Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Dana Point, CA ranks #1,103 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 115 patents from 53 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Dana Point, CA include Sony, AbbVie, Adaptive Computing Enterprises. That works out to 3.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 53 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 David Perry Sony 15
2 John E. Donello AbbVie 14
3 David Brian Jackson Adaptive Computing Enterprises 10
#4 Paul Lubock Senorx 8
#5 Nariman Yousefi Broadcom 5
#6 Alexei V. Babkin Adagio Medical 4
#7 George Baerveldt University of California 3
#8 Yariv Donde AbbVie 2
#8 Lakshman R. Sehgal Biovec 2
#8 Patrick O'Neill HP 2
#8 Brad Moore IBM 2
#8 Justin Mann Microsoft 2
#8 Mark S. Hammond The Retail Equation 2
#8 Lee Nordan Presbyopia Therapies 2
#8 William J. Mergens Shaklee 2
#8 Javid Vahid 2
#8 Jack H. Kulp Traffix Devices 2
#18 Kelly Hale Broadcom 1
#18 Donald McClymont Axiom Microdevices 1
#18 Rodney Brenneman Boston Scientific Scimed 1
#18 Curtis M. Brubaker Unknown 1
#18 Laurent Hoffmann Abbott 1
#18 John Cole Skytran 1
#18 Aaron J. Mendelsohn Viasat 1
#18 Adam Ray Bergkamp Incorporated 1
#18 Philipp J. Wolf Apple 1
#18 Eduardo Chi Sing Cianna Medical 1
#18 Theagenis J. Abatzoglou RTX (Raytheon) 1
#18 T. Scott Rowe Alcon 1
#18 Kevin Chapin 1
#18 Steve Schattmaier Tyco Fire & Security Gmbh 1
#18 Vladimir Miloushev F5 Networks 1
#18 Samantha Jefferies 1
#18 Peter Good Wispry 1
#18 Magdy A. Eletreby Oracle 1
#18 Bradley Pierce US Army 1
#18 Evgenyi Shalaev Pfizer 1
#18 Tab Hunter Crooks The Boeing 1
#18 Kevin Mark Smith Printronix 1
#18 Rob Wouter Lohman Red.Com 1
#18 Eric Todd Hodges Verizon 1
#18 Kristy McNight Telecommunication Systems 1
#18 Kristian D. Diakov Snap 1
#18 Kenton Kimmel Newlight Technologies 1
#18 Lear Sirous Lavi Unknown 1
#18 Michael A. Winterhalter Advanced Technology 1
#18 Dale G. Maeding Aeroflex Colorado Springs 1
#18 Lytton A. Williams Imds 1
#18 Todd Huschka Km Fashion Eyewear 1
#18 Dana S. Smith Sharp Laboratories Of America 1

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