Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Santee, CA ranks #1,727 worldwide for total patents filed in 2018, with 74 patents from 37 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Santee, CA include Sony, Tosense, Seescan. That works out to 1.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–37 of 37 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Gregory Carlsson Sony 10
2 Jonas Dean Cochran Tosense 6
2 James F. Kleyn Seescan 6
2 Paul D. Swanson US Air Force 6
2 Arthur Deptala Tosense 6
#6 Erin Bomati Illumina 4
#7 Kristen Johnson Novartis Ag 2
#7 Jeffrey P. Whitten Calcimedica 2
#7 Carol E. Fuller Opticallock 2
#7 James Docherty Salem Furnace 2
#7 Jodie Royak 2
#12 Steve Pollmann Wi-Lan 1
#12 Joshua Haynes 1
#12 Holly Turner Reardon Cornell University 1
#12 Keelan Lightfoot Aaa Internet Publishing 1
#12 Dale J. Doyle Rogers 1
#12 Hyoung Sang Park Blast Motion 1
#12 Rick Chang Cisco 1
#12 Robert H. Jenkins Rain Bird 1
#12 Vance G. Nolta 1
#12 Colin N. Reinhardt US Air Force 1
#12 Jared Cox Rohr 1
#12 Hale B. Simonds US Air Force 1
#12 John O. Yeiser, IV Yeiser Research & Development 1
#12 Chi-Ping Nee Conexant Systems 1
#12 Steven T. Brentano Gen-Probe Incorporated 1
#12 Alexander B. Genov Intuit 1
#12 Jongrit Lerdworatawee Qualcomm 1
#12 John D. Haeussinger 1
#12 Choi Ting Lau 1
#12 Timothy Davis Senomyx 1
#12 Patricia West 1
#12 Stephen Ledak HP 1
#12 Kelsey Burrell Qualcomm 1
#12 Gerald Sadleir 1
#12 Sheri C. Dombrow Intuit 1
#12 Christopher W. E. Cote 1

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