Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Encinitas, CA ranks #252 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 11,955 patents from 1,440 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Encinitas, CA include Interdigital Technology, Dexcom, Callaway Golf. That works out to 192.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 1,440 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Eldad M. Zeira Interdigital Technology 198
2 Mark C. Brister Dexcom 191
3 Alan Hocknell Callaway Golf 190
#4 Eric E. Swayze Isis Pharmaceuticals 187
#5 Mark S. Chee Prognosys Biosciences 184
#6 Charles E. Golden Acushnet 172
#7 Gwendolyn Denise Barriac Qualcomm 158
#8 Brett P. Monia Isis Pharmaceuticals 148
#9 Ryan L. Roach Cobra Golf Incorporated 141
#10 Donald C. Miller Fallbrook Technologies 139
#10 Jason Blain Spinal Elements 139
#12 Richard L. Sandstrom Cymer 125
#13 Kevin L. Gunderson Illumina 118
#14 Alok Gupta Qualcomm 117
#15 Jeffry D. Watkins Atyr Pharma 105
#16 David J. Ecker Isis Pharmaceuticals 104
#17 Andreas P. Termin Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 98
#18 Franz Fruehwirth Paul Ecke Ranch 95
#19 Maha Achour Metawave 94
#20 Lawrence C. Gunn, III Luxtera 92
#21 Benoit Vincent Taylor Made Golf Company 90
#22 John D. Mendlein Atyr Pharma 87
#23 Mark D. Dankberg Viasat 76
#23 Raju Mohan Berlex Laboratories 76
#25 Shawn O'Connell Senomyx 75
#26 Joseph Balardeta Callaway Golf 73
#27 Evan D. Gibbs Callaway Golf 70
#28 Paul McPherson Astute Medical 69
#29 Hayley Binch Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 68
#29 Richard Scott Weston Bluesky Medical Group Incorporated 68
#31 David J. King Anaptysbio 63
#31 Ronald Mark Buck Snacktops 63
#31 John R. Stuelpnagel Illumina 63
#34 Michael DiTullo Sound United 61
#35 Eric Stubben Topgolf Callaway Brands 60
#36 Robert B. Perni Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 58
#37 Marshall L. Sherman Medtronic 57
#37 John Anthony Thomas Norman Air Products And Chemicals 57
#37 Susan Meeks Pede Tosense 57
#40 Daryl Stimm Gopro 56
#41 John M. Nuss Exelixis 54
#42 Douglas J. Jolly Chiron 53
#43 Jonathan Kies Qualcomm 51
#43 Charles Curbbun General Instrument 51
#45 Robert Jay Rafac Asml Netherlands B.V. 50
#46 Emmanuel E. Baetge Viacyte 46
#47 Richard J. Helferich Wireless Science 44
#47 Joseph Anderberg Astute Medical 44
#49 Rob Burke Avidity Biosciences 42
#49 Travis Gregory Newhouse Juniper Networks 42

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