Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Pacifica, CA ranks #668 worldwide for total patents filed in 2024, with 220 patents from 114 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Pacifica, CA include Micron, Chemocentryx, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.. That works out to 5.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 114 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Olivier Duval Micron 13
2 Jay P. Powers Chemocentryx 12
3 David Hatch Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 7
#4 Javier Fernandez Rico Sony 6
#4 Douglas Sutton Medtronic 6
#6 Bilgehan Avser Apple 5
#6 Christine B. McGavran Apple 5
#8 Christian Gutierrez Verily Life Sciences 4
#8 Jesse F. Patterson Rovi Guides 4
#8 David Chamberlin Rovi Guides 4
#8 Travis Maures Synthego 4
#8 Azhar Kamal Meyer Microsoft 4
#8 Michael Graupe Gilead Sciences 4
#8 Peter Chi Hao Huang Google 4
#15 Igor Vasiljevic Toyota 3
#15 Panu James Turcot Affectiva 3
#15 Scott A. Mercer Volta Charging 3
#15 Douglas J. Gorny Dolby Laboratories Licensing 3
#15 Mark F. Davis Dolby Laboratories Licensing 3
#15 Jerome Deval Alios Biopharma 3
#15 Jin Hong Johnson & Johnson 3
#15 Jerry Chiu Google 3
#15 Victor Lim Agilent Technologies 3
#15 Derek Gladding Microsoft 3
#25 Kerryn McCluskie Codexis 2
#25 Karl Newland Visa 2
#25 David T. Sulcer Workspot 2
#25 Craig S. Pace Gilead Sciences 2
#25 Daniel William Carey Solar Turbines Incorporated 2
#25 Hiroyuki Kawai Oric Pharmaceuticals 2
#25 Jennifer Kozak Theravance Biopharma R&D Ip 2
#25 Gregory Alan Lazar Xencor 2
#25 Paul Anthony Rose Worldpay 2
#25 Eric L. Stangeland Theravance 2
#25 Zoltan Laszlo Zipline International 2
#25 Mirjana Tesic Cisco 2
#25 Andy Dubel Mjnn 2
#25 Bart Jansen Imec Vzw 2
#25 Ivana Djuretic Celularity 2
#25 STEVEN D GRUVER Pioneer (Corteva) 2
#25 Leon Volfovski Applied Materials 2
#25 Martin Yue Choy Applied Materials 2
#43 Daniel T. Lagoe Angiodynamics 1
#43 Renee L. Greer 1
#43 Mason Myles Markee Auris Health 1
#43 Johannes Grad Cadence Design Systems 1
#43 Stephen Yui Gopro 1
#43 Thomas Luhrs 1
#43 Daniel J. Bechstein Apple 1
#43 Nathan L. Reuss Meta 1

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