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 |
| Luna Martinez | K | Arnold (Joseph) Elementary | Kitty Twirl (The Pounce Project) |
| Julian Redmore | K | Madison Elementary | The Cooling Lid |
| Liam Steven | K | Coastal Pacifica | Knight Time Glasses Cleaner |
| Cameron Arroyo | 1 | Seaside Elementary | Stuffy Ears |
| Maya Otera | 1 | Hickory Elementary | Cat Jumper Automatic |
| Shaun Varghese | 1 | Point Vicente Elementary | LIGHTS ON – Multiplication Game |
| Henry Carlson | 2 | Hickory Elementary | The Rainbow Reacher |
| Sufjan Shin | 2 | Arlington Elementary | Block-a-pick |
| Rachel Tiffany Wong | 2 | Walteria Elementary | Anti-Smudge For Lefties |
| Quinn Nakasuji | 3 | Anza Elementary | My Calm Cactus |
| Jackson Phillips | 3 | Seaside Elementary | S’more-tisserie |
| Adler Tully | 3 | Towers Elementary | Seed Spacer |
| Ashmita Carmeline | 4 | Our Lady of Guadalupe School | WheelTrays |
| Ella Daimonji | 4 | Towers Elementary | The Towel-Roo |
| Casey Klinger | 4 | Our Lady of Guadalupe School | WheelTrays |
| Micah SooHoo | 4 | Towers Elementary | The TRACAP |
| Ani Kennell | 5 | Riviera Elementary | The Ice Cream Huggie |
| Preston Nguyen | 5 | Argonaut Elementary | The Better Brusher |
| Emily Prueter | 5 | Anza Elementary | Stop The Stink |
| Addison Shamban | 5 | Anza Elementary | Stop The Stink |
| Irene Choe | 6 | Our Lady of Guadalupe School | Skincare Stacker |
| Isaac Hodelin | 6 | Richardson Middle | The Amazing Aqua Scrubber |
| Melina Kidakarn | 6 | Our Lady of Guadalupe School | Skincare Stacker |
| Ruby Machuca | 6 | St. Dominic Savio School | The Page Turner |
| Alan Taft | 6 | Richardson Middle | The Amazing Aqua Scrubber |
| Nathan Gomez | 7 | St. Philip Neri School | Head Rest |
| Ashwath Ram | 7 | Stratford San Jose Middle | Earthquake Terminator |
| Izaac Trujillo | 7 | St. Philip Neri School | Basketball Bounce Out |
| London Gregrey | 8 | American Martyrs School | Stock-It-Pocket |
| Boston Harding | 8 | Our Lady of Guadalupe School | SMART trash can |
| Keeley Maloney | 8 | American Martyrs School | Stock-It-Pocket |
| Amy Nguyen | 8 | Magruder Middle | Pocket Pack |
| Camille Vega | 8 | Our Lady of Guadalupe School | SMART trash can |
| Lilian Gonzalez | 9 | Bishop Conaty- Our Lady of Loretto High School | Mental Health Piggy |
| Shaunak Jog | 9 | American High School | Study-Buddy: Revolutionizing Education |
| Arianna Michel-Vargas | 10 | St. Joseph High School | Creative Hand |
| Destiny Quiroz | 10 | Bishop Conaty- Our Lady of Loretto High School | Mental Health Piggy |
| Viviana Santamaria | 10 | St. Joseph High School | Creative Hand |
| John Donici | 12 | South High | The Comfy Cushion |
| Ethan Ha | 12 | South High | Dura-Band |
| Ryan Hsu | 12 | South High | The Comfy Cushion |
| Sophia Kim | 12 | South High | Dura-Band |
| Brianna Meccariello | 12 | South High | Pulley Powered Trash Compactor |
| Maya Nakamura | 12 | South High | Dura-Band |
| Radhika Sikaria | 12 | South High | Pulley Powered Trash Compactor |
| Ichiro Suzuki | 12 | South High | The Comfy Cushion |