Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Santee, CA ranks #1,882 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 64 patents from 38 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Santee, CA include Sony, US Air Force, Epimmune. That works out to 1.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–38 of 38 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Gregory Carlsson Sony 8
2 Paul D. Swanson US Air Force 5
3 Scott Southwood Epimmune 3
3 Rick Chang Cisco 3
3 Charles W. Connors, Jr. Magneco/Metrel 3
#6 Huang Lou Qualcomm 2
#6 Stephen Edward Pointon Solar Turbines Incorporated 2
#6 Stephen Ledak HP 2
#6 David G. Fern Rain Bird 2
#6 James F. Kleyn Seescan 2
#6 Hale B. Simonds US Air Force 2
#6 Chi-Ping Nee Conexant Systems 2
#6 Jeffrey P. Whitten Calcimedica 2
#6 Steven T. Brentano Gen-Probe Incorporated 2
#15 John W. Harrell Baker Hughes Holdings 1
#15 Jonas Dean Cochran Tosense 1
#15 John O. Yeiser, IV Yeiser Research & Development 1
#15 Kristen Johnson Novartis Ag 1
#15 Carol E. Fuller Opticallock 1
#15 Michael P. Emery Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 1
#15 Broc Kelly 1
#15 John Grimm The Parallax Group International 1
#15 DANIEL ANTHONY TUCKER Ess-Help 1
#15 Jodie Royak 1
#15 Drew Miles, II Protection Products 1
#15 Jessica Rich Broadcom 1
#15 Robert H. Jenkins Rain Bird 1
#15 Charles Frank Cozza 1
#15 Gino Gonzalez 1
#15 Jongrit Lerdworatawee Qualcomm 1
#15 Gerald Sadleir 1
#15 Paul Tarpy 1
#15 Charles Ciraolo 1
#15 Patricia West 1
#15 Chuong Van Tran Xerox 1
#15 Colin N. Reinhardt US Air Force 1
#15 Raymond K. Jessup Intel 1
#15 Arthur Deptala Tosense 1

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