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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Poway, CA ranks #265 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 484 patents from 172 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Poway, CA include Empire Technology Development, Toshiba Medical Systems, Wheel Group Holdings. That works out to 9.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 172 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Ezekiel Kruglick Empire Technology Development 49
2 Mitsue Miyazaki Toshiba Medical Systems 15
3 Kelly R. Johnson Wheel Group Holdings 13
#4 Samir S. Soliman Qualcomm 12
#4 Carson Cheng Ncstar 12
#6 Brant Candelore Sony 11
#7 Gordon Kent Walker Qualcomm 10
#8 Irina Ivanova Callaway Golf 8
#8 Brock T. Shireman Johnson & Johnson 8
#8 Jason Michael Cheng Ncstar 8
#8 John Morin Acushnet 8
#8 Elwood G. Norris Turtle Beach 8
#13 Frederick J. Zustak Sony 7
#13 Tony Maryfield Cubic 7
#13 Curt A. Dvorak Johnson & Johnson 7
#13 Changan Tian Ncstar 7
#17 Stephen A. Sprigg Qualcomm 6
#17 Christopher N. Brindle Psemi 6
#19 Patrick Dawson Topgolf Callaway Brands 5
#19 Raj K. Raheja Signal Pharmaceuticals 5
#19 Rob Chao Tonusa 5
#19 Suhail Jalil Qualcomm 5
#19 Sony Akkarakaran 5
#19 Richard Thomas Ncstar 5
#19 David G. Schmidt Medical Energetics Limited 5
#19 Michael W. MacCollum Ips Group 5
#27 John Nolting Dexcom 4
#27 Xin Mathers Thermo Fisher 4
#27 Emily Huang Markwins Beauty Products 4
#27 Ernest T. Ozaki Qualcomm 4
#27 Chih-Chieh Cheng Macronix International Co. 4
#27 Kelly Gravelle Amtech Systems 4
#27 Jerry Huang Ecolink Intelligent Technology 4
#34 Jackson Hsieh Kingpak Technology 3
#34 Brian Spinar Wi-Lan 3
#34 Michael Lee McCandless Apricorn 3
#34 Virgil O'Neil 3
#34 Christopher J. Cruce Materion 3
#34 Diane M. Retallack Pfenex 3
#34 Chieh-Kai Yang Psemi 3
#34 Vincent LaBarbera Mytee Products 3
#34 Damon K. Getman Gen-Probe Incorporated 3
#34 Mark Norris Turtle Beach 3
#34 Richard Obert Microport Orthopedics Holdings 3
#34 Adib Nasle Power Analytics 3
#34 Matthew Millward Nike 3
#34 G. Bryan Cornwall Nuvasive 3
#34 Jonathan Miller Halcyon Tech 3
#34 Catherine Brautigam Beidler Eli Lilly 3
#34 Bhupesh Manoharlal Umatt Qualcomm 3

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