Fairfax, CA ranks #2,764 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 44 patents from 19 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Fairfax, CA include Cardica, Google, Viavi Solutions. That works out to 5.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–19 of 19 inventors
| Rank ↑ | Inventor ↕ | Primary Company ↕ | Patents ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brendan M. Donohoe | Cardica | 6 |
| 2 | Matthew Wyatt Martin | 5 | |
| 2 | Cornelis Jan Delst | Viavi Solutions | 5 |
| #4 | Gary Leo | Orbis Wheels | 3 |
| #4 | David de Andrade | Tvworks | 3 |
| #4 | Christopher Hulls | Life360 | 3 |
| #4 | Robert Steven Murdock | Amazon | 3 |
| #8 | Ranjit Sahota | Tvworks | 2 |
| #8 | Kim Libreri | Disney | 2 |
| #8 | Scott Davis | Incase Designs | 2 |
| #8 | Robert H. J. Miros | Sunlink | 2 |
| #12 | Scott Alan Kozinchik | Salesforce | 1 |
| #12 | Edward Scheidelman | Visa | 1 |
| #12 | Matthew Martin | General Motors | 1 |
| #12 | Gary Allan Kemp, II | Trading Technologies International | 1 |
| #12 | Cathy Snetsinger | — | 1 |
| #12 | Georgia Gibbs | Tvworks | 1 |
| #12 | Noah Heller | Besst | 1 |
| #12 | Louise Rasmussen | Disney | 1 |
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