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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 Intel, Infineon Technologies Ag, Bloom Energy. That works out to 286.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 15,201–15,250 of 32,062 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
#14517 Vincent T. Bocchino Intel 3
#14517 Yue SUN Infineon Technologies Ag 3
#14517 Mehdi Ebad Bloom Energy 3
#14517 Borui Wang — 3
#14517 Juxi Li Hillstone Networks Co. 3
#14517 Steven Lee Owen Apple 3
#14517 Qing Zhao Tsinghua University 3
#14517 Scott David Hazard — 3
#14517 Emmet Ray Smith Apple 3
#14517 Jacques Lemieux Absolute Software 3
#14517 Siddharth Vajirkar Cisco 3
#14517 Kishore Nene Intuit 3
#14517 Hidetoshi Tajima Google 3
#14517 Robert S. Smith — 3
#14517 Tony Kuen Lee IBM 3
#14517 Hidenori Kemmotsu Candescent Intellectual Property Services 3
#14517 Zhi Zhou Hfi Innovation 3
#14517 Kenneth Chih-Ping Chang — 3
#14517 Michael Reese Jones IBM 3
#14517 Anh Dung Pham Analog Devices 3
#14517 Jason Hu Zerobrush 3
#14517 Eric A. Sparks Vlsi Technology 3
#14517 Alan H. Achilles North American Philips 3
#14517 Neeraj D. Vaghela Apple 3
#14517 Mel Chiba Lifescan Scotland Limited 3
#14517 Shruti Jadon Juniper Networks 3
#14517 Gregory J. ZAVERTNIK Microsoft 3
#14517 Raymond Moskaluk HP 3
#14517 Kirkwood Rough Comet Technologies Usa 3
#14517 Neboisa Avdalovic Dionex 3
#14517 Akhilesh Pathodia Juniper Networks 3
#14517 Aruna K. Muvvala Cisco 3
#14517 Ronald J. Molnar Amkor Electronics 3
#14517 Feier Lian Fair Isaac 3
#14517 Ji Park Zoom Communications 3
#14517 Bruce C. Wier Ultra Clean Holdings 3
#14517 Sarika Krishnan Ebay 3
#14517 Michael Daniel Fuller Google 3
#14517 Swanand Santosh Bindoo NVIDIA 3
#14517 Vishnu Vasanth Radja A10 Networks, Incorporated 3
#14517 Fior D. Sargent IBM 3
#14517 Michael Tian Cadence Design Systems 3
#14517 Bond-Yen Ting IBM 3
#14517 Chris Tanner Silicon Graphics 3
#14517 Hiren A. Desai Dell Products 3
#14517 William H. Jarvi Applied Materials 3
#14517 Mathieu Eric Drut Synopsys 3
#14517 Steve Song Lee Cadence Design Systems 3
#14517 Fred Perner HP 3
#14517 Sunny Chopra Fresenius Kabi Oncology 3

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