Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Santee, CA ranks #2,121 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 62 patents from 38 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Santee, CA include Sony, Dexcom, Seescan. That works out to 1.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–38 of 38 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Gregory Carlsson Sony 7
2 Andrew Michael Reinhardt Dexcom 5
3 James F. Kleyn Seescan 3
3 Frederick J. Verd US Air Force 3
#5 Patricia West Carefusion 303 2
#5 Stephen Edward Pointon Solar Turbines Incorporated 2
#5 Kristen Johnson Novartis Ag 2
#5 Jonas Dean Cochran Tosense 2
#5 John O. Yeiser, IV Yeiser Research & Development 2
#5 Arthur Deptala Tosense 2
#5 Huang Lou Qualcomm 2
#5 Michael J. Hunter Johnson & Johnson 2
#5 DANIEL ANTHONY TUCKER Ess-Help 2
#5 Jessica L. Watson US Air Force 2
#15 Petro Komakha Qualcomm 1
#15 Rick Chang Cisco 1
#15 Kristen Johnson 1
#15 Jessica Rich Broadcom 1
#15 Randolph Torres Verizon 1
#15 Jeffrey P. Whitten Calcimedica 1
#15 Steven T. Brentano Gen-Probe Incorporated 1
#15 Erin Bomati Illumina 1
#15 Kyle Cabaniss 1
#15 Vicki Lindsey 1
#15 Durk L. van Veen Qualcomm 1
#15 Choi Ting Lau Carefusion 303 1
#15 Supatta Niramarnkarn Qualcomm 1
#15 Tom Cole 1
#15 Trung Tran Open Text 1
#15 Todor P. Petrov Groundmetrics 1
#15 Joseph Crocco 1
#15 Kaene Soto 1
#15 Adam Lehman Tyco Healthcare Group Lp 1
#15 Seth Jacobs 1
#15 Greg Kelley Boston Scientific Scimed 1
#15 Paul D. Swanson US Air Force 1
#15 Huy Ly 1
#15 Ralph Bedoe 1

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