Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Encinitas, CA ranks #235 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 496 patents from 227 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Encinitas, CA include Qualcomm, Interdigital Technology, Spinal Elements. That works out to 8.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 227 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Gwendolyn Denise Barriac Qualcomm 15
1 Eldad M. Zeira Interdigital Technology 15
3 Jason Blain Spinal Elements 14
#4 Jeffry D. Watkins Atyr Pharma 13
#4 John D. Mendlein Atyr Pharma 13
#6 Charles E. Golden Acushnet 10
#7 Alok Gupta Qualcomm 9
#7 Jose R. Menendez Qualcomm 9
#9 Robert Jay Rafac Asml Netherlands B.V. 8
#9 Ryan L. Roach Cobra Golf Incorporated 8
#11 Mark C. Brister Dexcom 7
#11 Marc H. Hedrick Cytori Therapeutics 7
#11 Eric E. Swayze Isis Pharmaceuticals 7
#14 Kevin Nakamura Astute Medical 6
#14 Paul McPherson Astute Medical 6
#14 Patrik Lundqvist Qualcomm 6
#14 Mark S. Chee Prognosys Biosciences 6
#14 Cory McCluskey Ca Casyso Gmbh 6
#14 Ronald Mark Buck Snacktops 6
#14 Joseph Anderberg Astute Medical 6
#21 Susan Meeks Pede Tosense 5
#21 Richard Scott Weston Bluesky Medical Group Incorporated 5
#21 Thomas A. Yager Empire Technology Development 5
#21 John R. Stuelpnagel Illumina 5
#25 Thomas H. Adams Iris International 4
#25 Joseph Babcock Nixon 4
#25 Jonathan Kies Qualcomm 4
#25 Richard L. Sandstrom Cymer 4
#25 Stephen J. Van Dien Genomatica 4
#25 Barrett Allan Eli Lilly 4
#25 Kevin L. Gunderson Illumina 4
#25 Jeremy Goldblatt Qualcomm 4
#33 Barry Sandrew Legend3D 3
#33 David J. King Anaptysbio 3
#33 Sepehr Sarshar Auspex Pharmaceuticals 3
#33 Tyson White Nixon 3
#33 Maxime Leclercq Maxlinear 3
#33 David Stuart Cooper, Jr. 3
#33 David J. Ecker Isis Pharmaceuticals 3
#33 Paul Alexander McKenzie Asml Netherlands B.V. 3
#33 Zaw Soe Tensorcom 3
#33 Charles B. Kuznia Ultra Communications 3
#33 Robert H. Kimball Qualcomm 3
#33 Sean Zimmerman Thermo Fisher 3
#33 Charles David Paynter Qualcomm 3
#33 Anna Leese de Escobar US Air Force 3
#33 Mark Randall 3
#33 Benoit Vincent Taylor Made Golf Company 3
#49 Ben Fraser Axure Software Solutions 2
#49 Marshall L. Sherman Medtronic 2

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