Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Sebastopol, CA ranks #2,696 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,146 patents from 246 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Sebastopol, CA include Covidien Lp, Indivos, Enphase Energy. That works out to 152.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 246 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Edward M. McKenna Covidien Lp 71
2 Ned Hoffman Indivos 57
3 Donald Richard Zimmanck Enphase Energy 44
#4 Joel P. Dunsmore Agilent Technologies 35
#5 Yao Wang AT&T 33
#6 Peter Maschwitz Agc Flat Glass North America 31
#7 Geoffrey A. Orth Medtronic 29
#8 Daniel S. Wertz 3M 23
#8 Charles A. Hulse Viavi Solutions 23
#8 Isaac Eliaz Econugenics 23
#11 Willard S. MacDonald Agilent Technologies 22
#12 Harry T. O'Hagin Unknown 20
#13 Ulrich Buddemeier Google 19
#14 David Wise National Center For Pelvis Pain Research Devices 18
#15 John DeAguiar Autodesk 15
#15 Judd Reed Apple 15
#17 Nicholas Wenner Mycoworks 13
#18 Anthony B. More Vir2Us 12
#18 Timothy P. Flood Invent.Ly 12
#18 Carolina O'Hagin Unknown 12
#18 Daylyn M. Meade Invent.Ly 12
#22 Eugene Mandel Directly Software 11
#22 Philip Connolly Uop 11
#24 Geoffrey Dylan Wells Lawrence Brooke Engineering, Llc. 10
#24 Andrew Lee Trend Micro Incorporated 10
#24 Michael J. De Jung John Deere 10
#24 Noah Paul Gonzales Samsara 10
#24 James A. Wheaton Yamaha 10
#24 Candice H. Brown AMD 10
#30 Terrence R. Noe Agilent Technologies 9
#30 Kurt A. Olson Tegal 9
#30 John M. Lennox, III Blentech Corporaiton 9
#30 Gerald L. Somer Amp 9
#30 Sebastien Jame J28 Design 9
#35 Terry Allen IBM 8
#35 Lawrence L. Brooke Lawrence Brooke Engineering, Llc. 8
#35 Stanton Kee Nethery Fisher Controls Llc. 8
#38 Colin John Wilson Ciena 7
#38 Kevin B. Bates IBM 7
#38 Davy J. Figaro Pni 7
#38 Steve D. Sitkiewitz Evoqua Water Technologies 7
#38 Chris Eich Enphase Energy 7
#43 Christopher E. Stewart Agilent Technologies 6
#43 Craig Van Horn Bio-Rad Laboratories 6
#43 Gregory S. Gonzales National Instruments 6
#43 Len A. Pennacchio University of California 6
#43 Gene Michael Strohallen Phonic Ear 6
#43 Chris Wheeler Amazon 6
#43 Jonathan B. Feinstein Amazon 6
#43 Hartley Pond Dailycolors Health 6

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