Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Del Mar, CA ranks #370 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 8,487 patents from 784 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Del Mar, CA include Qualcomm, Callaway Golf, Meso Scale Technologies, Llc.. That works out to 2146.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 784 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Aleksandar Damnjanovic Qualcomm 689
2 Jelena Damnjanovic Qualcomm 562
3 Augustin W. Rollinson Callaway Golf 357
#4 Eli N. Glezer Meso Scale Technologies, Llc. 202
#5 David A. Newman Gopro 195
#6 Steven F. Bierman Venetec International 189
#6 Vijayalakshmi R. Raveendran Qualcomm 189
#8 Aziz Gholmieh Qualcomm 187
#9 Sean Stevens Regeneron Pharmaceuticals 159
#10 Rolf Muller Papst Motoren Gmbh & Co Kg 133
#11 Daeik Daniel Kim Qualcomm 131
#12 Ramin Rezaiifar Qualcomm 124
#13 Dan Vassilovski Qualcomm 122
#14 John Hood Samumed 116
#15 Jeffrey O. Meredith Hoist Fitness Systems 91
#16 Bibhu Mohanty Qualcomm 87
#17 Scott Hecker Rempex Pharmaceuticals 79
#18 Peter Diederik Jan Grootenhuis Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 74
#19 Karl Y. Hostetler University of California 71
#20 Mark D. Erion Metabasis Therapeutics 61
#21 William D. Huse Ixsys 60
#22 Todd Sutton Qualcomm 53
#23 Eugene Shoshtaev Nuvasive 52
#23 John H. Griffin Theravance 52
#25 Cheng-Teh Hsieh Qualcomm 50
#26 Gerhard Reitmayr Qualcomm 49
#26 James H. Flatt Martek Biosciences 49
#28 Ravinder Chandhok Qualcomm 45
#28 William R. Freeman Finisar 45
#28 Floyd D. Rose Unknown 45
#28 Franklin P. Antonio Qualcomm 45
#32 David Weiner Verenium 44
#33 Alexander M. Klibanov Eagle Biologics 42
#34 Steven P. Larky Cypress Semiconductor 41
#35 Steven M. Barnard Illumina 40
#36 James Plante Smartdrive Systems 39
#37 Christopher Patrick Qualcomm 38
#37 Ronald Swanson Johnson & Johnson 38
#37 Ranadeep Dutta Qualcomm 38
#40 Michael Malcolm Network Appliance 37
#41 Rolf Silbert Gen-Probe Incorporated 36
#41 Albert P. Pisano University of California 36
#43 Andrew B. Kahng Tela Innovations 35
#44 Daniel J. Pippel Johnson & Johnson 34
#44 Marcelo G. Lima Imthera Medical 34
#44 Daljit S. Dhanoa Merck 34
#47 Douglas R. Savage Biosensors International Group 33
#48 Robert Steven Kania Pfizer 32
#49 Scott Hoover Qualcomm 31
#50 Richard L. Ross Goldeneye 30

Part of California