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 Tensys Medical, Pfizer, Rohr. That works out to 169.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 12,001–12,050 of 23,606 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
#11944 Anthony T. Butler Tensys Medical 2
#11944 Terri Marquez-Pickering 2
#11944 Manfred Kraus Pfizer 2
#11944 Adam Factor 2
#11944 Arnon Brouner 2
#11944 Delphine Turpin Rohr 2
#11944 Bryan D. Ritoper Rohr 2
#11944 Anthony John de Ruyter Illumina 2
#11944 Sonia Villegas Arena Pharmaceuticals 2
#11944 Edwin Chiem Microchip Technology Incorporated 2
#11944 Gaemus Collins Aerovironment 2
#11944 Matthew S. Ellis Intel 2
#11944 Robert J. Temansky Histogen 2
#11944 Eric L. Henderson Qualcomm 2
#11944 April K. Linden 2
#11944 Richard Perlman 2
#11944 Dale A. Rudolph Ortho-Mcneil Pharmaceutical 2
#11944 Naomi S. Kato Arena Pharmaceuticals 2
#11944 Patrick S. Millsap 2
#11944 Michael Bui Qualcomm 2
#11944 Andrew Cai Rohr 2
#11944 Yonmee Han Illumina 2
#11944 John Saboe Cricket Communications 2
#11944 Julia Patterson Intuit 2
#11944 Aaron Olaff Nevarez Pedroza 2
#11944 Brad Calder University of California 2
#11944 Carlo Steven Santos Bristol-Myers Squibb 2
#11944 Laure Escoubet Bristol-Myers Squibb 2
#11944 Christina Valerie Trout Bristol-Myers Squibb 2
#11944 Michael Giovanelli Amazon 2
#11944 Joakim Hulten Ericsson 2
#11944 Calif Kip Tervo 2
#11944 Priscilla S. McLaughlin Seektech 2
#11944 David Wayne Dieter 2
#11944 Justin M. Mauger US Air Force 2
#11944 Michael W. Pfetsch US Air Force 2
#11944 David L. Williams 2
#11944 Jeffrey J. Goos Uniden America 2
#11944 Beverly Wolgast Takeda San Diego 2
#11944 Tom Summers Qualcomm 2
#11944 Daniel James Swain 2
#11944 Jin Seong Jeong L&F Co. 2
#11944 John Louberg Trex Enterprises 2
#11944 Daniel Masters I365 2
#11944 Matthew Dickey Teradata Us 2
#11944 Steve Kwon F.D.S. Manufacturing 2
#11944 Yifeng Xiong 2
#11944 Konstantin A. Kouznetsov Maxim Integrated Products 2
#11944 Jordan EMBREE Native Microbials 2
#11944 Norman PITT Native Microbials 2

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