. 41
#18 James J. Devlin Celera 41
#20 Ahmad Bahai AT&T 36
#21 Bret Steven Taylor Google 35
#22 George B. Zimmerman Terrapower 34
#23 Lewis James Marggraff Kinoo 33
#24 Linda Avey 23Andme 29
#24 Karen L. Fearon Dynavax Technologies 29
#24 John Hughes Adobe 29
#27 Keith M. Chugg Trellisware Technologies 26
#27 Keith Jarett The Boeing 26
#29 Michael McDonald Sandia 25
#29 Kevin Yasumura Google 25
#31 John Devin MacKenzie Imprint Energy 24
#31 Jeffrey A. McKinney Alexza Pharmaceuticals 24
#31 Nasser Barabi Essai 24
#31 Jean-Pierre Challet Selection New Plant Sarl 24
#35 Konrad E. Meissner Atlas Pacific Engineering 23
#36 Ming Yang Wang Quickturn Design Systems 22
#36 Donna G. Albertson University of California 22
#36 William W. Feng Mcscience 22
#36 Justin M. Kitagawa Gogrid 22
#36 Diane C. Salmon Visa 22
#36 Nancy J. Bertrand Chevron 22
#42 Gavin F. Wyatt-Mair Alcoa 21
#43 Stephen A. Sposato AT&T 20
#43 Robert Donald Lucey Zone Four 20
#43 Joel W. Rosenthal Chevron 20
#43 John W. Stuart Navistar International Transportation 20
#47 Ivar Kljavin Genentech 19
#47 William C. King Verizon 19
#47 Brett Cryer Elixir Medical 19
#50 Erik Jedediah Dean Zymergen 18

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