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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Poway, CA ranks #351 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 402 patents from 163 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Poway, CA include Sony, Ultralogic 6G, Topgolf Callaway Brands. That works out to 8.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 163 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Sony Akkarakaran 93
2 Brant Candelore Sony 18
3 David E. Newman Ultralogic 6G 9
3 Patrick Dawson Topgolf Callaway Brands 9
#5 Virgil O'Neil 7
#6 Aidan N. Zimmerman Apple 6
#6 Bradley Kent Drews Illumina 6
#6 John Nolting Dexcom 6
#9 Paul Atkinson Chromera 5
#9 Joshua Portinga Troy-Csl Lighting 5
#11 Venkata Kiran Kumar Koya Servicenow 4
#11 Christopher N. Brindle Psemi 4
#11 Jon E. Simmons Deepsea Power & Light 4
#11 John Morin Acushnet 4
#11 Jerry Huang Ecolink Intelligent Technology 4
#11 Miles James Weida Daylight Solutions 4
#11 Gordon Kent Walker Qualcomm 4
#11 Gregory T. Hulan Carefusion 303 4
#19 Richard Obert Microport Orthopedics Holdings 3
#19 John Edward Wurst Aneira Pharma 3
#19 Sam Lin Guangzhou Roiskin Electrical Technology Co. 3
#19 Joshua Hamill Gopro 3
#19 Elwood G. Norris Turtle Beach 3
#19 Stephen Chang New York Stem Cell Foundation 3
#19 Jason Mitchell Dexcom 3
#19 Brendan Burgess Carefusion 303 3
#19 Chih-Chieh Cheng Macronix International Co. 3
#19 Kelly R. Johnson Wheel Group Holdings 3
#19 Mitsue Miyazaki Toshiba Medical Systems 3
#19 Damon K. Getman Gen-Probe Incorporated 3
#19 Timothy W. Vanderveen Carefusion 303 3
#19 Paul Hsieh Paradigm Health And Wellness 3
#19 Brock T. Shireman Johnson & Johnson 3
#19 Jeff Jackson Dexcom 3
#19 Jeffrey M. Linnen Gen-Probe Incorporated 3
#36 Darius Koohmarey Servicenow 2
#36 Lyle J. Arnold, Jr. Gen-Probe Incorporated 2
#36 Tatiana Koudriakova Johnson & Johnson 2
#36 Michael Levozier Moore Dexcom 2
#36 Andrew David LaForge Asml Netherlands B.V. 2
#36 Dawn Ressel Intuit 2
#36 Bryan Thai Rohr 2
#36 Ioan Dorin Ilea Magna Closures 2
#36 Zachary Taylor University of California 2
#36 Raj K. Raheja Signal Pharmaceuticals 2
#36 Kelly Gravelle Amtech Systems 2
#36 Kevin Jia-Nong Wang Qualcomm 2
#36 You-An Ma Arena Pharmaceuticals 2
#36 Yoshitaka Satoh Signal Pharmaceuticals 2
#36 Chahm An Open Text 2

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