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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 University of California, Qualcomm, Nuvasive. That works out to 169.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 11,701–11,750 of 23,606 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
#9825 Edward Tackett University of California 3
#9825 Gaurav Gopal Kathuria Qualcomm 3
#9825 Chad M. Loftis Nuvasive 3
#9825 Timothy Rourke Medimpact Healthcare Systems 3
#9825 Seokyong Oh Qualcomm 3
#9825 Joshua Davis Toyota 3
#9825 Aryan Johari Airmyne 3
#9825 Samrat M. Patil Achates Power 3
#9825 Ahmad Ghazi Achates Power 3
#9825 Elisabeth Gardiner Atyr Pharma 3
#9825 Daniel Chien-Yu Hsu Icu Medical 3
#9825 Ruth Wei Aranda Mirati Therapeutics 3
#9825 Ashutosh Shrivastava Qualcomm 3
#9825 Martin R. McLendon — 3
#9825 David Andrew Kemme Intuit 3
#9825 Kristin Dills Pacific Biosciences Of California 3
#9825 Bryan Grismer — 3
#9825 Kanaka Raju Koduri Scripps Research 3
#9825 Galo Acosta Gen-Probe Incorporated 3
#9825 Jeff Kosmoski Edwards Lifesciences 3
#9825 Deepti Bhogle Servicenow 3
#9825 Leticia Ayala Signal Pharmaceuticals 3
#9825 Praveen Kumar Origanti Qualcomm 3
#9825 Philip R. Scott RTX (Raytheon) 3
#9825 Sparta Cheung US Air Force 3
#9825 Arnt Tonnessen Genetronics 3
#9825 Randall S. Plate US Air Force 3
#9825 Muhammad Omar Din University of California 3
#9825 Joseph McPhie Teradata Us 3
#9825 Pritesh Vora Qualcomm 3
#9825 Chau-Shiong Chen Applied Micro Circuits 3
#9825 Joseph B. Phaneuf Seescan 3
#9825 Miles Thompson — 3
#9825 Kevin Shen Illumina 3
#9825 Douglas E. Andersen — 3
#9825 Keith Chester Brain 3
#9825 Luis Vasconcelos Sony 3
#9825 Roger W. Strange Harris 3
#9825 Robyn Smith American Science And Engineering 3
#9825 Roli Khattri Bristol-Myers Squibb 3
#9825 Chester Kuei Johnson & Johnson 3
#9825 Tyler Joseph Zajac — 3
#9825 David K. Mc Elfresh — 3
#9825 Shigeyuki Shoda Olympus 3
#9825 Fnu Rajanish Anokiwave 3
#9825 Vivian Zhang Isis Pharmaceuticals 3
#9825 Venkatataiah Bollu Novartis Ag 3
#9825 Nicholas Hoe Prometheus Laboratories 3
#9825 Julie Schwartz — 3
#9825 Tianji Zheng HP 3

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