Top Inventors in Salinas, CA | Patent Leaderboard

Salinas, CA ranks #1,570 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,146 patents from 367 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Salinas, CA include Vidamed, J. Choo Limited, Yoder Brother. That works out to 13.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 367 inventors

Rank	Inventor	Primary Company	Patents
1	Stuart D. Edwards	Vidamed	245
2	Alvaro Gonzalez	J. Choo Limited	171
3	William E. Duffett	Yoder Brother	137
#4	Darren M. Goetz	Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.	107
#5	Abhilash J. Mayur	Applied Materials	81
#6	Stephen M. Ackerman	Plant Sciences	63
#7	Alejandro Chavez	Bushnell	38
#8	Yaojin Peng	Syngenta Participations Ag	29
#9	Jack M. Meek	Yoder Brother	25
#10	Raymond M. Gamache	US Air Force	24
#10	David M. Williams	Johnson & Johnson	24
#10	Brian K. Caster	Driscoll Strawberry Associates	24
#13	Larry Widigen	AMD	20
#13	Tony M. Avila	Central Valley Seeds	20
#15	Mark Elston	Advantest	19
#16	Oscar T. Hasegawa	California Florida Plant	18
#16	Anthony Cadiente	Sambrailo Packaging	18
#18	Adolfo S. Mederos	Central Valley Seeds	17
#18	Susan M. Polys	Yoder Brother	17
#20	Christopher Michael MCGINNIS	Smartwash Solutions	16
#21	Dennis Michael Volpano	Microsoft	15
#21	John Carl Heintzberger	Vanguard Seed	15
#23	Victor Carl Heintzberger	Vanguard Seed	14
#23	Frank O. Chiorazzi	Franmara	14
#23	Henry H. Fletcher	Synvasive Technology	14
#23	Matthew J. Chabalko	Apple	14
#27	Mark Karpenko	US Air Force	13
#27	Glen A. Myers	Intel	13
#27	Danny Elmer LINDSTROM	Smartwash Solutions	13
#30	Gregory Luedtke	Scios	12
#30	Frank P. Chiorazzi	Franmara	12
#30	Serafin Albarran	Dole Fresh Vegetables	12
#30	Justo L. Perez	IBM	12
#30	David K. Lewis	Fresh Express Incorporated	12
#30	Vikram Duvvoori	Iconix	12
#30	Roberto J. Perez	Hamilton Sundstrand	12
#30	David J. Brundage	Westrock Shared Services	12
#38	Perry L. Hayden, Sr.	Cisco	11
#38	Scott Swanson	Language Line Services	11
#38	Jeffrey Glenn Buck	Enovix	11
#38	Errol C. Armstrong	Bud Antle	11
#42	Erick Arthur Davidson	Heinzen	10
#42	Juergen Heidmann	Infinitum Solutions	10
#42	Jeffrey L. Antle	Stout Industrial Technology	10
#42	Bryan Alexander Davis	Alkar-Rapidpak-Mp Equipment	10
#42	Don H. Lenker	USDA	10
#47	Christopher McCarthy	Lunar Energy	9
#47	Harry Richardson	Softiron Limited	9
#47	Frederick Forgnone	Transfresh	9
#47	Matt LeBaron	Liveramp	9

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