Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Davis, CA ranks #454 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 313 patents from 198 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Davis, CA include Sensel, University of California, Novozymes. That works out to 4.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 198 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Brogan Carl Miller Sensel 6
2 Michael Andrew Walker University of California 5
2 Summaira Riaz University of California 5
2 Jeffrey Shasky Novozymes 5
2 Alan C. Tenscher University of California 5
2 Steven J. Knapp University of California 5
2 Douglas V. Shaw University of California 5
2 Pamela Marrone Marrone Bio Innovations 5
2 Ninfa Romero University of California 5
2 Glenn S. Cole Pioneer (Corteva) 5
2 Damian Curtis Bayer Cropscience 5
#12 Susan M. Royalty Aerie Pharmaceuticals 4
#12 Ana Lucia Cordova-Kreylos Pro Farm Group 4
#14 Craig Joseph Mills Hewlett Packard Enterprise 3
#14 David A. Mills University of California 3
#14 Francis Assadian Ford 3
#14 Liwei Wu Beijing Sensetime Technology Development Co. 3
#14 Bryan James Google 3
#14 Kenong Wu Kla-Tencor 3
#14 Ratnakar Asolkar Marrone Bio Innovations 3
#14 Benito Juarez Seminis Vegetable Seeds 3
#14 Srinivas Vuddagiri Lummus Technology 3
#14 Marja Koivunen Marrone Bio Innovations 3
#14 Hongmin Chen Futurewei Technologies 3
#14 Kit S. Lam University of California 3
#26 Carlito B. Lebrilla University of California 2
#26 David A. Kalinowski Apple 2
#26 Hongwu Chen University of California 2
#26 Pierre Chavanne Sony 2
#26 Benjamin Arthur Bazor University of California 2
#26 William J. Byrne Google 2
#26 Andrew Frank Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha 2
#26 Jennifer Simmons Monsanto Technology 2
#26 J. Bruce German University of California 2
#26 George A. Mathew Carrier 2
#26 Clayton T. McKee Bio-Rad Laboratories 2
#26 Gianluca Borello Sysdig 2
#26 Mark Marron Microsoft 2
#26 Julie Ho Pioneer (Corteva) 2
#26 Debbie Yaver Novozymes 2
#26 Brandon Joel Zipp 2
#26 Justin Siegel University Of Washington 2
#26 Debora Wilk Marrone Bio Innovations 2
#26 Sung-Joo Ben Yoo University of California 2
#26 Byron Froman Monsanto Technology 2
#26 Matthew Donner Turfco Mfg. 2
#26 Omeed Momeni University of California 2
#26 Dwight P. Morejohn Sadra Medical 2
#26 Ruya Li University of California 2
#26 Ravi Kaul Bio-Rad Laboratories 2

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