Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Ramona, CA ranks #1,175 worldwide for total patents filed in 2018, with 114 patents from 61 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Ramona, CA include Dexcom, Qualcomm, Apple. That works out to 5.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 61 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Shawn Larvenz Dexcom 10
2 Sanjiv Nanda Qualcomm 7
3 David John Shaw Apple 6
3 Stephen Jay Shellhammer Qualcomm 6
#5 Anthony Mazzola Futurewei Technologies 5
#6 Lawrence Spracklen Broadcom 4
#6 Brian Keelan onsemi 4
#6 Jack Edward Frayer Silicon Storage Technology 4
#9 Shawn M. Hamilton Novellus Systems 3
#9 Brooks Roche Callaway Golf 3
#9 Michael James Sossong Decision Sciences International 3
#9 Christopher Ryan Thomas Gunwerks 3
#9 Kelly J. McClure Johnson & Johnson 3
#14 Rita M. Castillo Dexcom 2
#14 David Lilly Live Nation Entertainment 2
#14 Jessica J. Gaskins Mcafee 2
#14 Robert K. Neeper Brooks Automation Gmbh 2
#14 Anne Elizabeth Wharton Space Systems/Loral 2
#19 James Leroy Blair Applied Micro Circuits 1
#19 Francisco Lopez-Fresquet Zspace 1
#19 Jochen Klinke Teledyne Instruments 1
#19 Jeff Albouze Apple 1
#19 Shawn Abernathy Oracle 1
#19 Rory H. Chenowth 1
#19 Mark Eben Massari Dart Neuroscience 1
#19 Alastair Gourlay Google 1
#19 Allen Lee Ruggles 1
#19 Edward Jones Avid Technology 1
#19 Arthur G. Blanck Vessix Vascular 1
#19 David Erick Wright Myelos 1
#19 Anthony Mark Miscione Peregrine Semiconductor 1
#19 Gary Blanpied Decision Sciences International 1
#19 Shawn McKenney Decision Sciences International 1
#19 Sean Patrick Pawlicki 1
#19 Sabrina Patricia Lueck 1
#19 Walter Ernest Ainslie Hamilton Sundstrand 1
#19 Michael A. Hughes Battelle Memorial Institute 1
#19 James H. Snyder AT&T 1
#19 Jean Ann James-Moore 1
#19 Jefferey Bleam Baxano 1
#19 Gary Thomason Apple 1
#19 Stephanie Ann Shumway Unknown 1
#19 Stephen Collen Futurewei Technologies 1
#19 Dustin Dorroh Decision Sciences International 1
#19 Lawrence Ernest Antinone 1
#19 Robin L. Westberg The Boeing 1
#19 Nathan K. Meckel Tech M3 1
#19 Adam Sampson J.R. Setina Manufacturing 1
#19 Brian S. Kelleher Nuvasive 1
#19 John W. Brunner Commscope Italy S.R.L. 1

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