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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Ross, CA ranks #5,569 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 462 patents from 42 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Ross, CA include Peerless Lighting, Asante Solutions, K2M. That works out to 197.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–42 of 42 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Douglas J. Herst Peerless Lighting 97
2 Mitchell Wenger Asante Solutions 58
3 Josef Gorek K2M 54
#4 Michael Joseph Baum Cisco 52
#5 Gordon Moseley P. Andrews Avive Solutions 39
#6 Eric H. GREENBERG Wrap Media 22
#7 Paul Sagues Berkeley Process Control 19
#8 Williamson Z. Bradford Intermune 17
#9 Alejandro Santiago Diaz Penumbra 16
#10 John Gaeta Disney 11
#11 Kevin Thomas Weston, Jr. Amazon 8
#11 Lawrence D. Meyer Stereographics 8
#13 Francis W. Parnell Parnell Pharmaceuticals 7
#14 Evan Singer 6
#15 Samuel Ostler Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 4
#15 Jeff Broderick 4
#17 Charles Spina 3
#17 Richard C. Hannum The Mcguire Furniture 3
#17 Noel Lindsay 3
#20 Thomas E. McCormick 2
#20 Marc-david Cohen Fair Isaac 2
#20 Timothy L. Coffing Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 2
#20 Jacqueline Sveda IBM 2
#20 Molook Emi Stewart 2
#20 James Newton Calhoun Selligent 2
#20 Steven Victor McKinney 2
#20 Sarah Niehaus 2
#28 Mark E. Laherty 1
#28 John W. Severinghaus University of California 1
#28 James L. Harkins 1
#28 Donna Goldman Unknown 1
#28 Lamonte H. Lawrence 1
#28 Michael E. Giacomini 1
#28 Karl Maurer Rutgers, The University Of New Jersey 1
#28 James Newton Calboun, Jr. Strongmail Systems 1
#28 Brad Buchanan 1
#28 Michelle Lyn Singer 1
#28 Deryk Van Brunt 1
#28 Greg Hjelmstad Sutter Instrument 1
#28 Gordon Moseley P. Andrews Revive Solutions 1
#28 Donald J. Herst 1
#28 Gordon Mosely P. Andrews Avive Solutions 1

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