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 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, University of California, Heat And Control. That works out to 257.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 12,051–12,100 of 26,999 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
#11477 Thomas Lahey 3
#11477 Matthew LaVail Regeneron Pharmaceuticals 3
#11477 Theodore D. Langley 3
#11477 Roy Steinberg Regeneron Pharmaceuticals 3
#11477 C. Randell Brown University of California 3
#11477 Jorg Tatzelt University of California 3
#11477 Jeffrey M. Arbeit University of California 3
#11477 Carl Beitsayadeh Heat And Control 3
#11477 Pamela Lou Applied Materials 3
#11477 Jonathan Noble Betts IBM 3
#11477 David Wadhwani Actioneer 3
#11477 Jerry L. Brosilow 3
#11477 Thomas O. Rogers 3
#11477 Kurt P. Dammerman Steelcase Development 3
#11477 Frank Freidman Steelcase Development 3
#11477 Catherine M. Strahl Geron 3
#11477 Ronald Lando 3
#11477 Ray Snyder Siros Technologies 3
#11477 Cori M. Gorman Valentis 3
#11477 Lisa C. McLonlogue Elan Pharmaceuticals 3
#11477 Markus Diebel PepsiCo 3
#11477 Rose Y. Wong Micrus 3
#11477 Diana Flynn 3
#11477 Steven Kok Hing Foung Genelabs 3
#11477 Robert Ray 3
#11477 Matthew R. Bye Eastman Kodak 3
#11477 Daniell Hebert Interval Research 3
#11477 Jorge de Quesada 3
#11477 Philip T. Hanthorn 3
#11477 Kester Li IBM 3
#11477 Phillip C. McArdle 3
#11477 Walter Dickhaut 3
#11477 Charles Albert Alza 3
#11477 James M. Hynson 3
#11477 Leslie Walker Ciba-Geigy 3
#11477 John P. Fouser 3
#11477 Mark B. Feinberg Whitehead Institute For Biomedical Research 3
#11477 James R. Maugans Binks Manufacturing 3
#11477 Rafael Elul 3
#11477 Stephen P. Pacheco 3
#11477 George Kung Cuisenaire Company Of America 3
#11477 Salvatore Bondi The Gillette Company 3
#11477 Michael R. Ginn Unknown 3
#11477 Bruce Stephen Levin Sundara Industries 3
#11477 Alina Dykman Centaur Pharmaceutical Pvt. 3
#11477 Stephen R. Smoot Magnifi 3
#11477 Karna Lyn Sacchi Berlex Laboratories 3
#11477 R. Andrew Cuthbertson Genentech 3
#11477 Javier Wong Komag 3
#11477 Arthur M. Hanel Conjuchem 3

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