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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Poway, CA ranks #253 worldwide for total patents filed in 2024, with 562 patents from 151 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Poway, CA include Ultralogic 6G, Topgolf Callaway Brands, Sony. That works out to 11.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 151 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Sony Akkarakaran 226
2 David E. Newman Ultralogic 6G 48
3 Patrick Dawson Topgolf Callaway Brands 22
#4 Brant Candelore Sony 10
#5 Aidan N. Zimmerman Apple 9
#6 Bhupesh Manoharlal Umatt Qualcomm 8
#7 Brendan Burgess Carefusion 303 7
#8 Virgil O'Neil 6
#8 Marinus Meursing Apple 6
#8 Joshua Hamill Gopro 6
#11 Irina Ivanova Callaway Golf 5
#12 Christopher Lee Danielson Bank of America 4
#12 Andre Garcia HP 4
#12 Xin Mathers Thermo Fisher 4
#12 Bradley Kent Drews Illumina 4
#12 Langford M. Wasada Apple 4
#12 Jason Mitchell Dexcom 4
#12 John Morin Acushnet 4
#12 Kelly Gravelle Amtech Systems 4
#20 Christopher N. Brindle Psemi 3
#20 Justin James Headwater Research 3
#20 Roger Davis Hotbodies Racing 3
#20 David Lee Haessig Staefa Control System Ag 3
#20 Gregory T. Hulan Carefusion 303 3
#20 Jeff Jackson Dexcom 3
#20 Kenneth A. Regas Bioness 3
#20 Dale R. Brown Medimpact Healthcare Systems 3
#20 Scott R. Gant HP 3
#29 Thomas Quinto Hint 2
#29 Peter B. Houser 2
#29 Chieh-Kai Yang Psemi 2
#29 Curt A. Dvorak Johnson & Johnson 2
#29 Damon K. Getman Gen-Probe Incorporated 2
#29 Timothy W. Vanderveen Carefusion 303 2
#29 Walter Dale Gillespie Cymer 2
#29 Gordon Kent Walker Qualcomm 2
#29 Ezekiel Kruglick Empire Technology Development 2
#29 Richard Allen Darling Instant Care 2
#29 William R. Light Biopure 2
#29 Scott Brian Mahar General Atomics 2
#29 Michael Saghbini Bionano Genomics 2
#29 Ronald Sai Kit Yip 2
#29 Jacob CHASE 2
#29 David M. Sheehan The Volcano 2
#29 Kent Gandola Eastman Kodak 2
#29 Christopher J. Cruce Materion 2
#29 Bryan Thai Rohr 2
#29 Jon E. Simmons Deepsea Power & Light 2
#29 David Simmonds Vixs Systems 2
#29 Zachary Taylor University of California 2

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