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San Diego, CA All Time

235,197 patents  ·  23,606 inventors  ·  169.6/1k pop.

Ranked #13 of 111,555 cities Top 1%

San Diego, CA ranks #13 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 235,197 patents from 23,606 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in San Diego, CA include Qualcomm, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Solar Turbines Incorporated. That works out to 169.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 11,001–11,050 of 23,606 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
#9825 Ram Jaladi — 3
#9825 Kavya Putluri Qualcomm 3
#9825 Peter Grootenhuis Bristol-Myers Squibb 3
#9825 Luis Leale — 3
#9825 Marius Dumitrascu Solar Turbines Incorporated 3
#9825 Robert S. Showghi — 3
#9825 Paul W. Chek — 3
#9825 Marcelo Ceribelli Qualcomm 3
#9825 Robert L. Henderson The Johns Hopkins University 3
#9825 Alan D. Beneventi — 3
#9825 Scott Allan MacBeth Sony 3
#9825 Jeffrey Fish Electro Scientific Industries 3
#9825 Shawn Shirvan T-Systems International Gmbh 3
#9825 Ed Nolan Genetronics 3
#9825 Abhay Raut Qualcomm 3
#9825 Joe J. Lones Williams Dispenser 3
#9825 Kevin Leu University of California 3
#9825 Tamara L. Hahn — 3
#9825 Wendell Y. Kishaba Powerwave Cognition 3
#9825 Vijaykrishna Sadagopan Kyocera Wireless 3
#9825 George Houghton Thermotrex 3
#9825 Zhongquan Zhao Cymer 3
#9825 Diane Gevertz Phillips Petroleum 3
#9825 Ebrahim Parekh General Dynamics Corporation, Convair Division 3
#9825 Matthew D. Rifat — 3
#9825 Michael Hodgkins Health2047 3
#9825 Charles Holmes Square D 3
#9825 Elmira Mazloomian Qualcomm 3
#9825 Amy Christina Curran Agresearch Limited 3
#9825 Reza Moghaddasian Memjet Technology Limited 3
#9825 Joshua Wanderscheid — 3
#9825 David James Weatherford Cloudfit Software 3
#9825 Kun WU Kyocera International 3
#9825 Sagar Kakade Qualcomm 3
#9825 Sattar Atashbahar Hughes Network Systems 3
#9825 Dan Griffin Dilworth Amazon 3
#9825 Michael Rothmuller Hughes Electronics Limited 3
#9825 So-Young Eun University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill 3
#9825 Srijith Nair British Telecommunications Public Limited 3
#9825 Elek Lindner US Air Force 3
#9825 William Peckham Qualcomm 3
#9825 Hesham Mostafa Intel 3
#9825 Kathryn Mireles Rohr 3
#9825 Sina Dena Qualcomm 3
#9825 Dennis W. Albright Jeld-Wen 3
#9825 William L Reilly Solar Turbines Incorporated 3
#9825 Michael A. Juarez — 3
#9825 Sebastian Magda Cortechs Labs 3
#9825 Linda K. Cragle Beckman Instruments 3
#9825 Hieu Huu Nguyen Amprion 3

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