USPTO data - California Report
State report. Most prolific inventors. Most innovative cities. Innovative companies. Top universities.
All Time
Most Prolific Inventors
- 1. Tao Luo4,363
- 2,949
- 3. Peter S Gaal2,532
- 2,524
- 2,467
- 2,393
- 7. Wanshi Chen2,320
- 2,279
- 2,132
- 2,105
Most Innovative Cities
1. San Jose
199,497
129,905
3. San Diego
114,264
4. Sunnyvale
109,394
5. Palo-Alto
81,731
79,782
7. Fremont
72,566
8. Cupertino
66,409
9. Santa-Clara
62,391
10. Los Angeles
46,465
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Innovative Companies
- 1.
54,726
- 2.
41,454
- 3.
40,917
- 4.
32,495
- 5.
20,357
- 6.
16,080
- 7.
13,706
- 8.
12,881
- 9.
11,321
- 10.
11,124
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Top Universities
15,471
2. Leland Stanford Junior University
5,307
3. California Institute of Technology
4,548
4. University of Southern California
1,629
5. The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
576
233
7. San Diego State University Research Foundation
112
8. La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology
59
9. Burnham Institute for Medical Research
54
10. Buck Institute for Research on Aging
48
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