Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Woodland, CA ranks #2,491 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,246 patents from 206 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Woodland, CA include Samsung, Fox Factory, Monsanto Technology. That works out to 20.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 206 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Sung-hee Hwang Samsung 308
2 Everet Owen Ericksen Fox Factory 56
3 Shihshieh Huang Monsanto Technology 44
#4 Teresa Beck Bunn Seminis Vegetable Seeds 40
#5 Alan Krivanek Seminis Vegetable Seeds 36
#6 Michael Lamsa Novozymes 27
#7 Jyoti R. Rout Monsanto Technology 25
#8 Jason Quinlan Novozymes 22
#8 Desmond Rito Jimenez Agraquest 22
#8 Jeffrey M. Mills Seminis Vegetable Seeds 22
#11 Daniel MacLean Agrofresh 20
#12 Chunxiao Jiang Hm.Clause 19
#13 Mark E. Darling Alforex Seeds 18
#14 Franco G. Asoro Monsanto Technology 17
#15 Diane M. Ruezinsky Monsanto Technology 16
#16 Kathryn D. Lardizabal Calgene 13
#17 Jonathan M. Reich Alforex Seeds 12
#18 Frank Phillips Burton 11
#19 James S. Cullor University of California 10
#19 Marlin Edwards Monsanto Technology 10
#19 Hasan Palandoken Aerojet Fine Chemicals 10
#19 Stephen Bowers Micron 10
#19 Aubrey Jones Novozymes 10
#19 Jacquelyn Maitram Truong Meyer Intellectual Properties 10
#25 Greg Tolla Seminis Vegetable Seeds 9
#25 Andrei Alexeev Complete Genomics 9
#25 Hai Yu University of California 9
#25 Alan H. Benjamin Pulse Electronics 9
#25 Tingrui Pan University of California 9
#25 Kenneth William Owens Emc Ip Holding Company 9
#25 Jozef W. Eerkens Cameco 9
#32 Dale Val Monsanto Technology 8
#32 Pawel A. Woloszyn Unknown 8
#32 Jeffrey Barrow Simulprobe Technologies 8
#32 Brad Gabor Seminis Vegetable Seeds 8
#36 Lester Engelmann The Ames Companies 7
#36 Joshua Hihath University of California 7
#36 Gregory E. Tolla Seminis Vegetable Seeds 7
#36 Sue Corbett Southpac Trust International 7
#36 Uriel Aparecido Rosa Trimble 7
#36 Randal Hauptmann Ball Horticultural 7
#36 John Madigan University of California 7
#43 Margarita Rodriguez Marrone Bio Innovations 6
#43 Scott Arthur Radi Agrigenics 6
#43 Shrini Upadhyaya University of California 6
#43 Mariah Arevalo Emc Ip Holding Company 6
#43 David F. Wiley Stratovan 6
#48 Daolin Fu Shandong Agricultural University 5
#48 Jeremy BEAU Bayer Cropscience 5
#48 Thomas Williams Bioconsortia 5

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