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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 Integrated Device Technology, IBM, Hewlett Packard Enterprise. That works out to 286.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 15,351–15,400 of 32,062 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
#14517 Jang Jen Integrated Device Technology 3
#14517 Peter William Kanas IBM 3
#14517 Nimesh Bhagat Hewlett Packard Enterprise 3
#14517 Charles S. Fannin Adaptec 3
#14517 Timothy D. Weaver Responselogix 3
#14517 Rosemary A. Greene GE 3
#14517 Maiko C. Hermsmeier Biopharmx 3
#14517 Robert Anthony Nordsell Applied Materials 3
#14517 Taikhim Henry Tan Adaptec 3
#14517 Douglas Jackson — 3
#14517 Rosabel Chang Advanced Cardiovascular Systems 3
#14517 Paul Byrne Spectra Systems 3
#14517 Shikha Jain Hgst Netherlands, B.V. 3
#14517 Vincent Marrello IBM 3
#14517 Ruben Wever Wiltron 3
#14517 Charles Dale Fletcher Ebay 3
#14517 Daghan Altas Cisco 3
#14517 Michael J. Omodt Converged Data Solutions 3
#14517 Victor R. Akylas North American Philips 3
#14517 Stanley Phillips Texas Instruments 3
#14517 Siliang Chang Applied Materials 3
#14517 Richard H. Crockett Applied Materials 3
#14517 Michael Ding Renesas Electronics America 3
#14517 Stephane Turcotte Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 3
#14517 Alan Ghahramani — 3
#14517 Manuel Martinez Cisco 3
#14517 Ali Fazli Yeknami Samsung 3
#14517 Gareth Roberts Ricoh Company 3
#14517 Gerald Herman Roth IBM 3
#14517 Choi Woncheol Align Technology 3
#14517 Mo Malakiman Target Brands 3
#14517 Ashwin Ashok Wagadarikar GE 3
#14517 Bhanu Prasad Suravarapu Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories 3
#14517 Dhruv Aggarwal Qualcomm 3
#14517 Asha G Karvaje Apple 3
#14517 Pedro Henrique Rocha Bruel Hewlett Packard Enterprise 3
#14517 Pat Lasserre Gsi Technology 3
#14517 L. Thomas Mohr Responselogix 3
#14517 Jaiwant Virk Dell Products 3
#14517 Daisy Rincon Intel 3
#14517 Shidi Wang Intel 3
#14517 Richard N. James Dysan 3
#14517 Richard Randall Hansen Branson Ultrasonics 3
#14517 Donald Charles Acosta IBM 3
#14517 Srikanth S. Nandula Oracle 3
#14517 Adam Maser Tesla 3
#14517 Liat Atsmon Guz Meta 3
#14517 Itthichok Jangjaimon Arista Networks 3
#14517 Saravankumar Rajendran Cisco 3
#14517 Steven Carr AT&T 3

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