Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

El Granada, CA ranks #2,460 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,259 patents from 115 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in El Granada, CA include Micron, Genentech, Abbott. That works out to 229.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 115 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Eugene P. Marsh Micron 207
2 Henry B. Lowman Genentech 95
3 Daniel M. Bernstein Abbott 76
#4 Young Harvill Zazzle 57
#5 Charles S. Vann Applied Biosystems 54
#5 David G. Conroy Apple 54
#7 Alex Franzusoff Globeimmune 46
#8 David R. Hennings Cool Touch Incorporated 42
#9 Michael Wendell Vice Avago Technologies Wireless Ip (Singapore) Pte. 40
#10 Houdin Dehnad Silver Bullet Therapeutics 37
#11 Bruce Ross Gilead Pharmasset 29
#12 George Stefan Golda Rds 28
#13 Alex E. Henderson Intel 26
#14 Andrew David Rudd Zoox 19
#14 Mark Evans Sprint Communications 19
#16 James Blanchard Aradigm 18
#16 Michael S. Tempesta Phenolics 18
#16 John W. Winslow Genentech 18
#19 Burton A. Hipp Veritas Operating 16
#20 Lex J. Garbini Siemens Medical Solutions Usa 15
#21 William D. Heavlin AMD 13
#21 Donald Bennett Hilliard Rapiscan Systems 13
#21 David Hodge Arch Uk Biocides Limited 13
#21 Stephen J. Horne Solfocus 13
#25 Muhammad Shafiq Peerlogic 12
#25 David R. Harris White Consolidated Industries 12
#27 Ben T. Nitzan Juniper Networks 11
#27 Jeff Sperinde Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings 11
#29 Laura Brindusa Fritsch Blackberry Limited 10
#30 Sang He Lee Pharming B.V. 9
#31 Forrest Kim Wunderlich Elo Touch Solutions 8
#31 James L. Johnston Eastman Kodak 8
#31 Gizette Sperinde Trellis Bioscience 8
#34 Wei-Jen Chung Htc 7
#34 Thomas Saul Neurofluidics 7
#34 Mark D. Neumann Apple 7
#34 Matthew R. McEachen Zeta Global 7
#34 Christopher M. Mitchell Applications In Internet Time 7
#39 David E. Conry Apple 6
#39 John William Winslow Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings 6
#39 Michael John Ahern Metara 6
#39 Peter Virgil Fisher Applied Biosystems 6
#39 William Knapp General Instrument 6
#44 Dennis R. Gould Syntex (U.S.A.) 5
#44 Raymond Mark Cooke Hewlett Packard Enterprise 5
#44 Todd Langland Aclima 5
#44 Linda R. De Young Aerogen 5
#44 Bruce E. Brown Kodak 5
#49 Seth F. Harris Genentech 4
#49 Tripatinder Chowdhry Empire Technology Development 4

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