Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

San Bruno, CA ranks #1,022 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 3,319 patents from 517 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in San Bruno, CA include Murata Manufacturing Co., Sprint Communications, Schering. That works out to 75.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 517 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Patrick Turner Murata Manufacturing Co. 134
2 Joseph Michael Christie Sprint Communications 81
3 Kevin W. Moore Schering 69
#4 Andrei G. Fedorov Georgia Tech Research 67
#5 Cory Eugene Burke Cisco 58
#6 Xiao Shen Futurewei Technologies 53
#7 Cameron Smith Theravance Biopharma R&D Ip 52
#8 Scott D. Power Genencor International 50
#9 Jun Hu Alpha And Omega Semiconductor 48
#10 Jasper Lodewyk Steyn Pixtronix 47
#10 Dennis J. Sammut Horus Vision 47
#12 William Vernier Pharmacia 46
#13 Robert K. Deckman Gynesonics 42
#13 Kai Chen Amazon 42
#15 Hui Wang Agilent Technologies 40
#16 Thomas M. Snyder Osram Sylvania 39
#17 Richard L. Kwant Here Global B.V. 35
#17 John W. Lai Outer Circle Products 35
#17 Devan Naduthambi Gilead Sciences 35
#20 Matthew Duncton Rigel Pharmaceuticals 33
#21 Farzad Cyrus Foroughi Abari Lyft 29
#21 Christine Beltran Optimedica 29
#21 Dean G. Hafeman Molecular Devices 29
#21 Erik Fenster Theravance Biopharma R&D Ip 29
#21 Gregory Landes Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited 29
#26 Michael C. Pallas Thermo Fisher 28
#27 David Okawa Sunpower 27
#27 David Cohen Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 27
#29 Jonathan William Medley Gilead Sciences 26
#29 Benedicto H. Dominguez Visa 26
#31 Cheng-Hsun Wu Verily Life Sciences 24
#31 Christopher A. Stout Conceptus 24
#31 Pingfan Meng Pony Ai 24
#34 Yuheng Ren Fyusion 23
#34 Gregory Rourk Nelson Google 23
#34 Sunny Sethi Sunpower 23
#34 Julio Jiron Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 23
#38 Kirk J. Hayenga Genencor International 21
#39 Kaushik Raghu Volkswagen 20
#39 Greg R. Nelson Google 20
#39 Kai Chen Mediatek 20
#42 Nirveek De Uber Technologies 19
#42 Anita Van Kimmenade Danisco Us 19
#44 Bernard Malfroy-Camine Eukarion 18
#44 Robert Samuel Gordon Ultrahaptics Ip Two Limited 18
#44 Daniel S. Shugar Powerlight 18
#47 Hauke Schmidt Robert Bosch Gmbh 17
#48 Nitish Shirish Keskar Salesforce 16
#48 Benjamin Ku Google 16
#48 Henry Johnson Kezar Life Sciences 16

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