Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Monterey, CA ranks #3,592 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 821 patents from 240 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Monterey, CA include Google, Tenax Energy Solution, Applied Materials. That works out to 27.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 240 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Michael T. Jones Google 49
2 Kevin Dewayne Jones Tenax Energy Solution 40
3 Charles C. Garretson Applied Materials 38
#4 John Lewellen Triad National Security 29
#4 Gavin M. Gear Microsoft 29
#6 Oleg Yakimenko US Air Force 15
#7 Melissa A. Nicholas Dexcom 14
#8 Murali Tummala US Air Force 13
#9 James M. Thommes Illinois Tool Works 12
#9 Richard N. Deglin Samsung 12
#11 Frank E. Davis Dole Fresh Vegetables 11
#11 John Foot Omnicell 11
#11 Lisa A. Hester 11
#14 Isaac Michael Ross US Air Force 10
#14 David M. Korpi Sierra Instruments 10
#14 Paul E. Becking 10
#14 Peter DeGroot Bud Antle 10
#18 Stephen Rees IBM 9
#18 Dan Potter Assa Abloy Global Solutions Ab 9
#18 Arijit Das Northern Trust 9
#21 Paul J. Donley Illinois Tool Works 8
#21 Robert M. Keolian Penn State 8
#21 Richard Bascou Dole Fresh Vegetables 8
#21 Vladimir Semenyuk Seven Bridges Genomics 8
#21 Paul W. Shabram Canji 8
#21 John F. Larkin Intuity Medical 8
#21 Marcello Romano US Air Force 8
#28 Joseph O'Connor Lonza Walkersville 7
#28 Bryan Sze Pui Wong Spire Global 7
#28 Xinlei Wang International Engine Intellectual Property Company 7
#28 Jonathan Lee University Of Central Florida 7
#28 Richard Fetik 7
#28 Pavel Bielecki 7
#34 Brij Agrawal US Air Force 6
#34 Gregory W. Teaby, II Advanced Cardiovascular Systems 6
#34 Philip Neville Armstrong Schlumberger Technology 6
#34 Everett Lai Broadcom 6
#34 John A. Pennington Act 6
#39 Steven Hall Goodmark Medical (International) Limited 5
#39 Stephen Griffin Engis 5
#39 Nick S. Harris Id-Fish Technology 5
#39 David G. Schanzer Global Fresh Foods 5
#39 Brooks Patrick Lame Light & Motion Industries 5
#39 Matthew Lamarque 5
#39 Jonathan Drake Minimax Viking Research & Development Gmbh 5
#39 Sebastian Osswald US Air Force 5
#47 Chad M. Spooner Bae Systems Information And Electronic Systems Integration 4
#47 Howard C. Mitzel Act 4
#47 Susan M. Lottridge Act 4
#47 Theodore Dale Masek, Jr. Light & Motion Industries 4

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