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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 Sumo Logic, Apple, Snap. That works out to 257.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 12,651–12,700 of 26,999 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
#11477 Benjamin Howard Lilienthal — 3
#11477 Scott Woods Sumo Logic 3
#11477 Andrew M. Matuschak Apple 3
#11477 Guillaume Sabran Snap 3
#11477 Jacob Trefethen Snap 3
#11477 Rowan Matthew Chakoumakos Amazon 3
#11477 Luis Tueros-Grimaldo Snap 3
#11477 Eric Siroker Optimizely 3
#11477 Arden Martin Arnold — 3
#11477 Daniel J. Sherman Apple 3
#11477 Sylvia Wu Neutron Holdings 3
#11477 Thomas Clark Covington Ardica Technologies 3
#11477 Feny Gunawan Genentech 3
#11477 Justin Farlow University of California 3
#11477 Emily J. Butler Amazon 3
#11477 Kevin Wienecke Zynga 3
#11477 Niko Vuori Zynga 3
#11477 Kathryn Bambino Zynga 3
#11477 Zhifei Song Zynga 3
#11477 Achint Goel Zynga 3
#11477 Matthew Salazar Zynga 3
#11477 Navdeep Raj Ganesh Sap Se 3
#11477 Andrew Harrison Imm Meta 3
#11477 Peter Carbonetto Ancestry.Com Dna 3
#11477 Ryan Vinyard Molekule Group 3
#11477 Sarabjit Singh Baveja Airbnb 3
#11477 Lisa Danzig Glaxosmithkline Biologicals Sa 3
#11477 Eric Strasser Motiv Nv 3
#11477 Pete Koomen Optimizely 3
#11477 Jennifer Murse Inc Square, Co. 3
#11477 Ronald Mardenly Groupon 3
#11477 Patrick Cashman Andrus Cbs Interactive 3
#11477 Aveek Das Obayashi 3
#11477 Melissa JUNTTILA Turun Yliopisto 3
#11477 Jason P. O'Broin Drobo 3
#11477 Fumei Lam Cisco 3
#11477 Meghan Elizabeth Robichaud Lyft 3
#11477 Michelle A. Auricchio Apple 3
#11477 David Michael Deriso — 3
#11477 Sarah Rose Rothrock Cmg Partners 3
#11477 Danny Zhang Yahoo Holdings 3
#11477 Antoine Barbier Adobe 3
#11477 Amanda Wang Samsara 3
#11477 Tim Suleymanov Littlebird Connected Care 3
#11477 Amandeep Manik Doordash 3
#11477 Ryan Mansergh Oregon State University 3
#11477 Luis Felipe Brahm-Smart Groupon 3
#11477 Sean Ting — 3
#11477 Travis Morrison Zynga 3
#11477 Anton Herasymenko Pinterest 3

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