Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Goleta, CA ranks #332 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 363 patents from 182 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Goleta, CA include Samsung, University of California, Cree. That works out to 11.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 182 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Chengjun Sun Samsung 13
2 Shuji Nakamura University of California 12
3 Yifeng Wu Cree 10
#4 Yulun Wang Intouch Technologies 9
#4 James Ibbetson Cree 9
#6 Rajat Sharma Soraa 7
#6 Eric Tarsa Cree 7
#6 Matthew G. Neeley Google 7
#6 Jeffrey D. Frank Flir Systems 7
#6 Marco Pinter Intouch Technologies 7
#6 Steven P. DenBaars University of California 7
#12 Fatt Foong Cbrite 6
#12 Primit Parikh Cree 6
#12 Pierre Boulanger Flir Systems 6
#12 Albert Alexandrov Citrix Systems 6
#16 Brad Short Continental Advanced Lidar Solutions Us 5
#17 Michael Collinson Neotract 4
#17 Sten Heikman Cree 4
#17 Rongming Chu Hrl Laboratories 4
#17 Michael L. Brest RTX (Raytheon) 4
#17 Adam M. Kennedy RTX (Raytheon) 4
#22 Fuji Lai Intouch Technologies 3
#22 Anand Ramaswamy Aurrion 3
#22 Christiane Elsass Soraa Laser Diode 3
#22 Ilan Ben-Yaacov Transphorm 3
#22 Mark Nussmeier Flir Systems 3
#22 Mark Youmans Cree 3
#22 Dennis E. Van Epps AbbVie 3
#22 Tal Shoshan Fivestar Gourmet Foods 3
#22 Frederick Baker Cisco 3
#22 David Tripi Johnson & Johnson 3
#22 Mark Burleson Touchsensor Technologies 3
#22 Michael Johnson NVIDIA 3
#22 Vijaysekhar Jayaraman Praevium Research 3
#22 Kelton Temby Intouch Technologies 3
#36 Christopher Hillyer New York Blood Center 2
#36 Amante Mangaser Intouch Technologies 2
#36 David B. Paden Launchpoint Technologies 2
#36 David Seidel Oewaves 2
#36 Mike Augarten Apollo Endosurgery 2
#36 Roger C. Callahan Asylum Research 2
#36 Likun Shen University of California 2
#36 Aleksander Labuda Oxford Instruments Asylum Research 2
#36 Alexander W. Fang Aurrion 2
#36 Jae Shin Aurrion 2
#36 Stan Edward Zinkosky, II 2
#36 Austin A. Richards Flir Systems 2
#36 David HENDERSON Amphenol Thermometrics 2
#36 Robert M. Farrell University of California 2
#36 Andrew R. Hansen Tencate Advanced Armor Usa 2

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