Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Sunol, CA ranks #4,922 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 544 patents from 47 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Sunol, CA include Applied Materials, Adeia Semiconductor Bonding Technologies, ExxonMobil. That works out to 590.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–47 of 47 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Kun Xu Applied Materials 114
2 Laura Wills Mirkarimi Adeia Semiconductor Bonding Technologies 82
3 Paul Shu ExxonMobil 79
#4 William K. Wenger Medtronic 34
#5 Matthew R. Bergeron Keysight Technologies 29
#6 Matthew Paul Bell Amazon 26
#7 Dale Seavey Cisco 21
#8 Paul Dentinger Sandia National Laboratory 16
#9 Henry N. Chapman University of California 13
#10 Klaus Silbermann Ashlock Company, A Division Of Vistan 12
#11 Sasa Bajt University of California 11
#11 Frederick D. Hempel Mendel Biotechnology 11
#13 David W. Rasnick Arris Pharmaceutical 9
#14 Thomas Alfred Caine Ge-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas 8
#15 Ronald Martin Horn GE 6
#16 Joshua John Simonson Linear Technology Holding 5
#16 Peter C. Arbogast The Clorox 5
#16 László KISS Accenture Global Solutions Limited 5
#19 Luong Cam Tran Ge-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas 4
#20 Harry James Hnatyszyn Ventana Medical Systems 3
#20 Timothy O'Connor Dell Products 3
#20 Mark D. Cavaro Cisco 3
#20 Kenneth F. Hatch Kla-Tencor 3
#20 Joaquin Trosper-Torres 10X Genomics 3
#20 Kenneth J. Pettipiece Bio-Rad Laboratories 3
#20 Marek G. Nelson Cv Therapeutics 3
#20 Steven Ross Hadley GE 3
#28 Angelo Foz Gonzaga Ge-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas 2
#28 Paul Dentinger Maxeon Solar Pte. 2
#28 Landy B. White Spectra-Physics 2
#28 Robert Jecmen Intel 2
#28 Lowell E. Hazelton 2
#28 D'Miles E. Milsal Discovery Toys 2
#28 Phoebe CAO Visby Medical 2
#28 John A. Bush Virtual Satellite 2
#28 Michael A. Maxey, JR. Penergy Solutions 2
#28 Alan D'Entremont Applied Materials 2
#38 Robert N. Tomoe Communications & Power Industries 1
#38 Gerald V. Beemiller 1
#38 Korbin Van Dyke AMD 1
#38 Mahmoud Munes Tomeh Qualcomm 1
#38 Lynn Kozma 1
#38 Rodney E. Gerhart Ricoh Company 1
#38 Douglas R. Packard GE 1
#38 Kay Firor 1
#38 Laura Wills-Mirkarimi 1
#38 Paul B. Mirkanimi University of California 1

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