Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Moraga, CA ranks #1,395 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,403 patents from 363 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Moraga, CA include Genentech, Kepler Computing, Chevron. That works out to 142.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 363 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Colin Watanabe Genentech 213
2 Ramamoorthy Ramesh Kepler Computing 92
3 Theodorus Ludovicus Michael Maesen Chevron 59
#4 Richard A. Mathies University of California 51
#5 Herbert B. Scher Syngenta Limited 47
#6 Ming-Chiang Wu University of California 46
#7 Michael George Lenahan Ebay 44
#7 Nicholas Paoni Genentech 44
#9 Yufeng Liu 3M 39
#10 Yipeng Lu Qualcomm 37
#10 Lei He Abbott 37
#12 Mark K. Bennett Rigel Pharmaceuticals 35
#13 Jacob William Emmert Ember Technologies 31
#14 William L. Erdman Kenetech Windpower 30
#15 Kirk W. Johnson Xoma (Us) 29
#15 Sol P. DiJaili Finisar 29
#17 James R. Kline Acutherm 28
#17 Nancy Schoenbrunner Roche Molecular Systems 28
#19 Ramesh Ramamoorthy Kepler Computing 27
#20 Lawrence P. Muray 26
#20 Bin Ye Berlex Laboratories 26
#20 Jacqueline Nerney Welch Neotract 26
#23 Robert C. Fly Salesforce 23
#24 Alan J. Miller Lam Research 22
#25 Yasheen Zhou Anacor Pharmaceuticals 21
#25 William W. Chen Square D 21
#25 Stan S. Hahn Asian Micro Sources 21
#28 Todd W. Seeley Fibrogen 20
#29 Roy A. Jacuzzi Jacuzzi 18
#30 Henry King Hki Systems And Service 17
#30 Grzegorz Jan Kusinski Chevron 17
#30 Thomas M. Devine, Jr. GE 17
#33 Juan L. Aparicio Ojea Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 16
#33 Marc William Rogers Lookout 16
#33 Matthew J. Lyon Hydrapak 16
#33 Urbain Alfred von der Embse Unknown 16
#33 Oleksiy M. Kolomoyskyy Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories 16
#38 Sung-Hou Kim University of California 15
#38 Jian Zhang Danaher 15
#38 Philip Rettger Ormat Industries 15
#38 Ian A. Nazzari Nic Products 15
#38 Sergey Fedorov 15
#43 Rahul Shankar Bhaduri Chevron 14
#44 John Donnelly Novartis Vaccines And Diagnostics 13
#44 Richard J. Schoofs Unknown 13
#46 Jasper Rine University of California 12
#46 Armen B. Shanafelt Bayer Healthcare 12
#46 Timothy Wong O'Connor Google 12
#46 Urban A. Von Der Embse Hughes Electronics Limited 12
#46 Yasushi Takigawa Kissei Pharmaceutical Co. 12

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