Congratulations to all the Merit Award winners and their winning inventions. This award is given to students in each grade level whose inventions are deemed by the judges to be exemplary for the
grade and age level. Each student will receive a Merit Award ribbon just like those pictured above as well as a set of Inventor Trading Cards provided by the Silicon Valley US Patent Office. Many thanks to them!
Inventors are listed alphabetically by last name within grade.
| Inventor | Grade | School | Invention |
| Emi Armijo | 0 | Yukon Elementary | Shower Mask |
| Aesher Corcoran | 0 | Anza Elementary | Vegetable Tasting Sauces |
| Grace Woo | 0 | Vista Grande Elementary | Flowering Toothbrushes |
| Rose Kilpatrick | 1 | Arnold Elementary | Help for Kids |
| Evie Nur | 1 | Birney Elementary | Calm Down Robot |
| Ivana Shah | 1 | Seaside Elementary | TWEEZOPSTICKS |
| Juliet Chaison | 2 | Adams Elementary | The Happy Huggable Shirt |
| Owen Harmon | 2 | Towers Elementary | Hydro Lunch Box |
| Drew Stillittano | 2 | Birney Elementary | Steam Writers |
| Mandeep Classke | 3 | Azevada Elementary | Super Shoot |
| Jacob Fernandez | 3 | Arlington Elementary | Sidesweeper 2000 |
| Laith Herbly | 3 | Washington Elementary | The Web Sanitizer Shooter |
| Jessica Ervine | 4 | Vine Hill Elementary | The Illuminator |
| Shane Smith | 4 | Birney Elementary | Compo-Stir Cap |
| Julian Vargas | 4 | Burbank Boulevard Elementary | The Lush Brush |
| Ronin Yoshida | 4 | Birney Elementary | Compo-Stir Cap |
| Jasmine Esqueda-Zamora | 5 | Hall District Elementary | The Overwhelmed Notebook |
| Bodhi Ferguson | 5 | Ada W. Harris Elementary | Lace Saver |
| Michael Mullins | 5 | Ada W. Harris Elementary | Lace Saver |
| Stella Sics | 5 | Saratoga Elementary | Doggo Washer |
| Umar Ahmed | 6 | Gomes (John) Elementary | T.E.S |
| Rishabh Bhattiprolu | 6 | Gomes (John) Elementary | T.E.S |
| Luna Madrigal | 6 | St. Peter the Apostle Catholic School | Super Sanitize |
| Kaylee Potter | 6 | Lawrence E. Jones Middle School | Muddy Pawz Paw Cleaner |
| Stella Clifford | 7 | Sisson School | Horse Cowsa! A horse dryer blanket |
| Roslin Garcia | 7 | Alianza Charter School | Hygieia |
| Getsemani Tirado-Zaragoza | 7 | Alianza Charter School | Hygieia |
| Riley Turner | 7 | Sisson School | Horse Cowsa! A horse dryer blanket |
| Julissa Bejar-Fernandez | 8 | Alianza Charter School | Pro Shield |
| Kurihani Carbajal-Vega | 8 | Alianza Charter School | Reset |
| Yasmin Genis-Ramirez | 8 | Alianza Charter School | Pro Shield |
| Michaela McDaniel | 8 | Twin Hills Charter Middle | Spencil |
| Christian Mendoza | 9 | West High | West Waitlist |
| Rishi Sandesh | 9 | West High | West Waitlist |
| Karthik Subramanian | 9 | American High | CalmSpace: An Assistive Technology to Tackle Autistic Meltdowns |
| Neel Chandran | 10 | El Cerrito HIgh School | Viable Waste |
| Nirathi Cherukuri | 11 | Santa Clara High School | Intelligent, Innovative, Low-Cost Dysmyelogenic Leukodystrophy Diagnosis Computing System |
| Hudson Kaleb Dy | 11 | Walnut High | Crowd Funded Earthquake Early Warning System |
| Jessie Huang | 11 | Mission San Jose High School | Smart Chair Cushion: Reduce the Risk of Obesity |
| Tiffany Cho | 12 | South High | The Plant App |
| Angie Jin | 12 | South High | The Plant App |
| Dylan Newton | 12 | South High | The Plant App |
| Kailyn Yu | 12 | South High | The Plant App |