Rodeo, CA ranks #12,952 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 134 patents from 29 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Rodeo, CA include Chevron, Visa, Gte Products. That works out to 13.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–29 of 29 inventors
| Rank | Inventor | Primary Company | Patents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vernon R. Small, Jr. | Chevron | 24 |
| 2 | Jagdeep Singh Sahota | Visa | 18 |
| 3 | Ronald A. Lesea | Gte Products | 17 |
| #4 | Mark E. Okazaki | Chevron | 16 |
| #5 | John L. Hughes | Intevac | 9 |
| #6 | James S. Brennan | Sandia | 7 |
| #7 | Gilbert Rodriguez | ICI | 6 |
| #8 | Ronald Carpenter | — | 5 |
| #9 | Virgil Santos | Unknown | 3 |
| #9 | Ravinder S. Virk | — | 3 |
| #9 | Theo Maesen | Chevron | 3 |
| #12 | Erin Frier | E.L.F. Cosmetics | 2 |
| #12 | Larry F. Willitzer | — | 2 |
| #12 | Colin M. Chapman | Chevron | 2 |
| #12 | Hazel C. Olbrich | Chevron | 2 |
| #12 | Marian C. Tang | Branson International Plasma | 2 |
| #17 | Renato Salgado | Bio-Rad Laboratories | 1 |
| #17 | Devon O'Dell | Fastly | 1 |
| #17 | Cheryl S. Aberin | Bio-Rad Laboratories | 1 |
| #17 | John Les Hughes | Intevac | 1 |
| #17 | John F. Lizarraga | Chevron | 1 |
| #17 | Douglas R. McCay | Chevron | 1 |
| #17 | Cory Reynolds | — | 1 |
| #17 | Joanne Deady | Chevron | 1 |
| #17 | William J. Norwood, III | Chevron | 1 |
| #17 | William O. Munroe | — | 1 |
| #17 | Alfonso G. Camacho | AT&T | 1 |
| #17 | George Isham | — | 1 |
| #17 | Chan Vu | Chevron | 1 |
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