Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Davis, CA ranks #525 worldwide for total patents filed in 2022, with 255 patents from 187 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Davis, CA include Sadra Medical, Google, Beijing Sensetime Technology Development Co.. That works out to 3.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 187 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Dwight P. Morejohn Sadra Medical 6
1 William J. Byrne Google 6
3 Liwei Wu Beijing Sensetime Technology Development Co. 5
#4 Brogan Carl Miller Sensel 4
#4 Ruining He Amazon 4
#4 Terah Whiting Smiley Powervision 4
#4 Lori Lisa Carrigan Pioneer (Corteva) 4
#8 Kit S. Lam University of California 3
#8 Damian Curtis Bayer Cropscience 3
#8 Kevin McBride Pioneer (Corteva) 3
#8 Alexander Goldshmidt Monsanto Technology 3
#8 Pamela Marrone Marrone Bio Innovations 3
#8 Ara Stephanian Atricure 3
#8 Joseph M. Anderson RTX (Raytheon) 3
#8 Ana Lucia Cordova-Kreylos Pro Farm Group 3
#16 Gina Katharine Von Damm Clover Leaf Environmental Solutions 2
#16 Steven J. Knapp University of California 2
#16 Julie Ho Pioneer (Corteva) 2
#16 James P. Brusca Syngenta Participations Ag 2
#16 Kyriacos Pitsillides Transonic Systems 2
#16 Debora Wilk Marrone Bio Innovations 2
#16 Frank Sharp University of California 2
#16 Glenn S. Cole Pioneer (Corteva) 2
#16 Ratnakar Asolkar Marrone Bio Innovations 2
#16 Benito Juarez Seminis Vegetable Seeds 2
#16 Yanhong Li Glycomimetics 2
#16 David Olson The Broad Institute 2
#16 Diego R. Yankelevich University of California 2
#16 Beth Savidge Monsanto Technology 2
#16 J. Bruce German University of California 2
#16 David A. Kalinowski Apple 2
#16 Laura Marcu University of California 2
#16 Maike Zimmermann Lawrence Livermore National Security 2
#16 Brian S. Higgins Nalco Mobotec 2
#16 Daniel J. Ovadya Monsanto Technology 2
#16 Mark A. Havstad Terrapower 2
#16 Junqiang Hu Nec 2
#16 Bruce D. Hammock University of California 2
#16 Yuanpei Li University of California 2
#16 Jeffrey Shasky Novozymes 2
#16 Julien Bec University of California 2
#42 Rick A. Sanders Monsanto Technology 1
#42 Jill Deikman Monsanto Technology 1
#42 Xinbin Chen University of California 1
#42 Yuanhui Li University of California 1
#42 Elizabeth Znameroski Novozymes 1
#42 Mark Wogulis Novozymes 1
#42 Janine Lin Novozymes 1
#42 Michelle Maranta Novozymes A/S 1
#42 Sherwood Forlee Helen Of Troy Limited 1

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