Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Mill Valley, CA ranks #670 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 5,004 patents from 776 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Mill Valley, CA include The Invention Science Fund I, Mentor Acquisition One, University of California. That works out to 351.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 776 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Alexander J. Cohen The Invention Science Fund I 155
2 John D. Haddick Mentor Acquisition One 150
3 Michael D. Lesh University of California 110
#4 William A. Sorrentino, III Apple 108
#5 Ebbe Altberg Yellowpages.Com 107
#6 David Lundgren Broadcom 89
#7 Rudy Lucas Samuels Gopro 76
#8 Anna-Pia K. Slothower Kohler 75
#9 Erich D. Slothower Kohler 70
#10 David S. Bill Aol 64
#11 Paul Polakis Genentech 62
#12 Daniel S. Goldberger Optiscan Biomedical 61
#13 Nathaniel Joseph McCaffrey Pacific Biosciences Of California 59
#14 Rainer Fasching Amprius 54
#15 Michael D. West Geron 50
#16 Scott Summit 3D Systems 47
#17 Ryan Ringholz Plae 45
#18 Te-Li Lau Seiko Epson 43
#19 John M. Levin Disney 42
#20 Akli Adjaoute Brighterion 39
#21 Leonard John Duran Kenu 38
#22 Karen B. Chapman Geron 37
#23 Stephen L. Ludin Akamai Technologies 36
#24 Craig C. Todd Dolby Laboratories Licensing 35
#25 Yu Wang Sap Se 34
#25 Zeke Koch Microsoft 34
#27 Joshua Brandon Lando Dolby Laboratories Licensing 33
#28 Thierry Denoual Studio 1884 Sarl 30
#28 Francis H. Walker Stauffer Chemical 30
#30 Douglas J. Minkler The Clorox 29
#30 David Leung Cello Therapeutics 29
#32 Olga Rodny Rempex Pharmaceuticals 27
#33 David Mallard Tonal Systems 25
#33 David James Bell Remedy Robotics 25
#35 Jonathan Gay Adobe 24
#35 Andriy Ryabchun Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories 24
#35 Paul Hoffman Pro Shop Plans Co. 24
#35 David A. Horine Fujitsu Limited 24
#39 Kenneth D. Rice Exelixis 23
#39 George William Daly IBM 23
#41 Kevin Marshall Salesforce 22
#41 John F. Novak Standard Cognition 22
#41 Ernest Kun Octamer 22
#41 Remon Tijssen Adobe 22
#45 Stephan Thomas Heraeus Quarzglas 20
#45 W. Michael Kavanaugh Novartis Vaccines And Diagnostics 20
#47 Jon R. Polansky University of California 19
#47 Tim Wall Amazon 19
#47 Oksana Kryachek Essai 19
#47 Michael Shawver Speculative Incorporated 19

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