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Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Ramona, CA ranks #961 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 142 patents from 74 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Ramona, CA include Broadcom, Qualcomm, Decision Sciences International. That works out to 6.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 74 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Lawrence Spracklen Broadcom 12
2 Sanjiv Nanda Qualcomm 10
3 Stephen Jay Shellhammer Qualcomm 7
#4 Michael James Sossong Decision Sciences International 5
#5 Arne E. Carlson Adti Media 4
#5 Shawn Larvenz Dexcom 4
#5 Kelly J. McClure Johnson & Johnson 4
#8 Brian S. Kelleher Nuvasive 3
#8 Frank Roderic Vandervort Teradata Us 3
#8 Gary Thomason Apple 3
#8 Francisco Lopez-Fresquet Zspace 3
#8 Christine M. Krause Intel 3
#8 Brooks Roche Callaway Golf 3
#8 Robert K. Neeper Brooks Automation Gmbh 3
#8 Jack Edward Frayer Silicon Storage Technology 3
#16 Gene Jamieson Neurogesx 2
#16 Shawn M. Hamilton Novellus Systems 2
#16 David O Hamilton HP 2
#16 Mark E. Wilson Sgx Pharmaceuticals 2
#16 Michael Caldwell Csidentity 2
#16 Adam Sampson J.R. Setina Manufacturing 2
#16 Anthony Mazzola Futurewei Technologies 2
#16 Gary Blanpied Decision Sciences International 2
#16 George T. Veeder, III Merck 2
#16 Brian Keelan onsemi 2
#16 Thomas Pepper Aol 2
#16 Duane R. Condon Lsp Products Group 2
#16 Alan J. Spero Thermal Storage Systems 2
#29 Walter Ernest Ainslie Hamilton Sundstrand 1
#29 Ronnie Pritchett Unknown 1
#29 Brook Hjelm 1
#29 Billy L. Johnson General Atomics 1
#29 Manuel Rinley Deeds, III Amazon 1
#29 Joanne Lynne McCarthy 1
#29 Michael P. Cardinal 1
#29 Gary M. Lemson Lam Research 1
#29 Erik N. Jongewaard Stanford University 1
#29 Jennifer Lee Phelan 1
#29 Robin Carol Johnson Cisco 1
#29 Michael A. Hughes Battelle Memorial Institute 1
#29 Michael S. Skahan Vision Quest Industries Incorporated 1
#29 John E. Lillig Beckman Instruments 1
#29 Shawn McKenney Decision Sciences International 1
#29 David Lilly Live Nation Entertainment 1
#29 Anthony Mark Miscione Peregrine Semiconductor 1
#29 Matthew David Fate Unknown 1
#29 Anne Elizabeth Wharton Space Systems/Loral 1
#29 Ronald Arp Daylight Solutions 1
#29 George Truett Lowe 1
#29 Douglas V. Simpkinson Google 1

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