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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Mill Valley, CA ranks #643 worldwide for total patents filed in 2018, with 206 patents from 110 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Mill Valley, CA include Mentor Acquisition One, Plae, Yellowpages.Com. That works out to 14.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 110 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 John D. Haddick Mentor Acquisition One 15
2 Ryan Ringholz Plae 12
3 Ebbe Altberg Yellowpages.Com 7
3 Anna-Pia K. Slothower Kohler 7
#5 Paul Polakis Genentech 6
#5 Leonard John Duran Kenu 6
#7 Nathaniel Joseph McCaffrey Pacific Biosciences Of California 5
#8 Roy Raanani Affectlayer 4
#8 Remon Tijssen Adobe 4
#8 Wilson Allen Dolby Laboratories Licensing 4
#11 Catherine Nomura 3
#11 Steven Potter Capital One Services 3
#11 John F. Novak Standard Cognition 3
#11 Scott Summit 3D Systems 3
#11 Zachary Yeskel Google 3
#11 Olga Rodny Rempex Pharmaceuticals 3
#11 Christopher Hale Oxis Energy Limited 3
#18 Arnold Kriegstein University of California 2
#18 Benjamin J. Zoltewicz Igt 2
#18 Walter S. Johnson Wherenet 2
#18 Alex Mayer Tesla 2
#18 Mark E. Hayes Akagera Medicines 2
#18 Arnaud Legendre Apple 2
#18 Andrew Rowny Google 2
#18 Matthew H. Gamble Apple 2
#18 Melanie Ott J. David Gladstone Institutes 2
#18 Christopher R. Xydis Apple 2
#18 Christopher Marino Cisco 2
#18 Robert J. Munro Soul Machines Limited 2
#18 Jessica Sheung-yan Ng Fossil Group 2
#18 Rainer Fasching Amprius 2
#18 Jed Putterman Medea 2
#18 Erich D. Slothower Kohler 2
#18 Jillian Locks Hatch Baby 2
#18 Paul Howe Apple 2
#18 Stephen L. Ludin Akamai Technologies 2
#18 Iain Roberts Google 2
#18 William Hoppin Aerohive Networks 2
#18 Rudy Lucas Samuels Gopro 2
#40 Kathy Zirker-Smith Danaher 1
#40 Boris Bastian University of California 1
#40 Douglas Griffin Unchartedvr 1
#40 Michael Jon Fong Applied Materials 1
#40 Ryan Thomas Gerard Inc Square, Co. 1
#40 Negar Arabani Autodesk 1
#40 Patrick Wall Compugen 1
#40 Tim Wall Amazon 1
#40 Julie Davidson Rocherolle Start Project 1
#40 Joshua Lewis Avins Voga Coffee 1
#40 David Matter Marqeta 1

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