Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Stanford, CA ranks #432 worldwide for total patents filed in 2018, with 299 patents from 180 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Stanford, CA include Stanford University, Caltech, Made In Space. That works out to 14.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 180 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Karl Deisseroth Stanford University 17
2 Stephen R. Quake Caltech 9
3 Michael Snyder Made In Space 8
#4 Timothy David Kentley-Klay Zoox 7
#5 Irving L. Weissman Stanford University 6
#5 Zhenan Bao Stanford University 6
#7 Ken Takeuchi Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 5
#8 Samuel Strober Stanford University 4
#8 Robert Lowsky Stanford University 4
#8 Yury Goltsev Stanford University 4
#8 Brian Rutt Stanford University 4
#8 Andrew Moreland Palantir Technologies 4
#8 Jacob A. Marks Medos International Sarl 4
#14 Nicholas James Benson Amazon 3
#14 Jennifer R. Cochran Stanford University 3
#14 Shreyas S. Vasanawala Stanford University 3
#14 John M. Pauly Stanford University 3
#14 Arun Majumdar Kyndi 3
#14 Geoffrey C. Gurtner Stanford University 3
#14 Robert B. Laughlin Malta 3
#14 Marco Pavone Volkswagen 3
#14 Anthony J. Ricci Lam Research 3
#23 Leonore A. Herzenberg Stanford University 2
#23 Xincheng Zhang Google 2
#23 Wing H. Wong Stanford University 2
#23 Melisa Tokmak Google 2
#23 Andrew J. Perlman Menlo Therapeutics 2
#23 Alan Sellinger Canon 2
#23 Patrick O'Reilly Brown Impossible Foods 2
#23 Matthew J. Callaghan Lxs 2
#23 Zhi Wei Seh Stanford University 2
#23 Guangyuan Zheng Stanford University 2
#23 Hai Lin Hal Technology 2
#23 Jill Helms Stanford University 2
#23 Gregory B. Roberts Catalina Marketing 2
#23 Linxiao Zhu Stanford University 2
#23 Maria Grazia Roncarolo Ospedale San Raffaele S.R.L. 2
#23 Arogyaswami Paulraj Intel 2
#23 Shuang Yin Google 2
#23 Gunnar Carlsson Ayasdi Ai 2
#23 Shanhui Fan Stanford University 2
#23 Aryan Hazeghi Aquifi 2
#23 Onur Can Akkaya Microsoft 2
#23 Lawrence Steinman Stanford University 2
#23 Brian A. Wandell Stanford University 2
#23 Sami G. Tantawi Stanford University 2
#23 Drew Hall Stanford University 2
#23 Crystal L. Mackall The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary, Department Of Health And Human Services 2
#23 Girija Dhamdhere Stanford University 2
#23 Howard Y. Chang Stanford University 2

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