Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Orinda, CA ranks #754 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 4,497 patents from 531 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Orinda, CA include Gracenote, Verizon, Formfactor. That works out to 230.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 531 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Markus K. Cremer Gracenote 251
2 Jin Yang Verizon 204
3 Igor Y. Khandros Formfactor 200
#4 Mark Telefus Flextronics Ap 104
#5 Charles Yeomans Atombeam Technologies 90
#6 Daniel Tumas Genentech 70
#7 Aliasghar Riahi Atombeam Technologies 67
#8 Robert Coover Gracenote 65
#9 Michael C. Wood Leapfrog Enterprises 61
#10 Don R. Baker Stauffer Chemical 56
#11 Mojgan Haddad Atombeam Technologies 53
#11 Colin Jon Taylor A9.Com 53
#13 Gerbrand Ceder MIT 50
#14 Kristine Ing Kushner Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 49
#15 Tarlochan S. Nijjar Prothena Biosciences Limited 48
#16 Lester John Lloyd Aradigm 47
#17 David B. Miller Ingersoll-Rand 45
#17 Eitan Konstantino Trireme Medical 45
#19 Alexander N. Glazer University of California 42
#19 Andrew L. Norrell 3Com 42
#21 Ryan Kourosh Riahi Atombeam Technologies 41
#21 Razmin Riahi Atombeam Technologies 41
#23 Tasos Roumeliotis Location Labs 40
#24 Elad Alon Rambus 39
#25 Douglas S. Clark University of California 32
#26 Anatoly Pinchuk Cellecta 31
#26 Mark B. Anderson Glycomed Incorporated 31
#28 Robert Lewis Clarke Aqua Metals 30
#28 Julian Schmidt Visa 30
#28 Douglas Surber Oracle 30
#31 Charles E. Porges Nellcor Puritan Bennett 29
#31 Owen Winne Schoppe Salesforce 29
#33 Jon M. Leupp Igt 27
#34 Mark P. White Berkeley Lights 26
#34 Silvius V. Rus Quantcast 26
#34 Luke P. Lee University of California 26
#37 Rick Winter Primus Power 25
#38 Daniel Klein Microsoft 24
#38 Leonard Edwin Post 24
#40 Adam Brown Mux 23
#40 Michael J. Naggar Verizon 23
#40 Ronald Phillip Chiarello Alveo Technologies 23
#40 Christopher Michael Bradley Colgate-Palmolive 23
#44 Dave Moellenhoff Salesforce 22
#44 Brent A. Goetzl Radio Systems 22
#44 Arunava Majumdar University of California 22
#47 Rajan Anand Merck 21
#47 William J. Cannella Chevron 21
#47 Alan Wolffe Sangamo Biosciences 21
#47 Philip Scott James Fresenius Medical Care Holdings 21

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