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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 Viking Therapeutics, Sequenom, Cadence Design Systems. That works out to 169.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 11,551–11,600 of 23,606 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
#9825 Kader Yagiz Viking Therapeutics 3
#9825 Christopher Ellison Sequenom 3
#9825 Daniel O. Benham — 3
#9825 Jia-Jiu Wu Cadence Design Systems 3
#9825 Tim Riddle Carefusion 303 3
#9825 Jordan Liss Quartus Engineering Incorporated 3
#9825 De-Gang Yao Qualcomm 3
#9825 Aleksej Makarov — 3
#9825 John Michael Eades South Cone 3
#9825 Rene Link AT&T 3
#9825 Michael Yep Cue Health 3
#9825 Mehrnoush Motamedi Apotex 3
#9825 Joseph Behm — 3
#9825 John Bellora — 3
#9825 Christopher Kompella American Lithium Energy 3
#9825 Amy Y. Shih Johnson & Johnson 3
#9825 Daniel Adamian Choomee 3
#9825 Jeffrey Johnstone Maxwell Technologies 3
#9825 Challise J. Sullivan Leidos 3
#9825 Mark O'Keefe Ademco 3
#9825 Yuhui Marie Ren L-3 Communications Titan 3
#9825 Ronald K. Ford Unknown 3
#9825 Beau Sullivan Mitchell International 3
#9825 Jay Velitario Bermal Apical Industries 3
#9825 Ellen Q. Meng Unknown 3
#9825 Rashmi Char Qualcomm 3
#9825 Sivanandam T. Sathiyamoorthy Eastman Kodak 3
#9825 Dale F. Thompson — 3
#9825 Thomas Bland, Jr. Sony 3
#9825 Gloria Robinson Philips Image Guided Therapy 3
#9825 Gopesh Tilvawala University of California 3
#9825 Kirk P. Norton General Atomics 3
#9825 Janine Dolgas Kyocera Wireless 3
#9825 Alfonso Celaya Garcia Jt Usa 3
#9825 Patrice S. Obermiller Vanderbilt University 3
#9825 Daniel Aaron Kunz — 3
#9825 Sophia L. Shevick Gilead Sciences 3
#9825 Mark Ian Roy Muir Qualcomm 3
#9825 My Bui — 3
#9825 James Vecchio Oerlikon Metco (Us) 3
#9825 Florence Lee Truvian Sciences 3
#9825 Guangming Shi — 3
#9825 Matthew Kirby Oldcastle Precast 3
#9825 Mahan Abbasian Bristol-Myers Squibb 3
#9825 Rajesh Lal Sony 3
#9825 Amit Ramchandra Jere Intuit 3
#9825 Gustavo Vildosola — 3
#9825 Matthias Gross Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 3
#9825 David D. Helfrick HP 3
#9825 Max Casutt Grumman Flexible 3

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