Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Sebastopol, CA ranks #2,635 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 44 patents from 28 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Sebastopol, CA include Enphase Energy, Viavi Solutions, Covidien Lp. That works out to 5.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–28 of 28 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Donald Richard Zimmanck Enphase Energy 6
2 Charles A. Hulse Viavi Solutions 4
2 Edward M. McKenna Covidien Lp 4
#4 Daniel S. Wertz 3M 3
#5 Ned Hoffman Indivos 2
#5 Gregory S. Gonzales National Instruments 2
#5 David Wise National Center For Pelvis Pain Research Devices 2
#8 Ian Brooke 1
#8 Chip Swanson D&B Business Information Solutions 1
#8 Larwence L. Brooke Hgci 1
#8 Peter Maschwitz Agc Flat Glass North America 1
#8 Kevin B. Bates IBM 1
#8 Len A. Pennacchio University of California 1
#8 Eileen Go 1
#8 Isaac Eliaz Econugenics 1
#8 Geoffrey A. Orth Medtronic 1
#8 David Anthony Rogers 1
#8 Geoffrey Dylan Wells Lawrence Brooke Engineering, Llc. 1
#8 John DeAguiar Autodesk 1
#8 Chris Wheeler Amazon 1
#8 Chris Eich Enphase Energy 1
#8 Colin John Wilson Ciena 1
#8 Terrence R. Noe Agilent Technologies 1
#8 Ulrich Buddemeier Google 1
#8 Christopher Steven Finkbohner Innovation 1
#8 Michael J. Dejung John Deere 1
#8 Charles H. Ostman Hgci 1
#8 Jeffery Alan Broffman 1

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