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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 Novell, Danisco Us, Nima Acquisition. That works out to 169.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 11,251–11,300 of 23,606 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
#9825 Carl Tietjen Novell 3
#9825 Pilar Tijerina Danisco Us 3
#9825 Alim Seit-Nebi Nima Acquisition 3
#9825 Glen Mathews Careside 3
#9825 David Griegel Fair Isaac 3
#9825 Brian Granger US Air Force 3
#9825 Gail Dana — 3
#9825 Paul Michael McGinnis US Air Force 3
#9825 Jeffrey M. Yamamoto Senomyx 3
#9825 Joe Hua Passport Technologies 3
#9825 Joshua Harguess The United States Of America, As Represented By Secretary Of The Navy 3
#9825 Suzanna J. LaMar — 3
#9825 Gajinder Vij Qualcomm 3
#9825 Andrew Govea Meissner Filtration Products 3
#9825 Philip J. Bowen Comair Rotron 3
#9825 Xiangchen ZHAO Tusimple 3
#9825 Chad Tyler Uyehara Kyocera 3
#9825 John G. McDonnell Fireking Security Products 3
#9825 Mendel Lewis Baker, Jr. The United States Of America, As Represented By Secretary Of The Navy 3
#9825 Matthew E. Jones The United States Of America, As Represented By Secretary Of The Navy 3
#9825 Chi Nche Wireless Facilities 3
#9825 Wesley A. Andrew US Air Force 3
#9825 Dan Zatta Nuvasive 3
#9825 Greg Waterbury Cv Sciences 3
#9825 Helena Yusuf-Makagiansar Biogen Idec Ma 3
#9825 Catherine Yang Open Text 3
#9825 Dina Hingorani University of California 3
#9825 David Shark Tong Lagom Kitchen 3
#9825 Julie Huynh LG 3
#9825 Teresa Emery-Adleman US Air Force 3
#9825 Alan Jacques HP 3
#9825 Kara C. Sorensen US Air Force 3
#9825 Adam Azzara Nuvasive 3
#9825 Andreas G. Niethammer Scripps Research 3
#9825 Kumar Rajappan Arcturus Therapeutics 3
#9825 Carl Heldwein Otis Elevator 3
#9825 Aderito Beltran Harman International Industries, Incorporated 3
#9825 Leah Zhao Intuit 3
#9825 Walter H. Anderes Arris Enterprises 3
#9825 Naiel K. Askar General Atomics 3
#9825 Alyaksandr Zaytsav Servicenow 3
#9825 Itai Jeczmien Intuit 3
#9825 Anthony Kelly Everyone Counts 3
#9825 Surabhi Nimbalkar San Diego State University Research Foundation 3
#9825 Arvind Santhanam Qualcomm 3
#9825 Lufei Lin HP 3
#9825 Kenneth A. Steeves Deepsea Power & Light 3
#9825 Ronald A. Linyard Adobe 3
#9825 Andrey Berg — 3
#9825 Nathan T. Schomer Nantkwest 3

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