Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Monterey, CA ranks #2,877 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 43 patents from 28 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Monterey, CA include University Of Central Florida, Tenax Energy Solution, Dexcom. That works out to 1.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–28 of 28 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Pavel Bielecki 5
2 Jonathan Lee University Of Central Florida 3
2 Kevin Dewayne Jones Tenax Energy Solution 3
#4 Melissa A. Nicholas Dexcom 2
#4 Michael T. Jones Google 2
#4 Steven Hall Goodmark Medical (International) Limited 2
#4 Bryan Sze Pui Wong Spire Global 2
#4 Stephen Rees IBM 2
#4 John Lewellen Triad National Security 2
#4 Donald Edward Klusendorf Direct Pack 2
#11 John F. Larkin Intuity Medical 1
#11 Mitchell Kempisty 1
#11 Dan Potter Assa Abloy Global Solutions Ab 1
#11 Vladimir Dobrokhodov US Navy 1
#11 Jarilyn Lim 1
#11 Arijit Das Northern Trust 1
#11 Asa Engstrom 1
#11 Gail P. Thompson 1
#11 Everett Lai Broadcom 1
#11 Richard N. Deglin Samsung 1
#11 John A. Pennington Act 1
#11 Matt Wandell 1
#11 Michael Joseph Guerrero US Navy 1
#11 Oleg Yakimenko US Air Force 1
#11 Caleb J. Webster 1
#11 Sebastian Osswald US Air Force 1
#11 Brooks P. Lame Light & Motion Industries 1
#11 Richard Fetik 1

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