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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 Google, Exelixis, Dalhousie University. That works out to 257.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 13,051–13,100 of 26,999 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
#11477 Lauren Tindal Google 3
#11477 Bryan GLASER Exelixis 3
#11477 Philip Garland Dalhousie University 3
#11477 Wendy SANDOVAL Genentech 3
#11477 Edward Lank Unknown 3
#11477 Neha Kothari Spotify Ab 3
#11477 Leo Smirnov Techni 3
#11477 Dylan Tatz Techni 3
#11477 Laurence Beal Block 3
#11477 Andrew Trafford Block 3
#11477 Yaron Hadad Medtronic 3
#11477 Omar Skalli Zenpayroll 3
#11477 Ruddman Davis Groupon 3
#11477 Dustin Dorroh Sdc U.S. Smilepay Spv 3
#11477 Garrett Spiegel Sdc U.S. Smilepay Spv 3
#11477 Aaron Thompson Sdc U.S. Smilepay Spv 3
#11477 Kevin Hyunil Kim Zenpayroll 3
#11477 Glen Phillip McGillan Samsara 3
#11477 Jinming Xia Biochain Institute 3
#11477 Jeff Kershner — 3
#11477 Bret Steven Hobbs Zynga 3
#11477 Edward P. Scholtens Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 3
#11477 Kelly Q. Zeichick Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 3
#11477 Simon Kreuz — 3
#11477 Lucas Amaral Cunha de Assis — 3
#11477 Joseph H. Choe University of California 3
#11477 Michael A. Furlotti — 3
#11477 Mostafa Akbari-Hochberg Faro Technologies 3
#11477 Lars Kristian Johansen Okta 3
#11477 Anant Bhardwaj Instabase 3
#11477 Levi Lovelock Amazon 3
#11477 Jaclyn Kawwas Medtronic 3
#11477 Jean-Sebastien Royer Amazon 3
#11477 Yann Landry Amazon 3
#11477 Jason Yun General Motors 3
#11477 Pooja Menta Salesforce 3
#11477 Giovanni Mola Cisco 3
#11477 Kristen Michelle Werner Snowflake 3
#11477 Russell Connor Dervay Snowflake 3
#11477 Kathryn Alexis Tuason General Motors 3
#11477 Andre Huss Salesforce 3
#11477 Anish Bhide Apple 3
#11477 Andrew Simpson Google 3
#11477 Maude Lemaire Salesforce 3
#11477 Carola Neumann Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 3
#11477 Pamela Toman Palo Alto Networks 3
#11477 David Aeschlimann Dropbox 3
#11477 Nandini Ramakrishnan Ebay 3
#11477 Christophe Boudet Ebay 3
#11477 Henry Willard Oracle 3

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