Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Sept 30, 2025

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 Telephone And Telegraph, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Sony. That works out to 169.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 11,951–12,000 of 23,606 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
#11944 Lawrence Carlin International Telephone And Telegraph 2
#11944 William V. Schwenker 2
#11944 Ying-Chi Lin Alexion Pharmaceuticals 2
#11944 Benjamin G. Glass 2
#11944 Kevin Kinsella Sony 2
#11944 Aaron Lindsau Callaway Golf 2
#11944 Ryan de Ridder 2
#11944 Longjun Li Qualcomm 2
#11944 Stanley Yalof Tetrahedron 2
#11944 Paulina Walichiewicz Illumina 2
#11944 Maripat Corr University of California 2
#11944 Curtis J. Tanner 2
#11944 Malini Sen University of California 2
#11944 Brett Turney Isis Pharmaceuticals 2
#11944 Yeejin Lee Foundation For Research And Business, Seoul National University Of Science And Technology 2
#11944 Dalton Omens Dreamworks Animation 2
#11944 Peter Hedlund Dexcom 2
#11944 Sujit Nair Harris 2
#11944 Thomas Lloyd Moffitt Battelle Memorial Institute 2
#11944 Dan Gibbs 2
#11944 Dan Greenbank 2
#11944 Srinivas R. Julakanti Otis Elevator 2
#11944 Larry L. Longden Irt & Associates 2
#11944 Jacob A. Hunt Tap Worldwide 2
#11944 Mirko Corselli Becton, Dickinson And 2
#11944 Nigel Crawford Genzyme 2
#11944 Azzouz Bencheikh 2
#11944 James R. Holly Gti Co. 2
#11944 Gary L. Holz 2
#11944 Christopher Haupt Adobe 2
#11944 Richard D. Frame Alza 2
#11944 Jerine J. Rosato 2
#11944 Teja Chava Servicenow 2
#11944 Ann T. Davern 2
#11944 Ruben Mestril University of California 2
#11944 Maher Qaddoura Ophthonix 2
#11944 Charles Maxwell Lawrence Kalypsys 2
#11944 Iryna Dzieciuch US Air Force 2
#11944 Dirk A. Fichtner Hamilton Sundstrand 2
#11944 Michel Perbost 2
#11944 Joseph Florian 2
#11944 Brian Moldt Aarhus Universitet 2
#11944 Tommaso Vielmo Implus Footcare 2
#11944 Daniel M. Bender Intel 2
#11944 Takuya Kosugi Sony 2
#11944 Richard A. Wheelock US Air Force 2
#11944 Rudy Alexander Riveron 2
#11944 Jeremy G. Richman Arena Pharmaceuticals 2
#11944 Joseph F. Schuler Fargo Electronics 2
#11944 Andrew Chiu Qualcomm 2

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