Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Monte Sereno, CA ranks #992 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 3,414 patents from 229 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Monte Sereno, CA include Micron, Qualcomm, University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill. That works out to 981.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 229 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Frankie F. Roohparvar Micron 522
2 Alireza Raissinia Qualcomm 189
3 Joseph M. DeSimone University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill 188
#4 Robert P. Masleid Oracle 170
#5 Andre B. Walker Nevro 117
#6 Abdurrahman Sezginer Schlumberger Technology 108
#7 Sherry Lee Pdf Solutions 91
#8 Kimon Michaels Pdf Solutions 90
#9 Michael Culbert Apple 86
#10 Shahrooz Shahparnia Apple 82
#11 Yun Chi National Tsing Hua University 70
#12 David Baxter Chargepoint 68
#13 Brian Holden Kandou Labs Sa 67
#14 Robert C. Dobkin Linear Technology Holding 66
#15 Yunsang Kim Lam Research 61
#16 Thomas H. Di Stefano Centipede Systems 55
#17 Alon Bernstein Cisco 50
#18 Mark Yam Applied Materials 48
#19 Edmond R. Ward Unity Semiconductor 43
#20 James C. Wyllie IBM 41
#21 Matthew L. Mitchell Infinera 40
#22 Linyong Pang Synopsys 39
#23 Eric Nequist Cadence Design Systems 37
#24 Bradley O. Stimson Applied Materials 36
#25 Warren L. Dalziel Storage Technology 28
#25 David Graves HP 28
#27 Fariborz F. Roohparvar Micron 25
#27 Richard Ruh Apple 25
#27 James David Sproch Synopsys 25
#30 Ilhami H. Torunoglu Gauda 24
#31 Piyush Goel IBM 23
#32 Daniel E. Klausmeier Cisco 21
#33 Jay Friedman Amazon 20
#33 Jason Zien IBM 20
#35 Clinton David Snyder IBM 19
#35 Ali Raissinia Cisco 19
#37 Weihua Mao Huawei 18
#37 Talbott M. Houk International Rectifier 18
#39 Hamish T. Fallside AMD 17
#39 Norman L. Dickinson Dipac Associates 17
#41 Constance Jane Nelin IBM 16
#42 Limin He Cadence Design Systems 15
#42 Craig Fukushima IBM 15
#44 Michael J. Clary Oracle 14
#44 Shervin Javadi Stratedigm 14
#44 Tony Jebara Columbia University 14
#47 Jon Seneger Volvo Car 13
#47 Edgardo Laber Intersil Americas 13
#49 Theodore D. Geiszler Fp Wireless 12
#49 Karl F. Schramm Apple 12

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