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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Oceanside, CA ranks #487 worldwide for total patents filed in 2018, with 265 patents from 138 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Oceanside, CA include Taylor Made Golf Company, Acushnet, Callaway Golf. That works out to 1.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 138 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Nathan T. Sargent Taylor Made Golf Company 21
2 Richard L. Cleghorn Acushnet 11
3 Vijay Chavan Callaway Golf 7
3 Robert Paul Mikulka Qualcomm 7
#5 Nathan Lincoln Tracy Roka Sports 6
#5 Ryan Schoonmaker Becton, Dickinson And 6
#7 Otto Sievert Gopro 5
#8 John Arrizza Fresenius Medical Care Holdings 4
#8 Violetta Akopian Nitto Denko 4
#8 Turguy Goker Quantum 4
#8 Michael E. Starling IBM 4
#8 David O'Gwynn H. M. Electronics 4
#8 Victor Knopov Nitto Denko 4
#8 Madapusi K. Keshavan Smith International 4
#15 Scott Lish Nuvasive 3
#15 Brian Bear Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 3
#15 Thomas A. Hall Ibis Biosciences 3
#15 Douglas Cox Celltech Metals 3
#15 Philip John Crawley Akros Silicon 3
#15 Karl Stocks Sonendo 3
#15 Clark Hutton Alphatec Spine 3
#15 Stephen Michael Thompson Kofax 3
#15 Bradley L. Spare Apple 3
#15 Farhad Towfiq Sumix 3
#15 Allen Keith Holland Pro Performance Sports 3
#26 George Crothall Bigfoot Biomedical 2
#26 Arthur L. Reynolds, III Datron World Communications 2
#26 Kevin D. Virgil Teradata Us 2
#26 Alex Robert Rengifo Te Connectivity Co. 2
#26 Stanislaw Rachwal Neurogen 2
#26 Gregory S. Layser Novartis Ag 2
#26 Hiroaki Miyagawa Ricoh Company 2
#26 Jennifer Headman Microbiogen Pty. 2
#26 Philip James Dow Hobie Cat 2
#26 Andrew Ihor Korytko Eli Lilly 2
#26 John Scott Bio Clean Environmental Services 2
#26 Bryan Wells Denso International America 2
#26 Corey M. Magers Avant Medical 2
#26 Edward Hennessey 2
#26 Shane Robert Petcavich H. M. Electronics 2
#26 Richard Robert Allen Zest Ip Holdings 2
#26 Kim Nguyen Howmedica Osteonics 2
#26 Reza Jalilizeinali Qualcomm 2
#26 Steven Gerard Mayorga Air Products And Chemicals 2
#26 Nathan Lovell Nuvasive 2
#26 Kenneth Brown Covidien Lp 2
#26 Kam-Yan Hon Luxtera 2
#26 Alan R. Zeleznikar Arris Enterprises 2
#26 Bethany Ann McCarver Colorescience 2
#26 Ronald Alton Qualcomm 2

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