Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

La Mesa, CA ranks #7,658 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 294 patents from 49 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in La Mesa, CA include Agouron Pharmaceuticals, Genomatica, Qualcomm. That works out to 4.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–49 of 49 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Cynthia Louise Palmer Agouron Pharmaceuticals 40
2 John D. Trawick Genomatica 25
3 Christian Holenstein Qualcomm 24
#4 Arthur Miller Qualcomm 22
#5 Phillip Chad Hairfield Biotix 19
#6 Joseph M. Forehand Purewick 17
#7 Umran Ashraf Nikola 13
#8 Tim Sullivan Zynga 12
#9 William Dean Treece Sundstrand 11
#10 Jaime Octavio García Cornejo Aquacycl 10
#11 Jonathan B. Rohrer IBM 8
#11 Nicholas Venti Look Sharp Labs 8
#13 Jonathan M. Gumbert Phokus Research Group 7
#14 Leroy Jenson Innovive 6
#14 Damla Acar Renesas Electronics America 6
#16 Tyson S. McDowell Look Sharp Labs 5
#17 Ernesto Ferrer Medina Hewlett Packard Enterprise 4
#17 Jeffrey M. Mullally Djo 4
#19 Eric Scheie Teradata Us 3
#19 Bret Tollgaard Sunrez 3
#19 Jeffery William Domenighini 3
#19 Denton Iverson South 8 Technologies 3
#19 Ryan Kenneth Raker Performance Machine 3
#19 Chelsey M. Richmond Vision Quest Industries Incorporated 3
#19 Eric C. Hallenborg US Air Force 3
#26 James William Groves General Atomics Aeronautical Systems 2
#26 Aram Razouki 2
#26 Eric Brunnett-Lazarte Arris Enterprises 2
#26 Denis George Angleton Servicenow 2
#26 Mark GLINDMEYER 2
#26 Paul Kalmar Sri International 2
#26 Chris Truax 2
#26 Kevin John Ferree 2
#34 Arnett La'Rouge Hill 1
#34 John Lorca LAUDENSLAGER Kyowa Kirin Co. 1
#34 Christina Marie de Jesus US Air Force 1
#34 David W. Howarth Solar Turbines Incorporated 1
#34 Natalie Wallace 1
#34 Charles Marchesini 1
#34 Petros Fessahaye HAGOS 1
#34 Mike Jebb 1
#34 Chris Naire 1
#34 Donald C. Prim, Jr. American Innovations 1
#34 Ben Lancia Wildcat Discovery Technologies 1
#34 Ifegwu Lekwauwa Kalu Eziyi Solar Turbines Incorporated 1
#34 Ian Neumann Qualcomm 1
#34 Clark R. Hendrickson US Air Force 1
#34 Layne Skullerud Amazon 1
#34 Robert N. PERRINE 1

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