Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Mill Valley, CA ranks #671 worldwide for total patents filed in 2019, with 228 patents from 128 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Mill Valley, CA include Unchartedvr, Kenu, Mentor Acquisition One. That works out to 16.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 128 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Douglas Griffin Unchartedvr 8
2 Leonard John Duran Kenu 7
2 John D. Haddick Mentor Acquisition One 7
#4 Zeke Koch Microsoft 6
#4 Kasey Hovencamp Williams-Sonoma 6
#6 Ebbe Altberg Yellowpages.Com 5
#6 Roy Raanani Affectlayer 5
#6 Michael D. Lesh University of California 5
#9 Andriy Ryabchun Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories 4
#9 Matthew H. Gamble Apple 4
#9 Yu Wang Sap Se 4
#9 Olga Rodny Rempex Pharmaceuticals 4
#9 Anna-Pia K. Slothower Kohler 4
#9 Scott Summit 3D Systems 4
#15 Negar Arabani Autodesk 3
#15 Greg Thomson Tvworks 3
#15 Stephen L. Ludin Akamai Technologies 3
#15 John F. Novak Standard Cognition 3
#15 Wilson Allen Dolby Laboratories Licensing 3
#15 Rainer Fasching Amprius 3
#15 Erich D. Slothower Kohler 3
#15 Ronald P. MacDonald Chevron 3
#23 Craig C. Todd Dolby Laboratories Licensing 2
#23 John M. Levin Disney 2
#23 Debora January 2
#23 William A. Sorrentino, III Apple 2
#23 Andrew Rowny Google 2
#23 Ronald Mallet Disney 2
#23 Rudy Lucas Samuels Gopro 2
#23 Paul Hoffman Pro Shop Plans Co. 2
#23 Zachary Yeskel Google 2
#23 Ryan Ringholz Plae 2
#23 Nathaniel W. MacDonald Tenka 2
#23 Olivier G. Dumon Ebay 2
#23 Ladonna Wood Taxon Biosciences 2
#23 Matthew Ashby Taxon Biosciences 2
#23 Mark E. Hayes Akagera Medicines 2
#23 Alex Mayer Tesla 2
#23 Michael D. West Geron 2
#23 Paul C. Irvine Apple 2
#23 Howard V. Raff Aimmune Therapeutics 2
#23 Joshua Brandon Lando Dolby Laboratories Licensing 2
#23 David Hsia Successfactors 2
#23 Don W. Tyler Mfoundry 2
#23 Paul Polakis Genentech 2
#23 Massoud Akhtari University of California 2
#23 Remon Tijssen Adobe 2
#48 Mark Juravic Maquet Cardiovascular 1
#48 Oksana Kryachek Essai 1
#48 Louis Hawthorne Nanotics 1

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