Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Manteca, CA ranks #3,773 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 774 patents from 180 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Manteca, CA include Natera, Lawrence Livermore National Security, Stats Chippac. That works out to 9.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 180 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Bernhard Zimmermann Natera 66
2 Stephen E. Sampayan Lawrence Livermore National Security 35
3 Kambhampati Ramakrishna Stats Chippac 32
#4 John E. Link Bally Gaming 31
#5 Randall Strange Zume 30
#6 Charles Hendee Tactonic Technologies 29
#7 Xianglong Yuan Intematix 28
#8 Andrew White Seagate Technology 23
#9 Steven Barry Sutton Global Nuclear Fuel-Americas 19
#10 Kamran Manteghi Vlsi Technology 16
#11 Cheryl R. Mitchell California Natural Products 15
#11 Kyle Kim Samsung 15
#13 Serafin P. Pedron, Jr. Utac Hong Kong Limited 13
#13 Richard Paul McNabb Conopco 13
#15 Gary Neal Poovey Unknown 11
#15 Michael Andrew Scott Bae Systems Plc 11
#17 Thomas Anthony Raymus Trrs Magnate 10
#17 Thomas Zifer Sandia 10
#17 Rajiv Dua Monogram Biosciences 10
#17 Emily Hernandez Cellink 10
#17 William H. Houghton Unknown 10
#22 Ronald Yamada Unknown 9
#23 Kristin Cortella Sampayan Opcondys 8
#23 Kirk R. Swidowski Barkly Protects 8
#23 Phil Belgrader Akonni Biosystems 8
#23 Gabriel Mark Guss Lawrence Livermore National Security 8
#27 Danny C. Halverson US Dept of Energy 7
#27 Gary Elliott Pes Limited 7
#27 Gabe Guss Lawrence Livermore National Security 7
#27 Robert E. Gunnerson Sun-Maid Growers Of California 7
#31 John J. Christensen Verification Technologies 6
#31 Michael Doty University of California 6
#33 Donald Joe Herron Euv Llc. 5
#33 Gary Power Dow Corning 5
#33 Donald M. Perreira Genlyte Thomas Group 5
#33 James C. Brignolio 5
#33 Delmer R. Schneider, Jr. Globalstar 5
#38 James F. Kimmons US Dept of Energy 4
#38 Andy J. Bayramian Lawrence Livermore National Security 4
#38 Brent L. Haroldsen US Army 4
#38 Roland F. Pimm Owens-Brockway Glass Container 4
#38 Don Miller NVIDIA 4
#38 Stephen Sampayan Lawrence Livermore National Security 4
#38 Tommy Raymus 4
#38 Karanpal Bhangu Bloom Energy 4
#46 Jagdev singh Tur 3
#46 Carl W. Williams US Dept of Energy 3
#46 Nicholas John Richardi 3
#46 Alan G. Tahran, Jr. Abbott 3
#46 Larry B. Morrison US Dept of Energy 3

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