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San Jose, CA All Time

289,949 patents  ·  32,062 inventors  ·  286.2/1k pop.

Ranked #12 of 111,555 cities Top 1%

San Jose, CA ranks #12 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 289,949 patents from 32,062 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in San Jose, CA include Super Micro Computer, AMD, RTX (Raytheon). That works out to 286.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 13,401–13,450 of 32,062 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
#12320 Thompson Tang Super Micro Computer 4
#12320 David F. Kyser AMD 4
#12320 Don N. Lee RTX (Raytheon) 4
#12320 Mahadeo R. Patel GE 4
#12320 Mikkel NIELSEN Gn Hearing A/S 4
#12320 Robert M. Perlman AMD 4
#12320 Duc H. Trang Mti Technology 4
#12320 Osuk Y. Kwon Lockheed Martin 4
#12320 Edward Y. Gibo GE 4
#12320 John P. Scheib Diasonics Ultrasound 4
#12320 Kapali Eswaran IBM 4
#12320 Ravi Swami Zilog 4
#12320 Augustus C. Ouano IBM 4
#12320 Stanley W. Heldenbrand Nortel Networks Limited 4
#12320 Yat-Sum Chan Gazelle Microcircuits 4
#12320 Michael W. Samuels Fujitsu Limited 4
#12320 Gary O. Goldbach Combustion Power Company 4
#12320 Paik Saber IBM 4
#12320 Ronald A. Crain Syquest Technology 4
#12320 Lorenzo Falcon, Jr. IBM 4
#12320 Mohammed Siddiq Tandy 4
#12320 Wellington C. Yu IBM 4
#12320 Joseph Sonnenberg Raychem Limited 4
#12320 Donnie E. Riggs — 4
#12320 John P. Neissel GE 4
#12320 Fabio Principi RTX (Raytheon) 4
#12320 Otis M. Martin Unknown 4
#12320 John H. Germer US Dept of Energy 4
#12320 Lawrence S. Nyi Data Products 4
#12320 Donald F. Pfeuffer Ricoh Company 4
#12320 Robert R. Bily — 4
#12320 Donald E. Eineichner Fmc 4
#12320 John S. Fawkes Ampex 4
#12320 Karl H. Griesshaber Ampex 4
#12320 Teresa Lynn Leamon IBM 4
#12320 Maire L. Howard Taligent 4
#12320 Joseph Kava Applied Materials 4
#12320 Hi-Dong Chai IBM 4
#12320 Albert M. Thaik Silicon Graphics 4
#12320 Venecia M. Grobelny 3M 4
#12320 Lawrence R. Sample Micrel 4
#12320 Farhang Sabet-Peyman Litton Systems 4
#12320 Tim J. Edwards Motorola 4
#12320 Richard A. Coppock Gte Products 4
#12320 Janice M. Kerr Chiron 4
#12320 Narasimhareddy L. Annapareddy IBM 4
#12320 Jimmy A. Melton Apple 4
#12320 Francis Edward Mueller IBM 4
#12320 Archibald C. Munce, Jr. IBM 4
#12320 Garry L. Haas IBM 4

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