Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Dana Point, CA ranks #1,096 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 132 patents from 60 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Dana Point, CA include P&P Imports, Sony, Adaptive Computing Enterprises. That works out to 4.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 60 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Sean Kyne P&P Imports 12
2 David Perry Sony 11
3 David Brian Jackson Adaptive Computing Enterprises 8
#4 Brian P. Johnson London Johnson 7
#5 Paul Lubock Senorx 5
#5 Dmitri Boutoussov 5
#7 Jonathan Nielsen Orthalign 4
#7 Mikhail Ovchinnikov Alcon 4
#7 John E. Donello AbbVie 4
#7 Alexei V. Babkin Adagio Medical 4
#11 Philipp J. Wolf Apple 3
#11 Matthew R. Schenauer Gilead Sciences 3
#11 Thomas W. Burns Glaukos 3
#14 Michael Petterson Masimo 2
#14 Jack H. Kulp Traffix Devices 2
#14 Aaron J. Mendelsohn Viasat 2
#14 Arnold Holmquist Medtronic 2
#14 Eduardo Chi Sing Cianna Medical 2
#14 Michael Davies Jaguar Land Rover Limited 2
#14 Sunil Marolia HP 2
#14 Amanda Punim Icu Medical 2
#14 Lisa Leighton Joe Leighton & Associates 2
#14 Frederick Thiel Nocell Technologies 2
#14 Justin Mann Microsoft 2
#14 Tab Hunter Crooks The Boeing 2
#26 David Stevens Boston University 1
#26 Andy Andalibian 1
#26 Todd Morrison Asp Global Manufacturing Gmbh 1
#26 Paulo Correa Empower Rf Systems 1
#26 Theodore Caldwell 1
#26 Austin Neill 1
#26 Ashkon Shayani Finalmouse 1
#26 Evgenyi Shalaev Pfizer 1
#26 Alex Artsyukhovich Novartis Ag 1
#26 Larry Girard Girard Systems 1
#26 Marten A. E. Seth Wispry 1
#26 Gilbert Madrid Endologix 1
#26 Ryan Flaherty Nike 1
#26 Richard A. Bender Quest Diagnostics Investments 1
#26 Todd Novacek 1
#26 Nariman Yousefi Broadcom 1
#26 Tarik Naheiri Pacific Consolidated Industries 1
#26 Lee Nordan Presbyopia Therapies 1
#26 Nathan B. Lubock University of California 1
#26 Grant Edward Burrows Panasonic 1
#26 Jan Kjallstrom Eon Reality 1
#26 Michael Pellini Foundation Medicine 1
#26 Jarrod Provins Ionian Technologies 1
#26 Jason D. Veltz Newfrey 1
#26 Kenton Kimmel Newlight Technologies 1

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