Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

San Mateo, CA ranks #69 worldwide for total patents filed in 2020, with 1,750 patents from 875 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in San Mateo, CA include Snowflake, Fyusion, View. That works out to 16.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 875 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Thierry Cruanes Snowflake 30
1 Stefan Johannes Josef Holzer Fyusion 30
3 Stephen Clark Brown View 17
#4 Hassan Chafi Oracle 16
#4 Michael Taylor Nike 16
#6 Steven Osman Sony 15
#7 Glenn Black Sony 13
#8 Adam Bowen Juul Labs 12
#8 Gregory W. Dachs, II Intuitive Surgical 12
#8 Lisong Zhou Solaria 12
#11 Steven Trombetta Sony 11
#12 Marcin Zukowski Snowflake 10
#12 Shizhe Shen Meta 10
#12 Gregory Stewart Aist Telenav 10
#15 Jonathan Edgar Roth Aurrion 9
#15 Leonid Beigelman Sirna Therapeutics 9
#15 Emanuel Alexandre Strauss Meta 9
#15 Rory M. Beyer Avive Solutions 9
#15 Siyuan Chen Twist Bioscience 9
#15 Keisuke Saito Ntt Docomo 9
#15 Arnold Poon Broadcom 9
#22 Giovanni Agnoli Apple 8
#22 Zhen Hua Liu Oracle 8
#22 Todd Tokubo Sony 8
#22 Eric Kihara Shono Applied Materials 8
#22 Andrew Young Sony 8
#22 Kyungmin Lee Samsung 8
#28 Vahid Firouzdor Applied Materials 7
#28 Gadi Amit Intel 7
#28 Yuichiro Nakamura Sony 7
#28 Brian Adolf X Development 7
#28 Sergei Gryaznov Geron 7
#28 Sean M. Kelly Delphi Technologies 7
#34 Dennis Castleman Sony 6
#34 Andriy Myronenko Accuray Incorporated 6
#34 Aleksandr Dubrovsky Sonicwall 6
#34 Ying Mao GE 6
#34 Jason Deperro Capital One Services 6
#34 James Fairbairn Sony 6
#34 Tuhin Kanti Sharma Salesforce 6
#34 Jianwen A. Feng Denali Therapeutics 6
#34 Francois Hebert Alpha And Omega Semiconductor 6
#34 Shyuan Yang Apple 6
#34 Robert Tristan Shanks Cisco 6
#34 Apurv Bhartia Cisco 6
#34 Kristen Mangum Google 6
#47 Liuyin Cheng Tile 5
#47 Gusti Zeiner Chimera Bioengineering 5
#47 Jibin Zhan Conviva 5
#47 Mary Elizabeth Hamilton Accenture Global Solutions Limited 5

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