Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

San Martin, CA ranks #4,734 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 573 patents from 93 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in San Martin, CA include IBM, Amazon, National Semiconductor. That works out to 81.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 93 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 William Scott Spangler IBM 71
2 Roger Robert Webster Amazon 31
3 William Paul Mazotti National Semiconductor 27
#4 Thomas Harold Speeter Nicira 25
#5 David H. Persing Danaher 23
#5 Che-Hoo Ng AMD 23
#5 Brian Hachtmann Google 23
#8 Erika Lynn Mazotti Texas Instruments 21
#9 Thomas Pompilio Diaz GE 20
#10 Bharat K. Patel Apple 19
#11 Christopher J. Plummer Oracle 18
#12 Edward W. Geiger Zebra Technologies 17
#13 William Nicholas John Tindall IBM 15
#14 Ken Brown Express Mobile 13
#15 Jozsef Kiraly Associative Computing 11
#16 Michael Thiels Emc Ip Holding Company 10
#17 Scott Taylor Invuity 9
#17 Thomas J. Hitchner Western Digital Technologies 9
#19 Richard I. Palmisano Stryker 8
#19 Bruce Hachtmann Nuvosun 8
#21 Deanna M. Shaw IBM 7
#21 Dale Lindseth Therma-Wave 7
#21 Robert W. Rice RTX (Raytheon) 7
#21 Kris Douglas Forrest Avalon & Tahoe Mfg. 7
#25 W. Scott Spangler IBM 6
#25 Joseph Caruso Loma Linda University 6
#25 Paul L. Farmer Atasi 6
#28 William F. Herzog 5
#28 Jeffrey S. Bostak Infinera 5
#28 Donald Almen Vertical Circuits 5
#28 Robert Hauck 5
#28 Aaron Melgar Qualcomm 5
#33 Richard I. Palmisano Hitachi Global Storage Netherlands, B.V. 4
#33 Paul G. Locklin Cidco Incorporated 4
#35 Lucian S. Naum 3
#35 Jim E. Loro AMD 3
#35 Anthony Denning P-Com 3
#35 Ed Geiger Symbol Technologies 3
#35 W. Scott Bogden AMD 3
#35 Joseph R. Domitrowich Fairchild Camera & Instrument 3
#35 Gonzalo Naranjo Ark Diagnostics 3
#42 Chi D. Chu Intel 2
#42 James M. Hider 2
#42 Peter Ispvan Bonyhard Read Rite 2
#42 John Valenti Eclipse Surgical Technologies 2
#42 Linda Ann Barnhart Philips 2
#42 Russell C. Swanson AMD 2
#42 James Zumberge Caltech 2
#42 Nathan Bozzo Nuro 2
#42 Janice Marie Hider 2

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