Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Poway, CA ranks #288 worldwide for total patents filed in 2025, with 436 patents from 106 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Poway, CA include Topgolf Callaway Brands, Ultralogic 6G, Sony. That works out to 8.9 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 Sony Akkarakaran 170
2 Patrick Dawson Topgolf Callaway Brands 45
3 David E. Newman Ultralogic 6G 22
#4 Brant Candelore Sony 10
#5 Bhupesh Manoharlal Umatt Qualcomm 9
#6 Irina Ivanova Callaway Golf 7
#6 Aidan N. Zimmerman Apple 7
#8 Brendan Burgess Carefusion 303 6
#8 Richard Obert Microport Orthopedics Holdings 6
#8 Jonathan Miller Halcyon Tech 6
#11 Marinus Meursing Apple 5
#12 Bradley Kent Drews Illumina 4
#12 Burcin Serter Ergun Qualcomm 4
#14 Damon K. Getman Gen-Probe Incorporated 3
#14 Jared Davis Arcturus Therapeutics 3
#14 Takashi Chiyoda 3
#14 Sam El-Akkad Anduril Industries 3
#14 William R. Light Biopure 3
#14 Jeff Jackson Dexcom 3
#14 Andrew David LaForge Asml Netherlands B.V. 3
#14 Virgil O'Neil 3
#14 Jason Mitchell Dexcom 3
#14 Langford M. Wasada Apple 3
#14 Chih-Chieh Cheng Macronix International Co. 3
#25 David Zepp Voyetra Turtle Beach 2
#25 Kevin Jia-Nong Wang Qualcomm 2
#25 Sasikanth Reddy ADAPALA Qualcomm 2
#25 Christopher N. Brindle Psemi 2
#25 John A. Gaudette Nitto Denko 2
#25 Ofir Moreno Mei Pharma 2
#25 Tsu-Ju Fu Sirigen 2
#25 Timothy W. Vanderveen Carefusion 303 2
#25 Michael Stanton Magellan Technology Pty 2
#25 Mark E. Snyder Accenture Global Services Limited 2
#25 Roger Davis Hotbodies Racing 2
#25 Elwood G. Norris Turtle Beach 2
#25 Xin Mathers Thermo Fisher 2
#25 Alexander Leroy Teeter Dexcom 2
#25 Jeffrey M. Linnen Gen-Probe Incorporated 2
#25 Kenneth A. Regas Bioness 2
#25 Jonathan Christian Russ 2
#25 Michael Levozier Moore Dexcom 2
#25 Brock T. Shireman Johnson & Johnson 2
#25 Tatiana Koudriakova Johnson & Johnson 2
#45 Christopher E. Kohlbrecher Icu Medical 1
#45 Walter Dale Gillespie Cymer 1
#45 Michael Hartsfield Apple 1
#45 Michael Saghbini Bionano Genomics 1
#45 Derek Yang Qualcomm 1
#45 Mary Jean Morse Pax Labs 1

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