Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Corte Madera, CA ranks #3,220 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 937 patents from 143 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Corte Madera, CA include Headwater Research, Intel, Onyx Pharmaceuticals. That works out to 91.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 143 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 James Lavine Headwater Research 131
2 Alon Naveh Intel 100
3 Terry Hermiston Onyx Pharmaceuticals 30
#4 David B. Kanne Aduro Biotech 26
#4 Pauline Anne Basaran Khn Solutions 26
#6 Adam E. Levinthal NVIDIA 23
#7 John R. Davis Frymaster 21
#8 Michael R. Hanley Amylin Pharmaceuticals 20
#9 Robert Peter Glaser Gcx 18
#9 Lex Olorenshaw Sony 18
#9 Kent C. Cochrum University of California 18
#12 Thomas Nabiel Boulos Salesforce 17
#13 Michael Marino West Penn Plastic 16
#14 Soren Jensen Tesla 15
#14 Mark Levie Discovery Limited 15
#16 Paul J. Coates Medtronic 14
#17 Ann Marie Vering Rh Us 13
#17 Alex Wimbush Climate 13
#17 Bruce W. Randall Sonic Solutions 13
#20 Pradhuman Jhala Twitter 12
#20 Ian Sachs Adobe 12
#22 Paul Kardel Newgen Surgical 10
#22 Paul Coates Medtronic 10
#22 Konstantine Nicholas John Tsotsos Google 10
#25 Elizabeth A. Johnson Warner-Lambert Company 9
#25 Gin-Der Wu Ali 9
#25 Jeremy R. Lent Apple 9
#25 Catherine Li Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 9
#25 Travis Lee Tecan Trading Ag 9
#25 Michael Kleeman Open Invention Network Llc Nc 9
#31 Lars Nordskog NVIDIA 8
#31 Daniel B. Vigneron Stanford University 8
#31 Christopher J. Dunn Merck 8
#31 Philip J. Gioia Open Invention Network Llc Nc 8
#31 Eric M. Ziegler Crane & Co. 8
#36 Martin Chin Walter Lorenz Surgical 7
#36 Steven M. Finkbeiner J. David Gladstone Institutes 7
#36 Leon D. Freeman 7
#36 Patrick Conran Disney 7
#36 Carl Erickson Albert Einstein College Of Medicine 7
#41 William Hersey 6
#41 Benjamin D. Cochran Autodesk 6
#41 Mary Lent Apple 6
#41 Peter F. Moritzburke Besst 6
#45 Rand Dill Bio-Rad Laboratories 5
#45 Ron Lando Clic Goggles 5
#45 John P. Huberty University of California 5
#45 Katherine Key Rott Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 5
#45 Samuel Alexander Wimbush Climate 5
#50 Hannu Rajaniemi Helix Nanotechnologies 4

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