Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Sept 30, 2025

San Francisco, CA ranks #14 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 225,019 patents from 26,999 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in San Francisco, CA include American Management Systems, Incorporated, Stanford University, Battenfeld Technologies. That works out to 257.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 11,401–11,450 of 26,999 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
#9535 Steven Fatigante American Management Systems, Incorporated 4
#9535 Rosemary Kim Butts Stanford University 4
#9535 Brook Banham Battenfeld Technologies 4
#9535 Sabine Mueller Agy Therapeutics 4
#9535 Simon Christopher Davis Impossible Foods 4
#9535 Michael S. Clarke Cerus 4
#9535 Vivian Kate Barad Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 4
#9535 George Bradley Apple 4
#9535 Catherine A. Edwards Apple 4
#9535 Alexander Fontana Broadcom 4
#9535 Katja Brose University of California 4
#9535 Josh Druker Abbott 4
#9535 William G. Sharples 4
#9535 Dustin Moskovitz Asana 4
#9535 R. Kyle Forster Big Switch Networks 4
#9535 Keith Enright Google 4
#9535 Hans Brightbill Genentech 4
#9535 Clinton Morgan Dignity Health 4
#9535 Paul Germano Google 4
#9535 Mirjam Sonnleithner Sap Ag 4
#9535 Rebecca Lynn Hora The Clorox 4
#9535 David Matiskella HP 4
#9535 Nicole Hodgkinson Plastic Logic Limited 4
#9535 Brooke Thompson Yahoo Holdings 4
#9535 Sachinder Chawla Sap America 4
#9535 Emma Jane Quinn Google 4
#9535 Jonathan Worthy Hollander Seriforge 4
#9535 Jeffrey David Royal Advanced Cardiovascular Systems 4
#9535 Brian Rudolf Grziwok Pelco 4
#9535 Janet Lynn Douglas Novartis Ag 4
#9535 Nils W. Brown University of California 4
#9535 Bernardo Cordovez Optofluidics 4
#9535 Julienne Marie Christensen The Procter & Gamble 4
#9535 Susan Kramer Genentech 4
#9535 Anat Caspi R2 Technology 4
#9535 David Martin Lebolt Avid Technology 4
#9535 Nicholas Twyman Palm Firm 4
#9535 Carolyn Leigh Grabill Salesforce 4
#9535 Durand R. Begault NASA 4
#9535 Ellen M. Maruoka Genentech 4
#9535 Gregory Vernitsky Ion Systems 4
#9535 Michael Costa Exelixis 4
#9535 Sham Chotai 4
#9535 Brad Smallridge 4
#9535 Mario Muto Ceramatec 4
#9535 Rodolfo J. Cazabon Autodesk 4
#9535 Ramana Rao Xerox 4
#9535 Daniel G. Kehoe Screenshare Technology 4
#9535 Janice Richman-Eisenstat University of California 4
#9535 Kristina Holst Google 4

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