Top Cities in California 1997

Rank City Patents Inventors
#1 San Jose, CA 2,084 1,308
#2 San Diego, CA 1,511 925
#3 Palo Alto, CA 910 547
#4 San Francisco, CA 886 582
#5 Sunnyvale, CA 793 512
#6 Los Angeles, CA 649 465
#7 Cupertino, CA 646 352
#8 Mountain View, CA 528 334
#9 Fremont, CA 483 319
#10 Los Altos, CA 479 270
#11 Tokyo, CA 427 163
#12 Santa Clara, CA 413 276
#13 Saratoga, CA 385 235
#14 Irvine, CA 363 242
#15 Redwood City, CA 349 219
#16 Calabasas, CA 348 254
#17 Los Gatos, CA 315 184
#18 Village of La Jolla, CA 301 159
#19 Menlo Park, CA 300 193
#20 Berkeley, CA 249 161
#21 Oakland, CA 247 156
#22 Santa Monica, CA 233 157
#23 Carlsbad, CA 231 135
#24 Pleasanton, CA 227 151
#25 Yokohama, CA 224 77

Top Inventors in California 1997

Rank Inventor City Company Patents
1 Frederic C. Doughty South Pasadena Emhart 41
2 Michael D. Rostoker San Jose Lsi Logic 35
3 Roshantha A. Chandraratna San Juan Capistrano AbbVie 27
3 William D. Fuller Lakeside Bioresearch 27
#5 Simon K. Hodson Midland School E. Khashoggi Industries 25
#6 Robert J. Gove Los Gatos Texas Instruments 22
#7 Dan Kikinis Los Altos Elonex Ip Holdings 21
#8 Gary Neil Zaiger Modesto 19
#8 Sungho Jin San Diego AT&T 19
#8 Grant Gene Zaiger Modesto 19
#8 Mark Biasotti San Jose AT&T 19
#8 Christopher A. Robinette Alameda Nike 19
#8 Chris F. Zaiger Modesto Stark Brothers Nurseries And Orchards 19
#14 Leith Marie Gardner Modesto 17
#15 Hing L. Sham Palo Alto Abbott 16
#15 Michael S. Urdea Alamo Chiron 16
#15 Richard K. Williams Cupertino Advanced Analogic Technologies Incorporated 16
#15 Stephen P. Capps Redwood City Apple 16
#19 Terry M. Haber Brooks Road Habley Medical Technology 15
#19 Frankie F. Roohparvar Monte Sereno Micron 15
#19 Stuart D. Edwards Salinas Vidamed 15
#19 Ashok K. Kapoor Palo Alto Lsi Logic 15
#23 Clark B. Foster Mission Viejo Habley Medical Technology 14
#23 Winthrop D. Childers San Diego 14
#23 William H. Smedley Mission Viejo Habley Medical Technology 14

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