Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Montara, CA ranks #3,398 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 877 patents from 91 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Montara, CA include Si-Bone, Wisk Aero, Genomic Health. That works out to 309.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 91 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Scott A. Yerby Si-Bone 89
2 Geoffrey Alan Long Wisk Aero 62
3 Joffre B. Baker Genomic Health 56
#4 Thomas Meyerhoffer Sca Hygiene Products Ab 52
#5 Patricia J. Coleman Apple 47
#6 Brian Daniel Gustafson Seven Networks 38
#7 Senka Agic Bergman Gopro 36
#8 Kerrie L. Holley IBM 32
#9 Scot R. Weinberger Ciphergen Biosystems 27
#10 Scott A. Davenport Cutera 23
#11 Ken M. Cavanaugh Oracle 22
#11 Susan G. Stuart Incyte Pharmaceuticals 22
#13 Marek Alboszta Electronic Scripting Products 17
#14 Dumitru Brinza Ultima Genomics 16
#15 Todd C. Somers Genentech 15
#15 Richard L. Hagy Apple 15
#17 Charles J. Naegeli Cisco 14
#18 Thomas Teisseyre Verily Life Sciences 13
#18 James Q. Oeswein Genentech 13
#20 Lee Swem Princeton University 12
#20 Ed Annunziata Sony 12
#20 Alwin Mulyono Salesforce 12
#20 Jason Zbieg Genentech 12
#24 Sophie M. Lehar Genentech 10
#25 Robert R. Holloway 9
#25 Kathleen Nichols Cisco 9
#25 Jimmy J. Jenkins Open Invention Network Llc Nc 9
#25 Anna Bonner Mieritz Salesforce 9
#29 Michael Sims Unknown 8
#30 Denise Andersen Amgen 7
#30 Thomas Zioncheck Genentech 7
#30 Christopher T. Dean Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories 7
#30 Jeffrey W. Krier Heartport 7
#34 David E. Overcashier Genentech 6
#35 Michael Caroselli Latch Systems 5
#35 Mark Velligan Genelabs Technologies 5
#35 Gever Tulley Adobe 5
#35 Cameron M. Geiser Capital One Services 5
#39 Tim Janssen Wobben Properties Gmbh 4
#39 Daniel D. Downing Macrovision 4
#39 Cecilia Abadie Google 4
#39 Aaron Rudolph Audi Ag 4
#39 Victor Abrash Sri International 4
#44 David L. Stewart Bridgestone Firestone 3
#44 Faramarz Azima 3
#44 Everett T. Neely Xerox 3
#44 Simcha Knif Pearson Education 3
#44 William E. Strasser 3
#44 Scott T. Boyd Apple 3
#44 Jamie Riotto Silicon Graphics 3

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