Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Pinole, CA ranks #4,432 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 624 patents from 122 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Pinole, CA include Chevron, Rainin Instrument, Ceres. That works out to 32.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 122 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Donald S. Santilli Chevron 30
1 Haakon T. Magnussen, Jr. Rainin Instrument 30
3 Arthur J. Dahlberg Chevron 25
#4 Han Suk Kim Ceres 23
#5 George C. Anderson Motorola 22
#5 Vita Golubovskaya Forevertek Biotechnology Co. 22
#7 Siau-Way Liew Imatx 21
#8 Marc Whitlow Enzon 20
#8 Frank Plavac Chevron 20
#10 Stephen E. Derenzo University of California 17
#11 Lee Olech Bio-Rad Laboratories 16
#11 Walter J. Laird Cetus 16
#13 Vinit Saxena Sepragen 14
#14 Myung-Sam Cho Bayer Healthcare 12
#15 Robert M. Hnasko USDA 11
#15 Chris Martinez IBM 11
#15 Dan Ion Hariton National Semiconductor 11
#18 Andrew W. Ho Chevron 10
#19 Robert I. Christensen Danisco Us 9
#19 Jerold Osato AT&T 9
#19 Gary Jesmok Bayer Healthcare 9
#22 Aaron Treger Assa Abloy Residential Group 8
#22 Robert G. Wall Chevron 8
#22 Christopher Schmidt Motorola 8
#25 William W. Willis, Jr. Chevron 7
#25 Frank Sebastian Grassia Disney 7
#25 Mitchell Danzik Chevron 7
#25 William M. Hess Columbian Chemicals 7
#29 Jayson Delos Santos Boston Scientific Scimed 6
#29 Paula S. Rogers Chevron 6
#29 Antoni P. Tomsia University of California 6
#29 Juan A. Buitrago Chevron 6
#33 Kent Gordon Moriarty Rainin Instrument 5
#33 Larry Seamer Bio-Rad Laboratories 5
#33 Richard J. Nelson Chevron 5
#33 Amanuel Zeryihun Ford 5
#33 Sean Cater Bio-Rad Laboratories 5
#33 Elliot Ortiz Axon Enterprise 5
#33 Ssucheng Jeff Hsu Latency 5
#33 Shidi Xun University of California 5
#41 Matthew C. Fleming Alfred E. Mann Foundation For Scientific Research 4
#41 Randy V. Sweet Bio-Rad Laboratories 4
#41 Jeff Hsu Novartis Ag 4
#41 Harold E. Todd General Atomics International Services 4
#41 Richard K. Walker Unknown 4
#41 Dustin J. LOWRY Chevron 4
#41 Victor M. Grothen Keysight Technologies 4
#41 William A. Penaluna Bio-Rad Laboratories 4
#41 Lucy Bull Chevron 4
#50 James H. Meade Cetus 3

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