Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Mill Valley, CA ranks #587 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 214 patents from 101 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Mill Valley, CA include Mentor Acquisition One, Gopro, The Invention Science Fund I. That works out to 15.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 101 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 John D. Haddick Mentor Acquisition One 17
2 Rudy Lucas Samuels Gopro 15
3 Alexander J. Cohen The Invention Science Fund I 11
3 David Lundgren Broadcom 11
#5 Ebbe Altberg Yellowpages.Com 9
#6 Anna-Pia K. Slothower Kohler 6
#7 Nathaniel Joseph McCaffrey Pacific Biosciences Of California 5
#8 Remon Tijssen Adobe 4
#8 Oksana Kryachek Essai 4
#8 Benjamin J. Zoltewicz Igt 4
#8 Zachary Yeskel Google 4
#8 George William Daly IBM 4
#13 Rainer Fasching Amprius 3
#13 Paul Polakis Genentech 3
#13 David S. Bill Aol 3
#13 Nikhilesh N. Singh Orphomed 3
#13 Ronald Mallet Disney 3
#13 Claude Arnaud Imatx 3
#19 Erik Klimczak Apple 2
#19 Leonard John Duran Kenu 2
#19 Craig C. Todd Dolby Laboratories Licensing 2
#19 Andriy Ryabchun Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories 2
#19 Boots Rolf Hughston 2
#19 Stephen L. Ludin Akamai Technologies 2
#19 Scott Summit 3D Systems 2
#19 Olga Rodny Rempex Pharmaceuticals 2
#19 Remon Tjissen Adobe 2
#19 Olivier G. Dumon Ebay 2
#19 Ashish Dua 2
#19 Ian Coats MacColl Implus Footcare 2
#19 Alex Mayer Tesla 2
#19 Joshua Brandon Lando Dolby Laboratories Licensing 2
#19 Greg Caneer Camelbak Products 2
#19 Kenneth Norton 2
#19 Mark Juravic Maquet Cardiovascular 2
#19 Nagarajan Venkatesan Brocade Communications Systems 2
#19 Michael D. Lesh University of California 2
#38 Michael Shawver Speculative Incorporated 1
#38 Karen B. Chapman Geron 1
#38 Jessica Sheung-yan Ng Fossil Group 1
#38 Stephen Wiebe Comcast 1
#38 Massoud Akhtari University of California 1
#38 Akli Adjaoute Brighterion 1
#38 Theodore Mao Inc Square, Co. 1
#38 Robert J. Munro Soul Machines Limited 1
#38 Revant Kappor Zynga 1
#38 Charles Raymond Byce Visa 1
#38 Will Bell 1
#38 Ilya Beyer Google 1
#38 J. Mitchell Lowe Redbox Automated Retail 1

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