Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Martinez, CA ranks #3,057 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 40 patents from 27 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Martinez, CA include Zymergen, Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, U.S. Farathane. That works out to 1.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–27 of 27 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Shawn Szyjka Zymergen 9
2 Kulwinder S. Plahey Fresenius Medical Care Holdings 3
3 Wayne Bland U.S. Farathane 2
3 Lakhmir Chawla The George Washington University, A Congressionally Chartered Not-For-Profit 2
3 Murray Sheldon Bioventrix 2
#6 Brian T. Kearney US Navy 1
#6 Cameron McCord Chevron 1
#6 Gary Ligman Ligchine International 1
#6 Ahmed Ismaiel Unknown 1
#6 Melody HOLTAN Cerus 1
#6 Hongyi Zhang Beijing Bytedance Network Technology Co. 1
#6 Fritz Johnson 1
#6 Konstantinos Konstantinides Charles Schwab & Co. 1
#6 Phillip Bernard Here Global B.V. 1
#6 Sam Han Caterpillar 1
#6 Jason McKee Bio-Rad Laboratories 1
#6 Roland E. Williams Zi Corporation Of Canada 1
#6 Nick Knudsen Ambrx 1
#6 Henri Robert Asbell American Cyanamid 1
#6 Peter Ciurea Visa 1
#6 Mona Shahbazian Thermo Fisher 1
#6 Zachary Daniel Ladner 1
#6 Jeff Rogers Seagate Technology 1
#6 Andrew Russell Lutkus Tesla 1
#6 Connor Landgraf Eko Devices 1
#6 Glenn Price Bio-Rad Laboratories 1
#6 Ken Baker Bio-Rad Laboratories 1

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