Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Imperial Beach, CA ranks #7,698 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 292 patents from 79 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Imperial Beach, CA include Goldwin Golf Usa, Williams International Co., L.L.C., Nellcor Puritan Bennett. That works out to 11.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 79 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Richard E. Parente Goldwin Golf Usa 31
2 Don Tabor 27
3 Allen Mark Jones Williams International Co., L.L.C. 23
#4 Mark Brecht Nellcor Puritan Bennett 19
#5 Abhishek Bhatnagar Qualcomm 17
#6 Enrique Stiles Step Technologies 14
#7 Madhusudan Kinthada Venkata Meta 10
#8 Fidencio Franco Syntex (U.S.A.) 9
#9 Frank Hoffman General Instrument 7
#9 Ronald W. Sharpe 7
#9 Yadir Rodriguez Ksc Industries 7
#12 Rene Trenado Performance Designed Products 6
#13 Jose Macias Galarza Rain Bird 5
#13 Xavier R. Villanueva 5
#13 Alonso Perez Danfoss A/S 5
#13 Guillermo Castano Sony 5
#17 Sergio E. Villanueva 4
#17 Daniel Gath Meeks Nxp B.V. 4
#17 George Alexander Holt, III 4
#20 Juan Torres Moreno Airbus Defence And Space Sas 3
#20 Pedro Izarael Huerta Virgen Aquacycl 3
#20 Craig Lilja Kyocera 3
#20 Guillermo Castano De La Serna Sony 3
#20 James W. Sauder 3
#25 Robert Banse Sms Group Gmbh 2
#25 Randy Putland 2
#25 Charles E. Hardgrove Qualcomm 2
#25 Christopher Reddy Entegris 2
#25 Charles West 2
#25 Jeffrey W. Alexander 2
#25 James E. Graves Cargill, Incorporated 2
#25 Ronald W Vale 2
#25 Marcus Echols-Booth Unknown 2
#25 David Kevin Hopps Andersen 2
#25 Joan R. Kanter University of California 2
#25 Raymund S. Cabales 2
#25 Robert J. Evasick Unknown 2
#38 Andres Jimenez Lopez Nellcor Puritan Bennett 1
#38 Victor A. Baez 1
#38 Jim Mankowski 1
#38 Raul Flores 1
#38 Wesley Gallagher International Rectifier 1
#38 Leonardo Magana Hernandez, JR. Unknown 1
#38 Robert F. Graddy 1
#38 Omri Zegdon 1
#38 Michael Simonetti 1
#38 Edward J. Evasick 1
#38 Joan M. K. Graves 1
#38 William G. Dachtler 1
#38 Clarence D. Simpson 1

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