Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

San Clemente, CA ranks #800 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 183 patents from 106 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in San Clemente, CA include Masimo, Newport Fab, Cameron Health. That works out to 2.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 106 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Bilal Muhsin Masimo 23
2 Edward Preisler Newport Fab 7
3 Rick Sanghera Cameron Health 5
3 Benjamin John Meunier Oakley 5
3 Seth A. Foerster Arthrocare 5
#6 Alan Marcovecchio Atacor Medical 4
#6 Mark J. Graham Isis Pharmaceuticals 4
#8 James W. Priola Airwall Hangers 3
#8 Laszlo O. Romoda Aquesys 3
#8 John Wardle Ivantis 3
#8 Zsolt Bor Alcon 3
#8 Walter Soto AT&T 3
#8 Matthew McCawley Alcon 3
#14 Eric Schultheis Bolton Medical 2
#14 David L. Durham Fox Head 2
#14 Justin David Kleinert Taylor Made Golf Company 2
#14 Austin Michael Bly Zenflow 2
#14 Gerald W. DeVries AbbVie 2
#14 Benjamin E. Merritt Inari Medical 2
#14 Donald L. Gadberry Applied Medical Resources 2
#14 Michael P. Caulfield Quest Diagnostics Investments 2
#14 John Michael Dobbles Dexcom 2
#14 Charles M. Strom Quest Diagnostics Investments 2
#14 Frank D'Amelio Circon 2
#14 James W. Reinholdt Eaton Intelligent Power Limited 2
#14 Aaron Barrett Covidien Lp 2
#14 Brian Kim Eyedaptic 2
#14 Jeffrey P. Douglas Tippmann Sports 2
#14 Andrew Dominguez Fresca Medical 2
#14 Roger J. Malcolm Stryker 2
#14 Brian E. Merritt Sequent Medical 2
#14 Brad Christian 2
#33 Roger Green Cymer 1
#33 Derek Herrera Spinal Singularity 1
#33 Felipe Almanza Traffix Devices 1
#33 Allen R. Muesse Trivec-Avant 1
#33 Vachara Tatar Nusso Centauri 1
#33 Peter Godlewski Carefusion 303 1
#33 Maciej Lisiak Futek Advanced Sensor Technology 1
#33 Daniel Ashby 1
#33 Karim Mastrobuono 1
#33 Steven L. Krill Epalex 1
#33 Victor Glen Piro 1
#33 Jim McCafferty Jakks Pacific 1
#33 Tomoko Nishioka-Patton 1
#33 Brandon Hong University of California 1
#33 Thomas J. Scarlata 1
#33 Stefan Schreck Endologix 1
#33 Connor Mark Halberg Taylor Made Golf Company 1
#33 Walter Glenn Soto Agere Systems 1

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