Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Encinitas, CA ranks #211 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 587 patents from 248 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Encinitas, CA include Qualcomm, Spinal Elements, Interdigital Technology. That works out to 9.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 248 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Gwendolyn Denise Barriac Qualcomm 29
2 Jason Blain Spinal Elements 17
2 Eldad M. Zeira Interdigital Technology 17
#4 John D. Mendlein Atyr Pharma 16
#5 Tyson White Nixon 14
#5 Ronald Mark Buck Snacktops 14
#5 Mark C. Brister Dexcom 14
#8 Eric E. Swayze Isis Pharmaceuticals 13
#8 Joe Babcock Nixon 13
#8 Jeffry D. Watkins Atyr Pharma 13
#11 Charles E. Golden Acushnet 11
#12 Kevin L. Gunderson Illumina 7
#13 Susan Meeks Pede Tosense 6
#13 Nicholas Simon Stock Amira Pharmaceuticals 6
#13 Franck Juvin Nixon 6
#13 Jose R. Menendez Qualcomm 6
#17 Alok Gupta Qualcomm 5
#17 Michael DiTullo Sound United 5
#17 Maxime Leclercq Maxlinear 5
#17 Dale A. McNeill Ostendo Technologies 5
#17 Robert Jay Rafac Asml Netherlands B.V. 5
#17 Brett P. Monia Isis Pharmaceuticals 5
#17 Ryan L. Roach Cobra Golf Incorporated 5
#24 Jenny Sehic Nixon 4
#24 Peter Vander Horn Thermo Fisher 4
#24 Maha Achour Metawave 4
#24 Marshall L. Sherman Medtronic 4
#24 Douglas J. Jolly Chiron 4
#24 David J. Ecker Isis Pharmaceuticals 4
#24 Jeremy Goldblatt Qualcomm 4
#24 Brian Andrew Stearns Panmira Pharmaceuticals 4
#24 Emmanuel E. Baetge Viacyte 4
#24 Matthew Kranz Video Gaming Technologies 4
#24 Bruce Ehlers Vivint 4
#35 Barry Sandrew Legend3D 3
#35 Barbara A. Swanson Sorrento Therapeutics 3
#35 David J. King Anaptysbio 3
#35 Mark S. Meier Nordson 3
#35 Paul McPherson Astute Medical 3
#35 Kevin Nakamura Astute Medical 3
#35 Patrik Lundqvist Qualcomm 3
#35 Donald C. Miller Fallbrook Technologies 3
#35 Stephen R. des Jardins Nordson 3
#35 Robert B. Perni Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 3
#35 Mark D. Dankberg Viasat 3
#35 Stephen Michael Verrall Qualcomm 3
#35 Richard Scott Weston Bluesky Medical Group Incorporated 3
#35 Mark S. Chee Prognosys Biosciences 3
#35 Daniel S. Kline Dexcom 3
#35 Shawn O'Connell Senomyx 3

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