Top Prolific Inventors
Most Innovative Cities
1. San Jose
153,325
2. San Francisco
86,109
3. Sunnyvale
79,820
4. San Diego
77,107
5. Palo Alto
60,751
6. Mountain View
58,743
7. Fremont
54,244
8. Cupertino
48,708
9. Santa Clara
48,450
10. Los Altos
29,760
Innovative Companies
42,205
30,755
25,864
23,945
17,229
10,966
9,530
9,161
7,101
6,928
Top Universities
1. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
10,087
2. The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
3,507
3. California Institute of Technology
3,112
4. University of Southern California
1,167
5. LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
150
6. Stanford University
45
7. Alfred E. Mann Institute for Biomedical Engineering at the University of Southern California
41
8. SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
35
9. Santa Clara University
29
10. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
19