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San Francisco, CA All Time

225,019 patents  ·  26,999 inventors  ·  257.5/1k pop.

Ranked #14 of 111,555 cities Top 1%

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 University of California, Digeo, Sony. That works out to 257.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 11,801–11,850 of 26,999 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
#11477 Lev Dulman — 3
#11477 Hal Barron University of California 3
#11477 Jeremy Fitzhardinge Digeo 3
#11477 Ronald Albert Fischer Sony 3
#11477 Mark Tessier-Lavigne University of California 3
#11477 Bruce Engle Serena Software 3
#11477 Bindu Priya Reddy Exelixis 3
#11477 Stephanie A. Robertson Exelixis 3
#11477 Gavin Cheng — 3
#11477 Pengguang Wu Tularik Limited 3
#11477 Opher D. Yom-Tov Zyliss Usa 3
#11477 Eugenia Panomitros Biolog 3
#11477 Peretz Glikfeld University of California 3
#11477 John Wu Csl Limited 3
#11477 Deborah Bugel — 3
#11477 Chris Bragg Kla-Tencor 3
#11477 Constance F. Huffine Schering 3
#11477 Christopher Leroy Frank Logitech Europe S.A. 3
#11477 Debra D. Abram — 3
#11477 Richard L. Wagner University of California 3
#11477 Paul H. Warner — 3
#11477 Warren Jackson — 3
#11477 Danielle Elizabeth Dettling Pfizer 3
#11477 Peter Michael Rademacher Global Blood Therapeutics 3
#11477 Paul M. Connolly Apple 3
#11477 Ivan Ivanov Cz Biohub Sf 3
#11477 Meghna Lav Apple 3
#11477 Kyle L. NISHKIAN Si-Bone 3
#11477 Dennice Quijano Barerra Allbirds 3
#11477 Andrew Keith James Mjnn 3
#11477 Monte Nash Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 3
#11477 Naman Kedia Salesforce 3
#11477 Priyank Aranke Salesforce 3
#11477 Zachary Beaver John Deere 3
#11477 Ramsey Meyer Volta Charging 3
#11477 Dorra Belhadj Ali Docusign 3
#11477 Ardra Singh Apple 3
#11477 Ian Jay Kalin Turbineone 3
#11477 Carola Pescio Canale Dropbox 3
#11477 Tomas Boman Broadcom 3
#11477 Ameya Avinash Velingker Google 3
#11477 Vadim Ogievetsky — 3
#11477 Louis Benoit Philippe Boval Meta 3
#11477 Barry Shapira Humane 3
#11477 Omid Mohareri Intuitive Surgical 3
#11477 Cristina L. Formaini Apple 3
#11477 Ethan Smith Yummly 3
#11477 Kelby Lau Chugai Pharmaceutical 3
#11477 Zeyu Zheng Salesforce 3
#11477 Braden Young Intuit 3

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