Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Rio Del Mar, CA ranks #2,255 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,400 patents from 65 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Rio Del Mar, CA include Apple, Abbott, Magic Leap. That works out to 153.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 65 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Guy Cote Apple 173
2 Randolf von Oepen Abbott 131
3 Jean-Marc Jot Magic Leap 111
#4 Mark Doyle Carefusion 2200 99
#5 Norbert J. Pelc GE 98
#6 Nicholas W. Paterson Plantronics 89
#7 William M. Becker Fox Factory 78
#8 Bradley William Griffin Apple 68
#9 Giacomo Vacca Abbott 55
#10 Matthew D. Weaver Lumenetix 47
#11 Andrew Laurence Ashbacher Roku 42
#12 James W. Olmstead Florida Foundation Seed Producers 29
#12 Jimmy R. Roehrig Hologic 29
#14 Oliver P. King-Smith Wacom Co. 25
#14 David Wayne Invuity 25
#16 William O. Brown, IV Fox Factory 24
#17 Fredrick Fishburn Micron 23
#18 Charles J. Hickey Emc Ip Holding Company 21
#18 Michael L. Swindell Embarcadero Technologies 21
#20 David B. Camarillo Stanford University 20
#21 William Hart Lam Research 14
#22 Timothy Charles Piumarta Nhs 13
#22 Richard Nicholson Maxim Integrated Products 13
#22 Michael Mojaver Epilog Imaging Systems 13
#25 Yunwen Wang Driscoll'S 12
#26 Martin Harriman Pure Storage 11
#27 Damon GILBERT Fox Factory 10
#28 Dave Johnson Acerta Pharma B.V. 8
#29 Angel Wilfredo Martinez Amazon 7
#30 Derek A. Hunter Apple 6
#30 Lawrence Broers Bell Sports 6
#32 Marvin Patel Willow Innovations 5
#32 Howard Dando Aoptix Technologies 5
#32 Matthew Dale Wall Unknown 5
#32 Robert E. Pulley Digital Porpoise 5
#36 Aaron Zar 4
#36 Roberto Luevano Varian Medical Systems 4
#38 William Mintun Yohana 3
#38 Faisal Mohammed Mirza 3
#38 Justin David Bennet 3
#38 Philippe P. Herrou Apple 3
#38 Joel M. Fulton Cisco 3
#38 Dennis Kerkhof Telxon 3
#44 Stephen James Schellenberg Neuspera Medical 2
#44 Jeffrey B. Cross Flex 2
#44 Brandon Inclan 2
#44 Steven Arkley 2
#44 Morgan Edward MCCAW 2
#44 Ian Matthew Utile AT&T 2
#44 John Kelbert Intel 2

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