Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Temecula, CA ranks #793 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 4,250 patents from 591 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Temecula, CA include Qualcomm, Minka Lighting, Karsten Manufacturing. That works out to 38.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 591 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Huilin XU Qualcomm 482
2 Robert De'Armond Minka Lighting 163
3 Richard Sanchez Karsten Manufacturing 97
#4 David R. Anderson Philips Image Guided Therapy 84
#5 David M. Anderson Lyotropic Therapeutics 82
#6 Eric T. Johnson Cardiac Pacemakers 76
#7 Craig Kevin Barez Taylor Made Golf Company 70
#8 John E. Papp Abbott 69
#9 Jay S. Derman Acco Brands 67
#10 Victor L. Walker Custom Molded Products 62
#11 Andy Edward Denison Ablative Solutions 61
#12 George Seelman Ecolink Intelligent Technology 48
#13 Stacey H. West Mag Instrument 47
#14 August R. Yambao Edwards Lifesciences 44
#15 Jonathan P. Durcan Abbott 40
#16 Bruce M. Wilson Abbott 39
#17 Marc M. Jalisi Advanced Cardiovascular Systems 37
#17 Edward J. Burke Channell Commercial 37
#19 Timothy Updyke Thermo Fisher 36
#19 Robert Ryan Ragland Ablative Solutions 36
#21 Jay R. McCoy Inovio Pharmaceuticals 34
#21 Andrew Jason Zimmer Zpe Licensing 34
#21 John S. Ronan Ronan Tools 34
#21 Fuh-Wei Tang Advanced Cardiovascular Systems 34
#25 Jonathan Blake Buller Razer (Asia-Pacific) Pte. 33
#25 Jeffrey Roger Roppe Amira Pharmaceuticals 33
#27 Shijin Mei Magnecomp 31
#28 Scott J. Huter Advanced Cardiovascular Systems 30
#29 Kenneth L. Wantink Advanced Cardiovascular Systems 27
#29 Mitchell E. Bac Acushnet 27
#29 Christopher M. Campbell Alphatec Spine 27
#29 Wee Peng Goh Entropic Communications 27
#29 Timothy Edward Atnip Corona Clipper 27
#34 Richard B. Allen GE 26
#35 Daniel G. Brown Abbott 25
#35 Giuseppe Bianca Auto Splice Systems 25
#37 Richard J. Romano Adti Media 22
#37 Vincent A. Baxter Fairlife 22
#39 Hongxi Zhang Dow Corning 21
#39 Carl Brown Callaway Golf 21
#41 Emmanuel C. Biagtan Advanced Cardiovascular Systems 20
#42 Russell Kim RTX (Raytheon) 19
#42 Lisa Henderson Servicenow 19
#42 Julie Anne Heath Amgen 19
#45 Brian Joseph Hogan Siemens Mobility Gmbh 18
#45 Nelson W. Sorbo RTX (Raytheon) 18
#45 Donald W. Owens Hno Green Fuels 18
#45 Robert J. Beletsky Bianchi International 18
#45 Gregory Z. Jigamian Surefire 18
#50 Kerry J. Williams Abbott 17

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