Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Mill Valley, CA ranks #512 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 259 patents from 122 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Mill Valley, CA include Mentor Acquisition One, The Invention Science Fund I, Akamai Technologies. That works out to 18.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 122 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 John D. Haddick Mentor Acquisition One 23
2 Alexander J. Cohen The Invention Science Fund I 11
3 Stephen L. Ludin Akamai Technologies 10
#4 Leonard John Duran Kenu 8
#5 Ebbe Altberg Yellowpages.Com 7
#6 Rudy Lucas Samuels Gopro 6
#6 David S. Bill Aol 6
#6 Paul Polakis Genentech 6
#6 Rainer Fasching Amprius 6
#10 Zachary Yeskel Google 5
#10 Ronald Mallet Disney 5
#10 Andriy Ryabchun Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories 5
#13 Erich D. Slothower Kohler 4
#13 David Lundgren Broadcom 4
#13 Anna-Pia K. Slothower Kohler 4
#13 Scott Summit 3D Systems 4
#13 Mika Aoyagi-Scharber Biomarin Pharmaceutical 4
#18 Nikhilesh N. Singh Orphomed 3
#18 Joshua Brandon Lando Dolby Laboratories Licensing 3
#18 Benjamin J. Zoltewicz Igt 3
#18 Stephan Thomas Heraeus Quarzglas 3
#18 George William Daly IBM 3
#18 Oksana Kryachek Essai 3
#18 Nathaniel Joseph McCaffrey Pacific Biosciences Of California 3
#25 Michael Beerman Microsoft 2
#25 Kenneth Norton 2
#25 Karen B. Chapman Geron 2
#25 Jessica Sheung-yan Ng Fossil Group 2
#25 David James Bell Remedy Robotics 2
#25 Nagarajan Venkatesan Brocade Communications Systems 2
#25 J. Mitchell Lowe Redbox Automated Retail 2
#25 Mark Juravic Maquet Cardiovascular 2
#25 Zeke Koch Microsoft 2
#25 Michael D. Lesh University of California 2
#25 James Ho Zynga 2
#25 Olga Rodny Rempex Pharmaceuticals 2
#25 Ryan Ringholz Plae 2
#25 Paul J. Matsuda Visa 2
#25 John E. Johnston Workrite Ergonomics 2
#25 Stephen Wood Salesforce 2
#25 Olivier G. Dumon Ebay 2
#25 Arnaud Legendre Apple 2
#25 Julie D. Smith Medtronic 2
#25 Robert W. Copple 2
#25 Troy William Young Say Media 2
#25 Nadav Caspi IBM 2
#47 Eric Nash Salesforce 1
#47 James L. Negley Jln Solar 1
#47 Kenneth D. Rice Exelixis 1
#47 Ian Coats MacColl Implus Footcare 1

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