Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Ramona, CA ranks #1,051 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 3,232 patents from 542 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Ramona, CA include Qualcomm, Intel, Broadcom. That works out to 150.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 542 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Sanjiv Nanda Qualcomm 249
2 Stephen Jay Shellhammer Qualcomm 128
3 Larry M. Mennemeier Intel 82
#4 Lawrence Spracklen Broadcom 74
#5 William C. Young Plastipak Packaging 60
#6 Duane R. Condon Lsp Products Group 53
#7 Shawn Larvenz Dexcom 51
#8 Ross R. Allen HP 47
#9 Brian S. Kelleher Nuvasive 40
#9 Jack Edward Frayer Silicon Storage Technology 40
#11 George T. Veeder, III Merck 38
#12 David John Shaw Apple 34
#13 Brian Keelan onsemi 33
#13 Jessica J. Gaskins Mcafee 33
#15 Nancy Iwamoto Honeywell 32
#16 Jefferey Bleam Baxano 30
#17 Nathan K. Meckel Tech M3 28
#18 Glenn Gaarder HP 27
#18 Robert K. Neeper Brooks Automation Gmbh 27
#18 Michael W. Lawless Abbott 27
#18 Mark E. Wilson Sgx Pharmaceuticals 27
#22 Gayle L. Noble Seagate Technology 26
#22 Stephen L. Wasson Element Cxi 26
#22 Paul Philip Brown Sorensen Research And Development Trust 26
#25 James H. Snyder AT&T 25
#26 John E. Lillig Beckman Instruments 24
#26 Adam Sampson J.R. Setina Manufacturing 24
#28 Andrew P. Riser Remote Source Lighting International 23
#28 Michael James Sossong Decision Sciences International 23
#28 Tim Murphy 3Com 23
#31 James E. Payne Atmel 22
#32 Michael S. Skahan Vision Quest Industries Incorporated 21
#32 Kelly J. McClure Johnson & Johnson 21
#34 Brooks Roche Callaway Golf 20
#34 Dustin Cochran Seagate Technology 20
#34 James W. Cosley 20
#34 Gene Jamieson Neurogesx 20
#38 William A. Conner Micro Vision Optical 19
#38 Daniel Kolk Gen-Probe Incorporated 19
#40 Shawn M. Hamilton Novellus Systems 18
#40 Richard Kremer Hrl Laboratories 18
#40 Kenneth W. Stone 18
#40 Anthony Mazzola Futurewei Technologies 18
#40 Gary Thomason Apple 18
#45 Raymond H. Klein Outer Circle Products 16
#45 David Erick Wright Myelos 16
#45 Frank Roderic Vandervort Teradata Us 16
#45 Alastair Gourlay Google 16
#45 Arthur G. Blanck Vessix Vascular 16
#50 Kenneth Moberg Cisco 15

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