Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

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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