Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Escondido, CA ranks #380 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 320 patents from 159 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Escondido, CA include Qualcomm, Sony, Denso. That works out to 2.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 159 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Stephen William Edge Qualcomm 35
2 Ling Jun Wong Sony 13
3 Jason F. Hunzinger Denso 8
#4 Scott A. Knutson Acushnet 6
#5 Donald S. Karanewsky E.R. Squibb & Sons. 5
#5 John R. Sanford Ubiquiti Networks 5
#5 Jan Christian Diffenderfer Qualcomm 5
#5 Thomas Andrew Dawson Rescon 5
#5 Rhomere S. Jimenez Covidien Lp 5
#10 Jeffrey K. Aviano Covidien Lp 4
#10 Antoine J. Rouphael Ipr Licensing 4
#10 Bret H. Wahl Taylor Made Golf Company 4
#10 Paul M. Elizondo, II Meps Real-Time 4
#10 Lisa R. Martinez IBM 4
#10 Brian Momeyer Qualcomm 4
#10 Brad M. Kellerman Avenu Medical 4
#17 Kent D. Whitten Decopac 3
#17 Andy Schnoebelen Decopac 3
#17 David A. Poirier Covidien Lp 3
#17 Maulik Vaidya Charter Communications Operating 3
#17 Alexander I. Ershov Cymer 3
#17 Christopher G. Kunis Medtronic 3
#17 Joe Mullis Ballogy 3
#17 Sai Kwok Qualcomm 3
#17 Nicholas J. Manesis AbbVie 3
#17 Hanson On Airhop Communications 3
#17 Edward Adam Kallel Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 3
#28 Vladimir B. Fleurov Cymer 2
#28 Renee O'Connell Altman Specialty Plants 2
#28 Michael Brunolli Qualcomm 2
#28 Howard B. Cottam University of California 2
#28 Scott Clear Persyst Development 2
#28 Gregory C. Orr Abbott 2
#28 Eleazar Zuniga Taoglas Group Holdings Limited 2
#28 Mikko Waltari Iq-Analog 2
#28 John Tom Stewart, IV Asml Netherlands B.V. 2
#28 J. Guy Breitenbucher Johnson & Johnson 2
#28 Theodore Matthew Powell Zest Ip Holdings 2
#28 Ryan M. Steckler Intuit 2
#28 Nathan J. Lee Snap-On Incorporated 2
#28 Matthew Tomor Cummins-Allison 2
#28 Tonni Sandager Larsen Sony 2
#28 Michael W. Munro HP 2
#28 Ed O. Tiongson Qualcomm 2
#28 David A. Drake Hadronex 2
#28 Benjamin J. Taylor US Air Force 2
#28 Gregory M. Quist Hadronex 2
#28 Chad Grant Nuvasive 2
#28 Michael McCague Watkins Manufacturing 2
#28 Brett P. Seber Buck Knives 2

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