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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 International Rectifier, Alaris Medical Systems, Intel. That works out to 169.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 11,651–11,700 of 23,606 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
#9825 Jean Lindstrom International Rectifier 3
#9825 Matthew Ostrup — 3
#9825 Leo Lopez Alaris Medical Systems 3
#9825 Laszlo Turi Intel 3
#9825 Jiancheng Lyu Qualcomm 3
#9825 Oscar Pereyra — 3
#9825 Keqiang Zhu — 3
#9825 Kelageri Nagaraj Qualcomm 3
#9825 Elizabeth R. Billyard Gen-Probe Incorporated 3
#9825 John Matthews Orthalign 3
#9825 Kristine Chang Basf Se 3
#9825 Siddharth Chauhan AMD 3
#9825 Vaibhav Gandhi AT&T 3
#9825 Bruce Perng Panasonic 3
#9825 Paul A. Baxley US Air Force 3
#9825 Joseph Drambarean — 3
#9825 Seung Kim Novatel Wireless 3
#9825 Richard J. Marciano General Atomics 3
#9825 Jan Egebejerg Jensen Salk Institute For Biological Studies 3
#9825 Ron Hegli Webroot 3
#9825 Joslin G. Cuenca Bunge Oils 3
#9825 Wei Cheng National Chi Nan University 3
#9825 Morris Neer Intuit 3
#9825 Donald W. Croft — 3
#9825 Ranjan Rajapakse Agouron Pharmaceuticals 3
#9825 John En Cubic 3
#9825 Enrique Valdes — 3
#9825 Peter Amersdorfer University of California 3
#9825 Rodolfo Moyeda — 3
#9825 Daniel T. Macek Qualcomm 3
#9825 Kenneth S. Obenski — 3
#9825 Matthew C. Friedenberg Gen-Probe Incorporated 3
#9825 Regan Myers Chaoyang Semiconductor Jiangyin Technology Co. 3
#9825 Sarah Ann Russell HP 3
#9825 Scott Moyers Techshot 3
#9825 Steven Yoon Qualcomm 3
#9825 Pamela Ann Cereck Qualcomm 3
#9825 Ryan Cirz Achaogen 3
#9825 David A. Bullough Gensia 3
#9825 Jason P. Minter Electron Vision 3
#9825 Scott McGirr US Air Force 3
#9825 Ray Steinberger Entropic Communications 3
#9825 Jake Slatnick Aira 3
#9825 Keith Valentine Nuvasive 3
#9825 Eliahu Weinstein — 3
#9825 Brian Mikael ANDERSEN Trumed Systems 3
#9825 Songlin Zuo Qualcomm 3
#9825 Christopher Jack Lincoln Global 3
#9825 Heekab Shin Qualcomm 3
#9825 Alan Koder Ambrx 3

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