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 J. David Gladstone Institutes, University of California, Zeta Global. That works out to 257.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 12,901–12,950 of 26,999 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
#11477 Daniela Boehm J. David Gladstone Institutes 3
#11477 Susana Vacas University of California 3
#11477 Neeraj Gore Zeta Global 3
#11477 Stefan Beeman Zeta Global 3
#11477 Orlo H. Clark University of California 3
#11477 James Patrick McCabe, Jr. Accenture Global Solutions Limited 3
#11477 Brian Cherbak Accenture Global Solutions Limited 3
#11477 Amy Eleanor Loomis Accenture Global Solutions Limited 3
#11477 Michael Lapinski Samsung 3
#11477 Tom Zipprian 3
#11477 Joe A. Rapp University of California 3
#11477 Michele Zonca Kong 3
#11477 Doo Ho Lee Apple 3
#11477 Daniel Andrew Sussna Uber Technologies 3
#11477 Steven Hadler Charles Schwab & Co. 3
#11477 Artem Dmytrenko Salesforce 3
#11477 Pedro Miquel Duarte Gelvez General Motors 3
#11477 John Clay ExxonMobil 3
#11477 Magnus Hei-Yu Ma Styra 3
#11477 Ann Yeh Intuit 3
#11477 Jonathan Cran 3
#11477 Tracy Chan Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 3
#11477 Yannet Interian Google 3
#11477 Chetan Hari Narain Google 3
#11477 Liesl Brown Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 3
#11477 Ernest Crispell Wagner 3
#11477 John Edward Firebaugh IBM 3
#11477 Tianyun Wu Sunshine Lake Pharma Co. 3
#11477 Travis Hance Dropbox 3
#11477 Eric Kim Cox Automotive 3
#11477 Mark Rory Steedman University of California 3
#11477 Robert Bhisitkul University of California 3
#11477 Shashvat A. Thakor Juniper Networks 3
#11477 Chris Auito Afero 3
#11477 Nelson Crespo Inc Square, Co. 3
#11477 Jason Hardiman Intuit 3
#11477 Andrew A. McGibbon Tangible Science 3
#11477 Evan S. Luxon Tangible Science 3
#11477 Michael E. Todhunter University of California 3
#11477 Noel Youngho Jee University of California 3
#11477 Jennifer S. Liu University of California 3
#11477 Megan Grant Google 3
#11477 Sumanth Kolar Microsoft 3
#11477 Timothy D. Morrison Verily Life Sciences 3
#11477 Anna Merzlyak Siluria Technologies 3
#11477 Manas Pradhan Nexmo 3
#11477 John Leonard Shaver Praxair Technology 3
#11477 Vijaya Saradhi Pula Salesforce 3
#11477 Marius Obert Sap Se 3
#11477 Tyler Benjamin Compology 3

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