Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Novato, CA ranks #901 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 3,672 patents from 607 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Novato, CA include Valencia Technologies, Dolby Laboratories Licensing, Kabam, . That works out to 69.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 607 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 David K. L. Peterson Valencia Technologies 131
2 Jeffrey Riedmiller Dolby Laboratories Licensing 89
3 Matthew Curtis Kabam, 86
#4 Dennis Denker Live Nation Entertainment 67
#5 Shmuel Silverman Gooee Limited 53
#6 Emil D. Kakkis Biomarin Pharmaceutical 44
#7 Sara Paculdo Worldwise 40
#7 Paul Bacchi Kensington Laboratories 40
#9 Paul S. Filipski Kensington Laboratories 37
#9 Zhi Chen Zymogenetics 37
#11 Sarel Kobus Jooste Verily Life Sciences 36
#12 Marc K. Von Gunten Viavi Solutions 34
#13 Peter Colosi Avigen 33
#14 Jonathan G. Gasson Invuity 32
#14 Bong-Kyu Chang Chevron 32
#14 Melissa McLean Google 32
#17 Jason Pinkstaff Ambrx 31
#18 Scott H. Stillinger Acorn Products 30
#18 Dale E. Bredesen Buck Institute For Research On Aging 30
#20 James J. Harrison University Of Southern Mississippi 29
#20 Tracy Margaret Davis Chevron 29
#22 Ronald M. Cook Biosearch Technologies 27
#22 David G. Capper Hasbro 27
#22 Peter Wardenburg Hydrofarm 27
#22 Joseph Salesky Pixion 27
#22 Stefan Matan Xslent Energy Technologies 27
#22 Wayne Barakat Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 27
#28 Jonathan LeBowitz Biomarin Pharmaceutical 26
#29 William F. King Chevron 25
#29 Valton Smith Viavi Solutions 25
#29 Donald Angus Stocks Smith & Fong 25
#32 Lynne Canne Bannen Assembly Biosciences 23
#33 Robert L. White Burr-Brown 22
#33 Paul Reiche Microsoft 22
#35 Robert Leyland Microsoft 21
#35 Chris J. Diederich University of California 21
#35 Nicholas James Kaoru Kawamoto Cisco 21
#35 Erno Pungor Biomarin Pharmaceutical 21
#39 Christopher P. Clausen Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 20
#39 Mark Tevis Viavi Solutions 20
#39 Jason Dove Alcatel Usa Sourcing 20
#39 Dennis R. Cash Chevron 20
#43 Per Henrik Fremrot Dell Products 19
#43 Victor Nguyen Applied Materials 19
#43 Charles A. Glass Biomarin Pharmaceutical 19
#43 Domenico Porcino Disney 19
#47 Cristian J. Daugbjerg Gcx 18
#47 David Allan Oracle 18
#49 Greg Snyder Access Business Group International 17
#49 Albert E. Butterfield, IV Chevron 17

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