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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 Fastly, Kawasaki, Theravance Biopharma R&D Ip. That works out to 257.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 12,551–12,600 of 26,999 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
#11477 Joel Jaeggli Fastly 3
#11477 Eric Chan Kawasaki 3
#11477 Michael Simeone Theravance Biopharma R&D Ip 3
#11477 John Agan Salesforce 3
#11477 Adam Ginsburg Shopping.Com 3
#11477 Amir Zelazny Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 3
#11477 Benji Renzo Kuroda Meta 3
#11477 Humphrey Loe — 3
#11477 Manikandan Radhakrishnan Visa 3
#11477 Brian Rieger — 3
#11477 Dan Rasmuson — 3
#11477 Prathamesh R. Bhagwat Apple 3
#11477 Madhukar Devaraju Streamsets 3
#11477 John Nathaniel Ford Uber Technologies 3
#11477 Jessica Aboukasm Apple 3
#11477 Manuel Antonio Rivera de la Vega — 3
#11477 Sonny Gupta Palantir Technologies 3
#11477 Spencer Alexander Google 3
#11477 Jane Shaw Cellucomp Limited 3
#11477 Kelly Mayes Roblox 3
#11477 Jiaqi Sun Lite-On Singapore Pte. 3
#11477 Monica Lo — 3
#11477 Mark H. Sherwood Apple 3
#11477 Danny S. Gonzalez — 3
#11477 Eric Crook — 3
#11477 Alexander Thomas Kleeman Swift Navigation 3
#11477 Vevina Mariam McAllister Amazon 3
#11477 Josh Munsch Palantir Technologies 3
#11477 Ivo Clarysse Healthy.Io 3
#11477 Andrew Gorton Gulfstream Aerospace 3
#11477 Thomas Joel Pech Built Robotics 3
#11477 Crystal Nyitray University of California 3
#11477 Anne L. Brody Rubin — 3
#11477 Thomas Mackenzie Fallows Uber Technologies 3
#11477 Jordan Merrick Scheinfield Visa 3
#11477 Danilo Torres de Sa Resende Meta 3
#11477 Theresa Brandner — 3
#11477 Bradley Jay Birdsall Meta 3
#11477 Melinda Ozel Meta 3
#11477 Kevin Z. Liang Kids2 3
#11477 Edward Grafilo — 3
#11477 Emmett McQuinn — 3
#11477 Jesper Joergensen Salesforce 3
#11477 Oz Basarir Pivotal Software 3
#11477 Alex DeStasio Gopro 3
#11477 Arnau Tibau-Puig Quantifind 3
#11477 Korryn Resetar Cisco 3
#11477 Arturo Diaz Rodriguez Cisco 3
#11477 Milan Korsos Rubrik 3
#11477 Jacqueline Papkoff Evelo Biosciences 3

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