Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Santee, CA ranks #1,768 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 74 patents from 44 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Santee, CA include Sony, US Air Force, Tosense. That works out to 1.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–44 of 44 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Gregory Carlsson Sony 10
2 Paul D. Swanson US Air Force 5
2 Arthur Deptala Tosense 5
#4 Huang Lou Qualcomm 3
#4 Chi-Ping Nee Conexant Systems 3
#4 Erin Bomati Illumina 3
#4 Jonas Dean Cochran Tosense 3
#8 Kristen Johnson Novartis Ag 2
#8 John P. Grimm Illinois Tool Works 2
#8 Rick Chang Cisco 2
#8 Timothy Davis Senomyx 2
#8 Jongrit Lerdworatawee Qualcomm 2
#13 Shih-Yi Yeh Ralink Technology 1
#13 Aleh Loseu Rf Micro Devices 1
#13 John D. Haeussinger 1
#13 William Ruddick 1
#13 Scott Southwood Epimmune 1
#13 Paul Tarpy 1
#13 Raymond Campos Illumina 1
#13 Brandon P. Aymar 1
#13 Todor P. Petrov Groundmetrics 1
#13 Kelsey Burrell Qualcomm 1
#13 Christopher W. E. Cote 1
#13 Enrique Saldivar 1
#13 Brian Sparks Adobe 1
#13 Jodie Royak 1
#13 Charles W. Connors, Jr. Magneco/Metrel 1
#13 James Cudney Icu Medical 1
#13 DANIEL ANTHONY TUCKER Ess-Help 1
#13 Drew Miles, II Protection Products 1
#13 Joshua Haynes 1
#13 Keelan Lightfoot Aaa Internet Publishing 1
#13 Jeffrey S. Lance 1
#13 Carol E. Fuller Opticallock 1
#13 Steven T. Brentano Gen-Probe Incorporated 1
#13 Jeffrey P. Whitten Calcimedica 1
#13 John O. Yeiser, IV Yeiser Research & Development 1
#13 James F. Kleyn Seescan 1
#13 Hale B. Simonds US Air Force 1
#13 Broc Kelly 1
#13 Robert L. Damata Microsoft 1
#13 Raymond K. Jessup Intel 1
#13 James Docherty Salem Furnace 1
#13 Henry Korman Arena Pharmaceuticals 1

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