Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Kensington, CA ranks #2,069 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,550 patents from 208 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Kensington, CA include Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Chevron, University of California. That works out to 285.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 208 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Marc E. Mosko Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated 113
2 Cong-Yan Chen Chevron 66
3 Alexander K. Zettl University of California 56
#4 Dean R. Artis Plexxikon 47
#5 Rene C. Pinchuk Sharper Image 45
#6 Ronald Lebofsky Bio-Rad Laboratories 38
#6 Timo Kunkel Dolby Laboratories Licensing 38
#8 Francesco Borrelli Apple 34
#8 Yumi Nakagawa Chevron 34
#8 Marc K. Hellerstein University of California 34
#11 Robert Kavaler Sensys Networks 33
#12 Shayan Farahvash Skyworks Solutions 31
#13 Kary B. Mullis Cetus 30
#14 Azam Mihir Thatte Energy Recovery 28
#15 Thomas Lee Proofpoint 27
#16 David Patterson Google 26
#17 Richard S. Muller University of California 25
#17 Pratyush Pandey Kepler Computing 25
#19 Andreas Kuehlmann Cadence Design Systems 24
#20 Ryan Anderson National Technology & Engineering Solutions Of Sandia 21
#21 Rick Sayre Disney 20
#21 Herbert Chen AMD 20
#23 Gautam Mitra Miles Laboratories 19
#23 Alexei Stoliartchouk Rewardstyle 19
#25 Stephen J. Ruskewicz Nellcor Puritan Bennett 18
#26 Kevin Hestir Five Prime Therapeutics 17
#27 Rachel E. Haurwitz Caribou Biosciences 15
#27 Derek L. Greenfield Genomatica 15
#27 Wladyslaw Walukiewicz Rosestreet Labs Energy 15
#30 Ian C. Bathurst Lxr Biotechnology 14
#31 Chris Lee Lam Research 13
#31 Alessandro Pinto Goodrich 13
#31 David Chin Broadcom 13
#34 Ehsan Aryafar Intel 12
#34 Perry Q. Anderson Microsoft 12
#34 Robert Bacskai Chevron 12
#34 Robert G. Bergman Siemens Energy & Automation 12
#34 David Hyman Apple 12
#34 Paul Emmanuel Quinn Gracenote 12
#40 Kasian Franks Intertrust Technologies 11
#40 Perry Anderson Apple 11
#40 Alex Zettl University of California 11
#43 Rahul Iyer Siluria Technologies 10
#43 Pamela Wong Marcus Lifefactory 10
#45 Trevor V. Suslow Dna Plant Technology 9
#45 Howard Gregg Cockrill Opus Deli 9
#45 Randall E. Cook Gracenote 9
#48 Alan W. Klaassen The Claire Technologies 8
#48 Parker Wells John Deere 8
#50 Yanchen Zhang Millennium Pharmaceuticals 7

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