Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Richmond, CA ranks #1,015 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 3,342 patents from 603 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Richmond, CA include Sangamo Therapeutics, Applied Materials, Intel. That works out to 28.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 603 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Jeffrey C. Miller Sangamo Therapeutics 88
1 Edward J. Rebar Sangamo Therapeutics 88
3 Thomas Laidig Applied Materials 82
#4 Allen Yang Yang Intel 69
#5 Michael C. Holmes Sangamo Biosciences 65
#6 Philip D. Gregory Sangamo Biosciences 62
#7 Paul Winer Intel 51
#8 David Paschon Sangamo Therapeutics 49
#9 Arie Ben-Bassat E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 44
#10 Richard A. Rosthal Schlumberger Technology 39
#11 Glenn Harris Pegasus Solar 34
#12 William J. Michaely Stauffer Chemical 31
#13 Dale R. Cameron BOE 29
#13 Imadul Islam Schering 29
#15 Erich Kai Stephan Pegasus Solar 28
#15 David C. Kramer Chevron 28
#15 Howard Steven Lacheen Chevron 28
#18 Alexander Katz University of California 27
#19 H. Steve Zhang Sangamo Therapeutics 26
#19 Carl O. Pabo MIT 26
#19 Frank X. Woolard Ici Americas 26
#22 Randall K. Saiki Roche Molecular Systems 25
#22 Gregory J. Cost Sangamo Therapeutics 25
#22 Veljko Milanovic Mirrorcle Technologies 25
#22 Jun Ho Son Kryptos Biotechnologies 25
#26 Jide Xu University of California 24
#26 James Au Cisco 24
#28 Kand Ly Riverbed Technology 23
#28 Lawrence E. Crooks University of California 23
#28 Gary K. Lee Sangamo Therapeutics 23
#28 Hanh-Phuc Le Lion Semiconductor 23
#32 Trevor Collingwood Sangamo Biosciences 22
#32 Loren Berg Ciena 22
#32 Andreas Reik Sangamo Therapeutics 22
#35 Donald C. Lewis Aspect Software 21
#36 Frank B. Myers, III Lucira Health 20
#37 Waldeen C. Buss Chevron 19
#37 Shuwu Yang Chevron 19
#37 Brett Tom The Procter & Gamble 19
#37 Peilin Chen Fluidigm 19
#41 Xiao-Song Gong Bio-Rad Laboratories 18
#41 Andrew Nelson Verily Life Sciences 18
#41 Michael Siminovitch University of California 18
#41 Nicholas Barton Sunpower 18
#45 Dawn White Accio Energy 17
#45 Michael P. Prisbylla Ici Americas 17
#47 Horacio Trevino Chevron 16
#47 Rayman Y. Wong Stauffer Chemical 16
#47 Tinya Abrams Novartis Ag 16
#50 Nicholas Maderas Agnetix 15

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