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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 Daikin Manufacturing Company, Box, Google. That works out to 257.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 11,901–11,950 of 26,999 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
#11477 Hugh Dubberly Daikin Manufacturing Company 3
#11477 Muffaddal Ghadiali — 3
#11477 Sanjay Dayal — 3
#11477 Ravneet Uberoi Box 3
#11477 Yana Yushkina Google 3
#11477 Andrew Langdon Tibco Software 3
#11477 Delisa Lopez Google 3
#11477 Paul Kahn Miles 3
#11477 Mustafa Sahin Uber Technologies 3
#11477 Hamid Nazerzadeh Microsoft 3
#11477 Adrian Cort Aeva 3
#11477 Rohit LAL Miroculus 3
#11477 Renee Williard University of California 3
#11477 Ana Eugenia CARVAJAL Miroculus 3
#11477 Gabriella Lopez University of California 3
#11477 Andreas Faass Rolls-Royce Deutschland 3
#11477 James Frazier Fox Optimizely 3
#11477 Greeshma Yellareddy Mcafee 3
#11477 Lisa A. Conte Napo Pharmaceuticals 3
#11477 Sid Ja Hubbard — 3
#11477 Frederick Robinson — 3
#11477 Jeannette Woodbury Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 3
#11477 Bokyung Choi Google 3
#11477 Jackson Zee Herrick Salesforce 3
#11477 Mark Chester — 3
#11477 Claire Way-June Liu Lovevery 3
#11477 Robert M. Marini Apple 3
#11477 Michael Jordan Revivermx 3
#11477 Leith Bade Swift Navigation 3
#11477 Ezra Roberts Gilead Sciences 3
#11477 Jay S. Mulani Apple 3
#11477 Richard J. Blanco Apple 3
#11477 Andrea Motto Early Warning Services 3
#11477 Wil Fabrick Reavire 3
#11477 Abhay Buch Dropbox 3
#11477 Justin Jones Applied Materials 3
#11477 Hiroaki Ishihara University of California 3
#11477 Malin Young University of California 3
#11477 Samantha Lien Genentech 3
#11477 Lorenzo Boston — 3
#11477 Maike Sander University of California 3
#11477 Michael Garvin Cv Therapeutics 3
#11477 Peter Gutkin Boyd Lighting Fixture 3
#11477 Mark S. Weidick Savi Technology 3
#11477 Jaisri R. Lingappa University of California 3
#11477 Susanna Mlynarczyk-Evans Freedom-2 3
#11477 Jeffrey J. Ventrella — 3
#11477 David Brucker Cooper Technologies 3
#11477 Shelley Suggett Genentech 3
#11477 Angus McNab Chassels, IV — 3

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