Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Davis, CA ranks #427 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 7,474 patents from 1,472 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Davis, CA include Pioneer (Corteva), Sadra Medical, Marrone Bio Innovations. That works out to 111.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 1,472 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Lori Lisa Carrigan Pioneer (Corteva) 180
2 Dwight P. Morejohn Sadra Medical 128
3 Pamela Marrone Marrone Bio Innovations 85
#4 Debbie Yaver Novozymes 80
#5 William J. Byrne Google 76
#6 Stephan Barsun HP 73
#6 Bruce D. Hammock University of California 73
#8 William J. Kohr Geobiotics 68
#9 Jerry M. Woodall IBM 66
#10 Michael Rey Novozymes 64
#11 Randy Berka Novo Nordisk Biotech 63
#12 Robert M. Carlson Chevron 61
#13 Junqiang Hu Nec 53
#14 Behrooz Khorashadi Qualcomm 48
#15 Kit S. Lam University of California 47
#15 Andrew Frank Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha 47
#17 Kevin McBride Pioneer (Corteva) 46
#18 Joel Cherry Novo Nordisk A/S 41
#19 Elena Vlasenko Novozymes 39
#19 Sung-Joo Ben Yoo University of California 39
#21 Vic C. Knauf Calgene 37
#22 Denise Carol Manker Agraquest 36
#22 Tai-Tung Yip Baylor College Of Medicine 36
#24 Maurice Moloney Sembiosys Genetics 35
#24 Terah Whiting Smiley Powervision 35
#26 Ratnakar Asolkar Marrone Bio Innovations 34
#26 Mark Meyer Disney 34
#26 Toni Voelker Monsanto Technology 34
#29 Lee K. Dorius IBM 33
#29 Kenong Wu Kla-Tencor 33
#29 M. Saif Islam HP 33
#32 Cai-Zhong Jiang Mendel Biotechnology 31
#32 Douglas V. Shaw University of California 31
#32 Susan M. Royalty Aerie Pharmaceuticals 31
#35 Hongmin Chen Futurewei Technologies 30
#35 Ana Lucia Cordova-Kreylos Pro Farm Group 30
#37 Julie Ho Pioneer (Corteva) 29
#38 Kwok Kuen (David) Kwong Hong Kong Applied Science And Technology Research Institute Company Limited 28
#38 David A. Kalinowski Apple 28
#38 Shuangyu Chang Microsoft 28
#38 Alyssa Panitch Purdue Research Foundation 28
#38 Horace H. Hines Adac Laboratories 28
#43 Marja Koivunen Marrone Bio Innovations 27
#43 T. William Hutchens Baylor College Of Medicine 27
#43 Glenn S. Cole Pioneer (Corteva) 27
#43 Todd J. Green Basf Se 27
#47 Joanne J. Fillatti Monsanto Technology 26
#48 Brogan Carl Miller Sensel 25
#48 Joseph M. Anderson RTX (Raytheon) 25
#48 Stephen D. Dunmead 25

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