Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Solana Beach, CA ranks #871 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 3,819 patents from 500 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Solana Beach, CA include Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Dexcom, Icu Medical. That works out to 295.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 500 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Todd K. Jones Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 119
2 Katherine Yerre Koehler Dexcom 110
3 David G. Matsuura Icu Medical 92
#4 Kenneth Dobie Isis Pharmaceuticals 76
#5 Joseph E. Ford AT&T 74
#6 Dennis A. Durbin Norand 68
#7 Philip J. Simpson Icu Medical 64
#8 Brian K. Butler Qualcomm 63
#9 Marc Guy Blanchard 100% Speedlab 54
#10 Christopher Thomas Wakeham Ember Technologies 53
#11 Alexander Gantman Qualcomm 52
#12 Jennifer D. Venable Johnson & Johnson 51
#13 David A. Wright Northrop Grumman 50
#14 Jonathan Ziebarth Kinestral Technologies 49
#15 Adam H. Li Ariadne'S Thread (Usa) 46
#16 Martin James Wythes Pfizer 42
#17 Joseph Pinto Illumina 40
#18 Ian Miller Lightmachinery 35
#19 Michael Nova Irori 33
#20 Bruce McFarland American Wave Machines 32
#21 Steven C. Thompson L&P Property Management 30
#21 William D. Warner Pmc-Sierra 30
#23 Angel Polo Broadcom 29
#23 Matthew Abelman Corvas International 29
#25 Reza Kasnavi Skyworks Solutions 28
#25 Paul C. Allen Etec Systems 28
#27 Erik Barnes Carefusion 303 27
#27 James M. Frincke Harbor Biosciences 27
#29 Jeffrey Herman Fabric8Labs 26
#29 Mark White, II Qualcomm 26
#29 Sinil Kim Depotech 26
#32 Dean Johnson Spinal Elements 25
#32 Michael S. Fulton IBM 25
#34 Magnus Pfahl Incyte San Diego 24
#34 Manuel Jaime Qualcomm 24
#34 David Michael Goodman Nortel Networks Limited 24
#34 Jason Gonzalez Qualcomm 24
#34 Nigel R. A. Beeley Elcelyx Therapeutics 24
#39 Ivan McLean Qualcomm 23
#39 Samir Hanna Safar Unknown 23
#39 Steven Fortunato Gopro 23
#42 Kari Kristian Rauhala Finnovate Group 22
#42 Carl F. Ware La Jolla Institute For Allergy And Immunology 22
#42 Cara Ann Tracewell Genomatica 22
#45 Christos Komninakis Qualcomm 21
#45 Scott Sebastian Sahadi Blazer And Flip Flops 21
#45 Robert I. Higuchi Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 21
#48 Bernhard Hubert Geierstanger Novartis Ag 20
#48 Kevin Martin Washington State University 20
#48 David A. Driver Eli Lilly 20

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