Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Poway, CA ranks #202 worldwide for total patents filed in 2023, with 663 patents from 163 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Poway, CA include Ultralogic 6G, Topgolf Callaway Brands, Sony. That works out to 13.6 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 287
2 David E. Newman Ultralogic 6G 62
3 Patrick Dawson Topgolf Callaway Brands 26
#4 Brant Candelore Sony 21
#5 Aidan N. Zimmerman Apple 11
#6 Bhupesh Manoharlal Umatt Qualcomm 6
#7 Chih-Chieh Cheng Macronix International Co. 5
#8 Virgil O'Neil 4
#8 David Zepp Voyetra Turtle Beach 4
#8 Jason Mitchell Dexcom 4
#8 John Morin Acushnet 4
#8 Langford M. Wasada Apple 4
#8 Seyed Arash Mirhaj Qualcomm 4
#8 Joshua Portinga Troy-Csl Lighting 4
#8 Elwood G. Norris Turtle Beach 4
#8 Andre Garcia HP 4
#8 Jeff Jackson Dexcom 4
#8 Irina Ivanova Callaway Golf 4
#19 Liping Fang Institute Of Eco-Environmental And Soil Sciences, Guangdong Academy Of Sciences 3
#19 Jeffrey M. Linnen Gen-Probe Incorporated 3
#19 Timothy W. Vanderveen Carefusion 303 3
#19 Cynthia B. Berry Johnson & Johnson 3
#19 Suhail Jalil Qualcomm 3
#19 Brendan Burgess Carefusion 303 3
#19 Mitsue Miyazaki Toshiba Medical Systems 3
#19 Kelly R. Johnson Wheel Group Holdings 3
#19 Michael J. Tuffli Reciprocal Labs 3
#19 Carson Cheng Ncstar 3
#19 Joshua Hamill Gopro 3
#19 Richard Thomas Ncstar 3
#19 John Edward Wurst Aneira Pharma 3
#19 Alexander Leroy Teeter Dexcom 3
#33 Roger Davis Hotbodies Racing 2
#33 Rolf Laido Intel 2
#33 Marinus Meursing Apple 2
#33 Dustin Borg Zodiac Pool Systems 2
#33 David J. Trusheim Viasat 2
#33 Richard Obert Microport Orthopedics Holdings 2
#33 Sylvia A. Norman Gen-Probe Incorporated 2
#33 Stephen Chang New York Stem Cell Foundation 2
#33 Prem Swaroop Kadavakuduru Qualcomm 2
#33 Adib Nasle Power Analytics 2
#33 Michael Cheng Harrison Sports 2
#33 Curt A. Dvorak Johnson & Johnson 2
#33 Ofir Moreno Mei Pharma 2
#33 Manjinder Singh Sandhu Qualcomm 2
#33 Peter B. Houser 2
#33 Jared Davis Arcturus Therapeutics 2
#33 Betsy Cherian Servicenow 2
#33 Jewell Walters Inovio Pharmaceuticals 2

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