Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Pittsburg, CA ranks #4,230 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 665 patents from 169 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Pittsburg, CA include Callaway Golf, Capital One Services, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.. That works out to 8.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 169 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Wayne H. Byrne Callaway Golf 57
2 Vu Nguyen Capital One Services 39
3 Charles A. Wilson 27
#4 Muhammad Farukh Munir Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 26
#5 Roy Paulson Paulson Manufacturing 23
#6 Lionel A. Young Flowserve Management 18
#6 Laura L. Karr Dow Agrosciences 18
#6 Jude M. Munn Verizon 18
#9 Chrislyn M. Carson 16
#10 Ian V. Bambao Apple 14
#10 Pierre Boyer France Telecom 14
#12 Rafael Ostrowski Covidien Lp 12
#12 Neil Stegall Uber Technologies 12
#12 Kwai Yeung Lee Verizon 12
#12 Ronald L. Silorio Cyberswitching Patents 12
#16 Robi Maamari University of California 10
#17 Rob Borcic Adobe 9
#17 Kevin Phan Key Medical Technologies 9
#17 Ron Silorio Cyber Switching 9
#20 Barat Bisabri-Ershadi 8
#20 Edward Lewis Calderon 8
#20 Luz Montesclaros 8
#20 Glenn Emerson Jones, Jr. Adelphi Technology 8
#24 John D. Neuner Hexcel 7
#24 Bryan Daniel Bor Zeality 7
#24 Aisha McCain Create To Overcome 7
#27 John Antypas, III Cellco Partnership 6
#27 Richard Hamilton Ceres 6
#27 Richard Simon O.I. 6
#30 Joel D. Enas Vical Incorporated 5
#30 Ronan L. Jenkinson Sinopsys Surgical 5
#30 Charles Bruce Fields Hdc 5
#30 Shi-Ting Zhou Google 5
#30 Richard Florez 5
#30 Lawrence Anthony DiMatteo Americorp Investments 5
#36 Annemarie Sheets Create To Overcome 4
#36 Bhaves Patel Salesforce 4
#36 E. Lanny Vaughn Unknown 4
#36 Larry Stephen Price Siemens Westinghouse Power 4
#36 William W. Craig Lawrence Livermore National Security 4
#36 Jerry Chamberlain Siemens Medical Laboratories 4
#36 Hyoung Wook Ham Samsung 4
#36 Joseph Picucci AT&T 4
#44 Robert Brown Bae Systems Plc 3
#44 C. Bruce Fields 3
#44 Alexander Parsley Ironridge 3
#44 Tuncer Ede Sea Tel 3
#44 Leonard C. Ramirez 3
#44 Denis Brent Walton AT&T 3
#44 Mindy Machanic Unknown 3

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