Sonoma, CA ranks #3,346 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 33 patents from 21 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Sonoma, CA include Pushd, Immersion, The Curotto-Can. That works out to 3.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–21 of 21 inventors
| Rank ↑ | Inventor ↕ | Primary Company ↕ | Patents ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tyler Howarth | Pushd | 4 |
| 1 | Erik J. Shahoian | Immersion | 4 |
| 1 | John M. Curotto | The Curotto-Can | 4 |
| #4 | Rand Rognlien | Music Nomad | 3 |
| #5 | Jason Mengelkoch | Hydrofarm | 2 |
| #6 | Andrew G. Toimil | Feeney | 1 |
| #6 | Jack T. Gregory | Alcoa | 1 |
| #6 | Daniel Joseph Marioni | Tesla | 1 |
| #6 | Marci J. Alley | Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. | 1 |
| #6 | Jeffrey L McKibben | — | 1 |
| #6 | Anne-Christine McKibben | — | 1 |
| #6 | Edmond E. Routhier | — | 1 |
| #6 | Ben Shand Farber | — | 1 |
| #6 | Christopher Roy Kukshtel | Dolby Laboratories Licensing | 1 |
| #6 | Seth Marshall Kahn | Element Energy | 1 |
| #6 | Paul Segre | Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories | 1 |
| #6 | Keith A. Davidson | Twilio | 1 |
| #6 | Thomas Warton | Vode Lighting | 1 |
| #6 | John Domenic Curotto | The Curotto-Can | 1 |
| #6 | Jesus Sanchez | Multivac Sepp Haggenmueller | 1 |
| #6 | Julien Duhamel | Tc1 | 1 |
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