Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Salinas, CA ranks #1,942 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 69 patents from 41 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Salinas, CA include Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Plant Sciences, Bushnell. That works out to 0.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–41 of 41 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Darren M. Goetz Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 7
2 Stephen M. Ackerman Plant Sciences 5
2 Alejandro Chavez Bushnell 5
#4 Roberto J. Perez Hamilton Sundstrand 3
#5 Justo L. Perez IBM 2
#5 John Michael Pessagno Direct Pack 2
#5 Jeffrey Glenn Buck Enovix 2
#5 Adolfo S. Mederos Central Valley Seeds 2
#5 Thomas Fiege IBM 2
#5 Tony M. Avila Central Valley Seeds 2
#5 Christopher Michael MCGINNIS Smartwash Solutions 2
#5 Matt LeBaron Liveramp 2
#5 Brian K. Caster Driscoll Strawberry Associates 2
#5 Danny Elmer LINDSTROM Smartwash Solutions 2
#5 Eric Wexler Direct Pack 2
#5 Bryan Alexander Davis Alkar-Rapidpak-Mp Equipment 2
#17 Cristobal Bravo Avina 1
#17 Paul Perry Zipline International 1
#17 Michael E. Ray 1
#17 William M. Wintermantel USDA 1
#17 Ronald Loiacono Mcgraw Hill 1
#17 Steven A. Fennimore University of California 1
#17 Scott Swanson Language Line Services 1
#17 Michael Sigmund Klein Lap Iq 1
#17 Michael Keith Fuller Optopo 1
#17 Vikram Duvvoori Iconix 1
#17 Winston Crouse 1
#17 Alvin Trentelman 1
#17 David Philip Robinson 1
#17 Lluvia V. Gutierrez Driscoll Strawberry Associates 1
#17 Jessica Kawabata Dole Fresh Vegetables 1
#17 Yuki Mikoshiba Dole Fresh Vegetables 1
#17 Perry L. Hayden, Sr. Cisco 1
#17 James R. Lugg Transfresh 1
#17 Ruslan Pozhidayev 1
#17 Doug Ranno 1
#17 Raymond M. Gamache US Air Force 1
#17 Travis Stegmeir Lassen Canyon Nursery 1
#17 Chandler Bennett 1
#17 Rick Sutton Coefficient Cycling 1
#17 Charles Gilbride Elevation Spine 1

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