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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, Yahoo Holdings, Thales Avionics. That works out to 169.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 11,601–11,650 of 23,606 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
#9825 Naren Malayath Qualcomm 3
#9825 Mark A. Laffoon Yahoo Holdings 3
#9825 Juan York Thales Avionics 3
#9825 Blaine A. Benham — 3
#9825 Andrew McPherron Humana 3
#9825 David Pandian Qualcomm 3
#9825 Lorraine Bautista Acon Laboratories 3
#9825 James T. Lang Unknown 3
#9825 Conrad R. Schudel — 3
#9825 Michael Sanderson Thales Avionics 3
#9825 William M. Fio Rito — 3
#9825 Peter W Yohi — 3
#9825 Shahram Seyedmohammadi First Solar 3
#9825 John Silva — 3
#9825 Eric Gentry HP 3
#9825 Douglas Cruise — 3
#9825 Yin Ling LIONG Nokia 3
#9825 Yongkeng Xiao — 3
#9825 Jerry Coffin Knuedge Incorporated 3
#9825 Miles Jennings Braden — 3
#9825 James Wade Gevo 3
#9825 Mahmoud Badenlou Sony 3
#9825 Howard R. Everhart Ivac 3
#9825 William E. BECOREST — 3
#9825 Chidambaram Krishnan Qualcomm 3
#9825 Patrick Underwood — 3
#9825 Jon Carder — 3
#9825 Patel Herain Nissan Motor Co. 3
#9825 Shannon Lai HP 3
#9825 James L. Nybeck Qualcomm 3
#9825 Bruce Donald Westermo Unknown 3
#9825 Samuel Baradarian — 3
#9825 Byron Murphy Qualcomm 3
#9825 Adam Chapman Pfenex 3
#9825 Chance Roth Gopro 3
#9825 Janet E. Fleming — 3
#9825 Alan G. Thiele Hughes Aircraft 3
#9825 Norman Lucas Kulicke And Soffa Industries 3
#9825 Tracy Scott Kent Unknown 3
#9825 Eric Vanbuhler Qualcomm 3
#9825 Sandeep Ramannavar Qualcomm 3
#9825 Rajat K. Paul Intel 3
#9825 Chao-Ming Kang H. M. Electronics 3
#9825 Leopoldo Flores — 3
#9825 Caleb Butler Tandem Diabetes Care 3
#9825 Danny Jen Qualcomm 3
#9825 Prasanna Kumar Balasundaram Qualcomm 3
#9825 Roswell Robert, III Starguide Digital Network 3
#9825 Richard Ostrup — 3
#9825 Dang Minh Vo Qualcomm 3

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