Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Millbrae, CA ranks #1,098 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 3,092 patents from 414 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Millbrae, CA include Samsung, Gilead Sciences, Snap. That works out to 133.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 414 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Chiu Ngo Samsung 174
2 Richard L. Mackman Gilead Sciences 100
3 Jean Luo Snap 93
#4 Charles J. Migos Apple 92
#5 David Harrison Silver Google 86
#6 Mark Baerenrodt Magic Leap 85
#7 Robert Murray McKinnell Theravance 74
#8 Xiaoming Shen Nektar Therapeutics 72
#9 Jennie P. Mather Genentech 61
#10 John Douglas Steinberg Ecofactor 58
#11 Jung Geun Tak Google 45
#12 Robert A. Lazarus Genentech 36
#12 Reed Morse Google 36
#12 Louis D. Fielder Dolby Laboratories Licensing 36
#15 Kosol Jintaseranee Sprint Communications 30
#15 Moritz Boecker Zoox 30
#15 Romain P. Guy Google 30
#18 Clark K. Benson Heat And Control 28
#19 Arthur M. Shulenberger Optiscan Biomedical 27
#19 Ravi Saxena Pacific Biosciences Of California 27
#19 Thomas Baxter Kabam, 27
#19 Ross Daniel Venook Boston Scientific 27
#23 Henry Y. Lui Intel 25
#24 Brett Michael Bethke Skydio 24
#24 Yee-Chun Lee Unknown 24
#26 Jin-Long Chen Tularik Limited 23
#26 John A. Townsend Joalto Design 23
#26 Jean-Philippe Stephan Genentech 23
#26 Jonathan Carver Providence Medical Technology 23
#26 Weimin Zhu Apexigen 23
#31 Richard Lee Nuccitelli Pulse Biosciences 22
#31 Lisa Whitsitt Capital One Services 22
#33 Liam Damewood Leapyear Technologies 21
#33 Michael Chang Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 21
#33 David Purdy Uber Technologies 21
#36 Chien-Hsu Chen Zircon 19
#37 Yingcai Wang Amgen 18
#37 Jessica Ash Warring Nellcor Incorporated 18
#37 Mark E. Reynolds Genentech 18
#40 Ronghao Li Genentech 17
#40 Karl Willis Autodesk 17
#40 David Burdick Berman Auris Health 17
#40 Se Baek Oh Apple 17
#40 Timo Mertens Google 17
#40 Penelope E. Roberts Raven Biotechnologies 17
#46 Dries Vercruysse Imec Vzw 16
#46 Susan Mampusti Madrid Danisco A/S 16
#46 George M. Fohlen NASA 16
#49 Tim Ernst Kabam, 15
#49 Yuh-Fun Maa Alza 15

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