Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Encinitas, CA ranks #322 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 438 patents from 199 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Encinitas, CA include Prognosys Biosciences, Callaway Golf, Isis Pharmaceuticals. That works out to 7.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 199 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Mark S. Chee Prognosys Biosciences 15
2 Alan Hocknell Callaway Golf 13
3 Eric E. Swayze Isis Pharmaceuticals 12
#4 Mark C. Brister Dexcom 11
#5 Daryl Stimm Gopro 10
#6 Maha Achour Metawave 9
#7 Kevin L. Gunderson Illumina 8
#8 Paul McPherson Astute Medical 6
#8 Kevin Nakamura Astute Medical 6
#8 Susan Meeks Pede Tosense 6
#8 Devin H. Redmond Theta Lake 6
#8 Mark D. Dankberg Viasat 6
#8 Steve Masterson Dexcom 6
#8 Joseph Anderberg Astute Medical 6
#8 Jonathan Kies Qualcomm 6
#8 Jay JieBing Yu Intuit 6
#8 Travis Gregory Newhouse Juniper Networks 6
#18 Emily M. Stocking Johnson & Johnson 5
#18 Jason Blain Spinal Elements 5
#18 Charles E. Golden Acushnet 5
#18 Guillermo W. Moratorio Edwards Lifesciences 5
#18 John R. Stuelpnagel Illumina 5
#18 Joseph Arnold White Ncr 5
#24 John D. Mendlein Atyr Pharma 4
#24 Rob Burke Avidity Biosciences 4
#24 Michael DiTullo Sound United 4
#24 Haig P. Bozigian Neurocrine Biosciences 4
#24 Peter Vander Horn Thermo Fisher 4
#24 Maria Candelaria Rogert Bacigalupo Illumina 4
#24 Nicholas M. Cordaro Biomet Manufacturing 4
#24 Karsten Zengler General Automation Lab Technologies 4
#32 Timothy G. Scott Callaway Golf 3
#32 Ashok K. Iyengar IBM 3
#32 Tyson White Nixon 3
#32 Dale A. McNeill Ostendo Technologies 3
#32 Andreas P. Termin Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 3
#32 Eric Stubben Topgolf Callaway Brands 3
#32 Raju Mohan Berlex Laboratories 3
#32 Douglas J. Jolly Chiron 3
#32 David R. Handy Topgolf Callaway Brands 3
#32 Joseph Anthony Mariglio, III Boomcloud 360 3
#32 Ryan L. Roach Cobra Golf Incorporated 3
#32 Sean Zimmerman Thermo Fisher 3
#32 Nicholas Shayne Brookins Smartdrive Systems 3
#32 Michael Rahilly Carefusion 303 3
#32 Russell A. Baldocchi Sirigen Ii Limited 3
#32 Jeff Hasty University of California 3
#32 John M. Nuss Exelixis 3
#49 Kevin Wolentarski Sierra Wireless 2
#49 Michael Klein University of Pennsylvania 2

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