Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Livermore, CA ranks #189 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 15,228 patents from 2,185 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Livermore, CA include The Invention Science Fund I, Micron, Cardiac Pacemakers. That works out to 173.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 2,185 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Muriel Y. Ishikawa The Invention Science Fund I 840
2 Victoria Y.H. Wood The Invention Science Fund I 567
3 Cem Basceri Micron 288
#4 Scott A. Meyer Cardiac Pacemakers 128
#5 Jon Opsal Therma-Wave 126
#6 Douglas A. Buchberger, Jr. Applied Materials 121
#7 Norman W. Finn Cisco 110
#8 Steven C. Miller GE 90
#9 William Ouellette The Procter & Gamble 83
#10 Eric H. Lenz Lam Research 80
#11 Matthew J. Everett Carl Zeiss Meditec Ag 78
#12 Scott West Curo Medical 70
#13 William J. Benett University of California 69
#13 Fang Wang Microsoft 69
#15 Thomas E. McEwan University of California 68
#16 Joshua D. Kuntz Lawrence Livermore National Security 65
#17 Gregory Scott Brewer Energous 64
#17 Bill Nale Intel 64
#19 Han-Ting Chang Relypsa 63
#20 Donald Anthony Pilz California Expanded Metal Products 62
#21 Russell A. Houser Ep Technologies 58
#21 Todd Allum Breathe Technologies 58
#23 Jin-Jie Lin Simpson Strong-Tie Company 55
#23 Thomas F. Soules GE 55
#25 Arthur M. Howald Lam Research 53
#25 Meysam Asadi Sk Hynix 53
#25 Gabriel F. Brisson Intuitive Surgical 53
#25 Kenneth J. Michlitsch Usgi Medical 53
#29 Stevan B. Jovanovich Integenx 52
#29 Kevin Van Bladel Bioventrix 52
#31 David C. Majercak Cordis 51
#32 Gildardo Delgado Kla-Tencor 50
#33 William C. Sweatt Sandia 49
#33 Joachim Walter Ahner Seagate Technology 49
#35 Eric D. Hobbs Formfactor 48
#36 Thomas C. Moore Acist Medical Systems 47
#36 Eric Distefano Intel 47
#38 Ying Wu Lam Research 46
#38 Salah Machani Emc Ip Holding Company 46
#38 Thorsten Schmidt Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 46
#38 Richard L. Keenan Tc1 46
#42 Roger W. Kilday Emc 45
#42 Anthony Makarewicz 10X Genomics 45
#42 Don W. Arnold Dh Technologies Development Pte. 45
#45 Stephen L. Manley Netapp 44
#45 Peter M. Jacobson Pacesetter 44
#45 David M. Tung Seagate Technology 44
#48 Jon M. Long Intel 43
#49 D. Brice Achkir Cisco 42
#49 Mark Thomas McCormack AT&T 42

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