San Francisco, CA 2002

1,634 patents  ·  900 inventors  ·  2.1/1k pop.

Ranked #37 of 30,146 cities Top 1%

Showing 1–50 of 900 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Tristan M. Christianson Sharper Image 18
1 Matthew C. Kuchta ExxonMobil 18
3 John W. Smith Tessera 16
3 Michael M. Merzenich Scientific Learning 16
#5 Paul Rubin Sepracor 14
#5 Alexander Kalnitsky TSMC 14
#7 Jochen Backs Samsung 13
#7 Austin Gurney Genentech 13
#9 Jonathan P. Ive Apple 10
#9 Audrey Goddard Genentech 10
#11 Daniel J. Coster Apple 9
#11 Arnold Kholodenko Applied Materials 9
#11 Duncan Robert Kerr Apple 9
#11 Matthew Dean Rohrbach Apple 9
#11 Sarah C. Bodary Genentech 9
#11 Janet Wang AMD 9
#17 Daniele De Iuliis Apple 8
#17 Peter Wu Schlumberger Technology 8
#17 Juan C. Lasheras Innercool Therapies 8
#17 Eugene Anthony Whang Apple 8
#17 J. Kevin Judice Theravance 8
#22 Isik C. Kizilyalli Avogy 7
#22 Warren B. Jackson Xerox 7
#22 Ken Y. Hsu Spartek Medical 7
#22 James F. Zucherman Spartek Medical 7
#22 Kiyoshi Okamoto Canon 7
#22 Arthur Sands Lexicon Genetics 7
#22 Robert McDowell Genentech 7
#22 Maaike Evers Belkin International 7
#30 Hans Liemke Logitech Europe S.A. 6
#30 Igor Gonda Aradigm 6
#30 Fadhly Bey Plantronics 6
#30 Bas Ording Apple 6
#30 Orlando Diaz-Azcuy The Mcguire Furniture 6
#30 Paul Mansky Symyx Technologies 6
#30 Konstantin Volodarsky Nutool 6
#30 Michael D. Walker Boston Scientific Scimed 6
#30 Charles S. Taylor Cardiothoracic Systems 6
#30 Marion Webster Applera 6
#30 Michael A. Ang Oracle 6
#30 Michael Lewis Broadcom 6
#42 Burton B. Lo 3Com 5
#42 Stephen J. Miller Chevron 5
#42 Leonard G. Presta Genentech 5
#42 Wayne Yeung Intel 5
#42 Patrick Gray Icos 5
#42 Rico Luitpold Zorkendorfer Logitech Europe S.A. 5
#42 Wei-Wei Zhuang Sharp Laboratories Of America 5
#42 Napoleone Ferrara Genentech 5
#42 Jamey Nielsen Cardica 5

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