Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Santa Rosa, CA ranks #383 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 8,197 patents from 1,373 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Santa Rosa, CA include Flex Products, Skyworks Solutions, Seagate Technology. That works out to 46.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 1,373 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Roger W. Phillips Flex Products 130
2 Weimin Sun Skyworks Solutions 124
3 Thomas Young Chang Seagate Technology 104
#4 Vladimir P. Raksha Viavi Solutions 95
#5 Michael S. Williams Synecor 92
#6 William D. HOUCK Viavi Solutions 91
#7 Paul G. Coombs Viavi Solutions 82
#8 Michael V. Chobotov Trivascular 75
#9 Georg J. Ockenfuss Viavi Solutions 73
#10 Margaret Karow Regeneron Pharmaceuticals 72
#11 Robert J. Murray Medtronic 71
#11 Candice Hellen Brown Elliott 71
#13 Carl W. Sims Idex Health & Science 68
#14 Alberto Argoitia Viavi Solutions 66
#15 Stephen E. Crane Lightsail Energy 64
#16 Pascal Druzgala Aryx Therapeutics 63
#17 Charles T. Markantes Jds Uniphase 58
#18 Kevin Mauch Medtronic 57
#18 Michael Hogendijk Endotex Interventional Systems 57
#20 Michael Lee Claret Medical 56
#20 Matthew Rust Medtronic 56
#22 Kathleen M. Barnes Adc Telecommunications 55
#23 R. Russel Austin Coherent 52
#24 Joshua Dwork Medtronic 51
#25 Martin Terry Rothman Limflow Gmbh 49
#25 Gordon J. Dow Dow Pharmaceutical Sciences 49
#27 Kishore Udipi Medtronic 47
#28 Andrew Lee Globus Medical 45
#28 Mark E. Gardiner 3M 45
#30 Gordon B. Bishop Pipeline Medical Technologies 44
#30 James Mitchell Medtronic 44
#30 Mark Davidson Virgin Islands Microsystems 44
#33 Douglas S Moeller Autonet Mobile 43
#33 Gregory S. Daniels Unknown 43
#33 Paul J. Griffith Boston Scientific 43
#36 Richard A. Bradley, Jr. Viavi Solutions 40
#37 William A. Berthiaume Medtronic 39
#38 James R. Watson Boston Scientific Scimed 38
#39 Karen Denise Hendrix Viavi Solutions 35
#40 Michael A. Scobey Optical Coating Laboratory 33
#40 Jeffrey Allen Medtronic 33
#40 Mark Stiger Medtronic 33
#40 Lan Sun Viavi Solutions 33
#40 Keith Perkins Medtronic 33
#40 Jaroslaw Zieba Viavi Solutions 33
#46 Dieter J. Rief Poolvergnuegen 32
#46 Billy Tam Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited 32
#48 Charles L. Nelson Sonoma Orthopedic Products 31
#49 Jeffrey A. Thomas Cryovac 30
#49 Heber Saravia Stryker 30

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