Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Poway, CA ranks #304 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 9,946 patents from 1,186 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Poway, CA include Sony, Empire Technology Development, Ultralogic 6G. That works out to 203.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 1,186 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Sony Akkarakaran 1,088
2 Brant Candelore Sony 298
3 Ezekiel Kruglick Empire Technology Development 281
#4 David E. Newman Ultralogic 6G 248
#5 Samir S. Soliman Qualcomm 198
#6 Patrick Dawson Topgolf Callaway Brands 186
#7 Gordon Kent Walker Qualcomm 153
#8 Elwood G. Norris Turtle Beach 105
#9 Mitsue Miyazaki Toshiba Medical Systems 100
#9 Carson Cheng Ncstar 100
#11 Irina Ivanova Callaway Golf 82
#11 Stephen A. Sprigg Qualcomm 82
#11 Kelly R. Johnson Wheel Group Holdings 82
#14 Lyle J. Arnold, Jr. Gen-Probe Incorporated 67
#15 John Morin Acushnet 65
#16 John B. Groe Sequoia Communications 64
#17 Aidan N. Zimmerman Apple 63
#17 Steven M. Ehlers Callaway Golf 63
#19 Kelly Gravelle Amtech Systems 62
#20 Christopher N. Brindle Psemi 60
#21 Ernest T. Ozaki Qualcomm 59
#22 Timothy W. Vanderveen Carefusion 303 56
#23 Frederick J. Zustak Sony 55
#24 David G. Schmidt Medical Energetics Limited 51
#25 Bhupesh Manoharlal Umatt Qualcomm 50
#26 Jeffrey M. Linnen Gen-Probe Incorporated 49
#27 Richard Thomas Ncstar 47
#28 Jason Michael Cheng Ncstar 46
#29 Richard C. Ujazdowski Cymer 45
#30 Virgil O'Neil 44
#30 Curt A. Dvorak Johnson & Johnson 44
#32 Robert McKay Isis Pharmaceuticals 43
#32 Chih-Chieh Cheng Macronix International Co. 43
#34 Brendan Burgess Carefusion 303 42
#34 Xin Mathers Thermo Fisher 42
#36 Nicholas I. Carruthers Johnson & Johnson 41
#36 Paul Atkinson Chromera 41
#36 My N. Nguyen 41
#39 Ronald H. Sartore Agiga Tech 39
#39 Alan K. Uke Underwater Kinetics 39
#41 Calvin Y. Liu Cisco 38
#42 Scott R. Gant HP 37
#43 Laurence Warden Ophthonix 36
#44 Thomas A. Gee Eaton 35
#44 Brock T. Shireman Johnson & Johnson 35
#44 Richard Obert Microport Orthopedics Holdings 35
#47 Chinchuan Andrew Chiu Qualcomm 34
#47 Jon E. Simmons Deepsea Power & Light 34
#49 Michael Cheng Harrison Sports 33
#49 Tony Maryfield Cubic 33

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