Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Salinas, CA ranks #2,116 worldwide for total patents filed in 2020, with 67 patents from 41 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Salinas, CA include Bushnell, Driscoll Strawberry Associates, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.. That works out to 0.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–41 of 41 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Alejandro Chavez Bushnell 6
2 Brian K. Caster Driscoll Strawberry Associates 5
3 Darren M. Goetz Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 3
3 Michael R. Scattini 3
3 Mark Elston Advantest 3
#6 John Carl Heintzberger Vanguard Seed 2
#6 Jean-Paul Etienne Sier Varian Medical Systems 2
#6 Charles Gilbride Elevation Spine 2
#6 Vu T. Vo Apple 2
#6 Hector Amando Camacho Garcia D'Arrigo Bros Co. Of California 2
#6 Stephen M. Ackerman Plant Sciences 2
#6 Abhilash J. Mayur Applied Materials 2
#6 Victor Carl Heintzberger Vanguard Seed 2
#6 Matthew J. Chabalko Apple 2
#6 Tony M. Avila Central Valley Seeds 2
#6 Adolfo S. Mederos Central Valley Seeds 2
#17 Dean R. Cortese 1
#17 Yumin QI Alibaba 1
#17 Thomas Fiege IBM 1
#17 TAM M. LE 1
#17 Ryan Patrick Batterman Meta 1
#17 Bruce DeWitt 1
#17 Mark Borman 1
#17 Andre Patrick Pompey 1
#17 Michael J. Azzopardi 1
#17 Bryan Alexander Davis Alkar-Rapidpak-Mp Equipment 1
#17 Michael Pond 1
#17 Alvaro Gonzalez J. Choo Limited 1
#17 Isaac Lund BMW 1
#17 Robert Tarango Dole Fresh Vegetables 1
#17 David Offerdahl 1
#17 David J. Brundage Westrock Shared Services 1
#17 David Wiley Duke Salinas Valley Seeds 1
#17 Harry Richardson Softiron Limited 1
#17 Gregory Luedtke Scios 1
#17 Jeffrey Kalstrom 1
#17 Yaojin Peng Syngenta Participations Ag 1
#17 Cayetano Padilla 1
#17 Perry L. Hayden, Sr. Cisco 1
#17 Scott Harlan Buckeye Brine 1
#17 Kitcia Jael Juache Aguilar 1

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