Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Alameda, CA ranks #343 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 412 patents from 213 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Alameda, CA include Kitty Hawk, Dolby Laboratories Licensing, Abbott. That works out to 5.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 213 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Damon Vander Lind Kitty Hawk 18
2 Alan J. Seefeldt Dolby Laboratories Licensing 13
3 Christopher A. Thomas Abbott 8
3 Wesley Scott Harper Abbott 8
#5 Dai Duong Doan Salesforce 7
#5 Barbara Frewen Zymergen 7
#5 Peter Sturt Lynn Other Lab 7
#8 Mitchell Kline Chirp Microsystems 6
#8 Michael C. Johnson Locus Robotics 6
#8 Francesco Aieta Leia 6
#8 James McPhail Salesforce 6
#8 Prasad Peddada Salesforce 6
#8 Gabriel Thurston Sibley Verdant Robotics 6
#8 Indranil De Pdf Solutions 6
#15 Richard J. Rikoski Hadal 5
#15 Nathan de Vries Apple 5
#15 Yuanyi Xue Disney 5
#15 Kevin Venkiteswaran Salesforce 5
#15 John T. Felts Sio2 Medical Products 5
#15 Theodore W. Rogers Intuitive Surgical 5
#21 Mathew Noel Rekow Velodyne Lidar Usa 4
#21 Joseph Andrew Brock Kai Concepts 4
#21 Glenn Berman Abbott 4
#21 Robert S. Damus Hadal 4
#21 Andreas Stolcke Microsoft 4
#21 Gary E. L. Brandt Theravance Biopharma R&D Ip 4
#21 John M. Gladden National Technology & Engineering Solutions Of Sandia 4
#28 Joe Delone Venters Google 3
#28 Henry M. Bowles Predictive Safety Srp 3
#28 Philip J. Lee Emd Millipore 3
#28 Cheryl Lynn Wong Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 3
#28 Xiaoliang Wang Nanjing University 3
#28 Owen D. Hale Apple 3
#28 Daniel Elliot Schabb Kai Concepts 3
#28 Ryan Hagey Visa 3
#28 Merek Siu Illumina 3
#28 David P. Saracino Apple 3
#38 Sharon Nademanee Zymergen 2
#38 Kenneth Choi Dropbox 2
#38 Christopher A. Robinette Nike 2
#38 Sameh Khamis Google 2
#38 Ryan Morris Salesforce 2
#38 Nino V. Marino Caavo 2
#38 Kelsey Gauthier Arcus Biosciences 2
#38 Scott C. Benson Applied Biosystems 2
#38 David Louis Shelton Rinat Neuroscience 2
#38 Kenneth Schindler Dolby Laboratories Licensing 2
#38 Gregory Trigub Zoetis Services 2
#38 Mark Kalman Amazon 2
#38 Bradee Rae Evans Adobe 2

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