Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Pacifica, CA ranks #722 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 177 patents from 94 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Pacifica, CA include Medtronic, Visa, Dolby Laboratories Licensing. That works out to 4.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 94 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Douglas Sutton Medtronic 14
2 Patrick Stan Visa 9
3 Mark F. Davis Dolby Laboratories Licensing 6
3 Gregory Alan Lazar Xencor 6
#5 Christine B. McGavran Apple 5
#6 John Gilbert Basf Se 4
#6 Jerome Deval Alios Biopharma 4
#6 Andrey Yruski Sony 4
#6 Janice H. Nickel HP 4
#10 Jay P. Powers Chemocentryx 3
#10 Michael Graupe Gilead Sciences 3
#10 Erica J. Tong Apple 3
#10 David Robert Kasper Interactive Memories 3
#10 David Chamberlin Rovi Guides 3
#10 Eric Larsen Sony 3
#10 Dustin Michael Byford Broadcom 3
#17 Glen Eugene Mikesell Bristol-Myers Squibb 2
#17 Lawrence R. McGee Amgen 2
#17 Michael Sellers GE 2
#17 David Rohrl Zynga 2
#17 Stefanie Grotkin Unknown 2
#17 Mark S. Stanley Genentech 2
#17 Craig Cummings Thermo Fisher 2
#17 Eric L. Stangeland Theravance 2
#17 Joel McIntosh Roche Palo Alto 2
#17 Kari L. O'Driscoll Igt 2
#17 Douglas J. Gorny Dolby Laboratories Licensing 2
#17 Artem Mishin Soraa 2
#17 Kirk Gossage Cambridge Research & Instrumentation 2
#17 Richard V. Connors Amgen 2
#17 John Burnier Genentech 2
#17 Paul Summerson Bose 2
#17 Suzanna Clark Genentech 2
#17 Ryan Oksenhorn Zipline International 2
#17 Shawn M. Bauer Portola Pharmaceuticals 2
#17 Panu James Turcot Affectiva 2
#17 Phil Golyshko Rovi Guides 2
#17 Doug Sutton The Foundry 2
#39 Raghu Chaitanya Doppalapudi Salesforce 1
#39 Oliver T. Bayley Yahoo Holdings 1
#39 Walter A. Bachmann Ormco 1
#39 Josh Richman Samsung 1
#39 Devansh Arpit RTX (Raytheon) 1
#39 James Schaff Yardarm Technologies 1
#39 Brian Hein Yahoo Holdings 1
#39 Bart Jansen Imec Vzw 1
#39 Tyler Mincey Apple 1
#39 Joseph W. Boudeman 1
#39 Clifford Reid Complete Genomics 1
#39 Matthew J. Walters Chemocentryx 1

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