Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Santa Rosa, CA ranks #453 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 314 patents from 168 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Santa Rosa, CA include Viavi Solutions, Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited, Medtronic. That works out to 1.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 168 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Georg J. Ockenfuss Viavi Solutions 13
2 Billy Tam Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited 8
3 Julie Benton Medtronic 7
3 William D. HOUCK Viavi Solutions 7
3 Keith Perkins Medtronic 7
#6 Lan Sun Viavi Solutions 6
#6 Michael V. Chobotov Trivascular 6
#6 Benjamin K. Stephens Delta Separations 6
#6 Thomas Young Chang Seagate Technology 6
#6 Vladimir P. Raksha Viavi Solutions 6
#11 Travis Rowe Medtronic 5
#12 Markus Bilger Viavi Solutions 4
#12 Jaroslaw Zieba Viavi Solutions 4
#12 Mark Stiger Medtronic 4
#12 Mark Young Medtronic 4
#12 Karen Denise Hendrix Viavi Solutions 4
#12 Steven Claessens Medtronic 4
#12 Martin Terry Rothman Limflow Gmbh 4
#12 Margaret Karow Regeneron Pharmaceuticals 4
#12 Richard A. Bradley, Jr. Viavi Solutions 4
#12 John P. Shanahan Medtronic 4
#12 Richard Wong Vode Lighting 4
#12 Weimin Sun Skyworks Solutions 4
#24 Steven SAXE Viavi Solutions 3
#24 Nada A. O'Brien Viavi Solutions 3
#24 Kathleen M. Barnes Adc Telecommunications 3
#24 Roger W. Phillips Flex Products 3
#24 Kangning Liang Viavi Solutions 3
#24 Randy H. Weinstein 3
#24 Olivia P. Metcalf Covidien Lp 3
#24 Cameron Paul Purcell Pipeline Medical Technologies 3
#32 Joshua Kawarii Littlefield Gcx 2
#32 Michael Lee Claret Medical 2
#32 James Switzer, III Viavi Solutions 2
#32 Syamala Rani Pulugurtha Covidien Lp 2
#32 Paul G. Coombs Viavi Solutions 2
#32 Rudy Beasley Medtronic 2
#32 Ines Aravena Implant Direct Sybron International 2
#32 Siyan Som Medtronic 2
#32 Jonathan Brereton Scott Agilent Technologies 2
#32 Marcia Gallagher Medtronic 2
#32 James R. Watson Boston Scientific Scimed 2
#32 Thomas Martin Metriopharm Ag 2
#32 Mark Geusen Trivascular 2
#32 Matthew Rust Medtronic 2
#32 Brien Aven Seeley 2
#32 Barry Neil Silberg Sonescence 2
#32 Mitalee Nayan Desai Micro Motion 2
#32 Norman Smith Callaway Golf 2
#32 Duncan Knarr Samsung 2

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