Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Encinitas, CA ranks #285 worldwide for total patents filed in 2019, with 508 patents from 236 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Encinitas, CA include Qualcomm, Isis Pharmaceuticals, Acushnet. That works out to 8.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 236 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Gwendolyn Denise Barriac Qualcomm 29
2 Eric E. Swayze Isis Pharmaceuticals 14
3 Charles E. Golden Acushnet 10
3 Mark C. Brister Dexcom 10
#5 Michael DiTullo Sound United 9
#5 Ronald Mark Buck Snacktops 9
#5 Mark S. Chee Prognosys Biosciences 9
#5 Susan Meeks Pede Tosense 9
#5 Kevin L. Gunderson Illumina 9
#5 Eldad M. Zeira Interdigital Technology 9
#5 John D. Mendlein Atyr Pharma 9
#12 Walter John Bochenko Crisi Medical Systems 8
#12 Jeffry D. Watkins Atyr Pharma 8
#14 Anna Leese de Escobar US Air Force 7
#14 Jason Blain Spinal Elements 7
#16 Joseph Timothy Marakovits Agouron Pharmaceuticals 6
#16 Richard Scott Weston Bluesky Medical Group Incorporated 6
#16 Emmanuel E. Baetge Viacyte 6
#19 Aaron Weinfield Denso 5
#19 Russell A. Baldocchi Sirigen Ii Limited 5
#19 Sean Zimmerman Thermo Fisher 5
#19 Joseph Balardeta Callaway Golf 5
#19 Mark D. Dankberg Viasat 5
#19 Cory McCluskey Ca Casyso Gmbh 5
#25 Peter Vander Horn Thermo Fisher 4
#25 Stephen Michael Verrall Qualcomm 4
#25 Jeremy Goldblatt Qualcomm 4
#25 Alok Gupta Qualcomm 4
#25 Jonathan Hughes Dexcom 4
#25 John R. Stuelpnagel Illumina 4
#25 Raju Mohan Berlex Laboratories 4
#32 Thomas H. Adams Iris International 3
#32 Douglas J. Jolly Chiron 3
#32 Zaw Soe Tensorcom 3
#32 Andrew Schafer Nuvasive 3
#32 Gunnar Trommer Sotera Wireless 3
#32 Benjamin Pratt Dart Neuroscience, (Cayman) 3
#32 Charles David Paynter Qualcomm 3
#32 Jay JieBing Yu Intuit 3
#32 Steven Shaun McIntyre Cisco 3
#32 Marshall L. Sherman Medtronic 3
#32 Marija Prhavc Alios Biopharma 3
#32 Joseph Anderberg Astute Medical 3
#32 Paul McPherson Astute Medical 3
#32 Kristin W. Livezey Gen-Probe Incorporated 3
#32 Seth Gustine Nuvasive 3
#32 Barbara A. Swanson Sorrento Therapeutics 3
#32 Peter Hergesheimer Calamp 3
#32 Robert Jay Rafac Asml Netherlands B.V. 3
#50 Michele Ann McTigue Pfizer 2

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