Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Oceanside, CA ranks #492 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 253 patents from 130 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Oceanside, CA include Taylor Made Golf Company, Becton, Dickinson And, Pro Performance Sports. That works out to 1.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 130 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Nathan T. Sargent Taylor Made Golf Company 10
2 Ryan Schoonmaker Becton, Dickinson And 9
2 Allen Keith Holland Pro Performance Sports 9
#4 Robert Paul Mikulka Qualcomm 8
#5 Hiroaki Miyagawa Ricoh Company 7
#6 Michael E. Starling IBM 5
#6 Nathan Lovell Nuvasive 5
#6 Brian Bear Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 5
#9 Violetta Akopian Nitto Denko 4
#9 Gregory Scott Ketterman Hobie Cat 4
#9 Ronald K. Hettinger Callaway Golf 4
#9 Thomas A. Hall Ibis Biosciences 4
#9 Ronald Alton Qualcomm 4
#9 Stephen Michael Thompson Kofax 4
#9 Drew T. DeShiell Taylor Made Golf Company 4
#9 Michael Markov Markov Processes International 4
#9 Victor Knopov Nitto Denko 4
#9 Philip James Dow Hobie Cat 4
#9 Richard L. Cleghorn Acushnet 4
#9 Madapusi K. Keshavan Smith International 4
#9 Bogumila Rachwal Nitto Denko 4
#9 Barry L. Wheatley Novartis Ag 4
#23 Clark Hutton Alphatec Spine 3
#23 Richard Robert Allen Zest Ip Holdings 3
#23 Reza Jalilizeinali Qualcomm 3
#23 William Varela Graftech International Holdings 3
#23 David O'Gwynn H. M. Electronics 3
#23 Stanislaw Rachwal Neurogen 3
#23 Turguy Goker Quantum 3
#23 Zongcheng Jiang Nitto Denko 3
#31 Scott Lish Nuvasive 2
#31 Charles Glommen Tealium 2
#31 Valery Fokin Scripps Research 2
#31 Thomas J. DiMarco Callaway Golf 2
#31 Cynthia Yamaga Carefusion 303 2
#31 Robert Joseph Motyl US Air Force 2
#31 Samuel A. Ellis Scientific Plastic Products 2
#31 Brian Alvarez Avogy 2
#31 Ernie Rustam Taylor Made Golf Company 2
#31 Darius J. Faizi University of California 2
#31 John Arrizza Fresenius Medical Care Holdings 2
#31 Nathan Lincoln Tracy Roka Sports 2
#31 Robert J. Sanchez, JR. Alcon Research 2
#31 Bernd Pregardier Space Exploration Technologies 2
#31 Mark Mallaby Boston Scientific Scimed 2
#46 Kenneth McCormack Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 1
#46 Ron F. Alton Qualcomm 1
#46 Sven Tulowitzki Taylor Made Golf Company 1
#46 Louis F. Medeiros Achates Power 1
#46 Alex Robert Rengifo Te Connectivity Co. 1

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