Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Cotati, CA ranks #6,381 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 384 patents from 64 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Cotati, CA include Chevron, 3M, Camelbak Products. That works out to 50.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 64 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Richard E. Cherpeck Chevron 89
2 Dale L. Ehnes 3M 36
3 Barley A. Forsman Camelbak Products 31
#4 Ian Hughes IBM 28
#5 Evan Michael Wray Gaf Energy 23
#6 Larry Childs Dripless 16
#7 Ya Guo Medtronic 14
#8 Jan C. Hobbel Cisco 9
#8 Inhwa Chung Schaeffler 9
#10 Lynn Lucia Neary Unknown 8
#11 David J. Manley The Boeing 7
#11 David M. Deioma Unknown 7
#13 Anselmo P. Pellolio, Jr. E.D. Bullard 6
#14 Jack Conte Patreon 5
#14 Asa Hammond Autofuss 5
#14 Emilie Simmons Medtronic 5
#17 Abhijeet Dubhashi Medtronic 4
#17 James Wiley Radiation Measurements 4
#17 Danica T. H. Reynaud 4
#17 Jonathan M. Stang 4
#17 Daniel D. REYNAUD 4
#17 Philip Theodore Lingman Denticator International 4
#17 Sharon Marie Corbett Unknown 4
#24 Malcolm Yuill-Thornton 3
#24 Linda M. Harrigan 3
#24 Clinton Courier Voll 3
#24 Donald Anthony Hadley 3
#24 Reva Morehous Trivascular 3
#29 Bradley N. Yearwood Apple 2
#29 James Clay Cq Innovations 2
#29 Ryan Ishizu Vode Lighting 2
#29 Benjamin McCosh Daymen Canada Acquisition Ulc 2
#29 Martin Smets Ford 2
#29 Gregory Erman A.C. Dispensing Equipment 2
#29 Tracy Rohrer Henkel Limited 2
#36 Robert F. Gilman 1
#36 Jeffrey Yang 1
#36 Louis G. Schalch, III 1
#36 Anna Maria D. Gomez 1
#36 Archie Lewinstein 1
#36 Martin Cwikla 1
#36 Barry I. Gamble 1
#36 Richard Allen Dodele Gcx 1
#36 Caley J. Schwalm 3M 1
#36 James Thomas Martin Nokia High Speed Access Products 1
#36 Ronald L. Knipper Nokia High Speed Access Products 1
#36 Sergei Anderson 1
#36 Eric Guida Hen Nozzles 1
#36 Felix S. Landaverde, Jr. 1
#36 Woodrow V. Capurro Unknown 1

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