Sonoma, CA ranks #3,755 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 30 patents from 22 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Sonoma, CA include Immersion, Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories, Dolby Laboratories Licensing. That works out to 2.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–22 of 22 inventors
| Rank ↑ | Inventor ↕ | Primary Company ↕ | Patents ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Erik J. Shahoian | Immersion | 4 |
| 2 | Roger McNamee | — | 2 |
| 2 | Paul Segre | Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories | 2 |
| 2 | Mark Tuffy | Dolby Laboratories Licensing | 2 |
| 2 | Oky Sulistio | Workrite Ergonomics | 2 |
| 2 | John Domenic Curotto | The Curotto-Can | 2 |
| #7 | Robert B. Locke | Tyco Fire & Security Gmbh | 1 |
| #7 | Kevin Calhoun | Apple | 1 |
| #7 | Paula Washington | Viavi Solutions | 1 |
| #7 | Mark Covaro | Redwood Systems | 1 |
| #7 | Keith A. Davidson | Twilio | 1 |
| #7 | Ezra Cole Pucci | Unknown | 1 |
| #7 | Janet Hsiao | Avery Dennison | 1 |
| #7 | David Gutting | Cooper Technologies | 1 |
| #7 | Jack T. Gregory | Alcoa | 1 |
| #7 | Dennis Paul Fleming | Amazon | 1 |
| #7 | Stephen Rouse | — | 1 |
| #7 | Bob Mastny | Tedan Surgical Innovations, Llc. | 1 |
| #7 | Jehen Bing | — | 1 |
| #7 | Russell M. Aleksey | — | 1 |
| #7 | Christopher Roy Kukshtel | Dolby Laboratories Licensing | 1 |
| #7 | Tom WARTON | Vode Lighting | 1 |
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