Fairfield, CA ranks #3,761 worldwide for total patents filed in 2020, with 33 patents from 22 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Fairfield, CA include Koss, General Motors, Merck. That works out to 0.3 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 | Michael Sagan | Koss | 5 |
| 2 | Timothy Jon Meador | General Motors | 3 |
| 2 | Mark E. Scott | Merck | 3 |
| #4 | Venkatapathi Raju Nallapa | Ford | 2 |
| #4 | Ryan Short | Bio-Rad Laboratories | 2 |
| #4 | Chandni K. Dhanjal | Workday | 2 |
| #7 | Rosalind Louise Crowley | Unknown | 1 |
| #7 | Saleh Elomari | Chevron | 1 |
| #7 | Qigen Ji | Apple | 1 |
| #7 | Steven McDonald | Goodrich | 1 |
| #7 | Karl G. Reimer | Goodrich | 1 |
| #7 | Gary Troxel | Gateway Health Alliances | 1 |
| #7 | Mark Anthony Fernandez | Chevron | 1 |
| #7 | Jeffrey S. Greger | Cardiothrive | 1 |
| #7 | Michael V. Zumpano | — | 1 |
| #7 | Eli A. Hefner | Bio-Rad Laboratories | 1 |
| #7 | Eleni Bachlava | Seminis Vegetable Seeds | 1 |
| #7 | Rich Giaramita | — | 1 |
| #7 | Shil Kothari | Gateway Health Alliances | 1 |
| #7 | Mehzad Toofan | — | 1 |
| #7 | Jonathan A. Padilla | Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. | 1 |
| #7 | Tim Monroe | Cordelia Lighting | 1 |
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