Soquel, CA ranks #2,416 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 49 patents from 23 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Soquel, CA include Amazon, Yardarm Technologies, Applied Materials. That works out to 4.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–23 of 23 inventors
| Rank | Inventor | Primary Company | Patents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isaac S. Noble | Amazon | 13 |
| 2 | Robert J. Stewart | Yardarm Technologies | 4 |
| 2 | Ralf Hofmann | Applied Materials | 4 |
| #4 | Steven M. Zuniga | Applied Materials | 3 |
| #4 | Fathy Yassa | GE | 3 |
| #6 | Ryan John Biffard | Zero Motorcycles | 2 |
| #6 | Dirk Wodtke | Sap Ag | 2 |
| #6 | Niel D. Warren | Apple | 2 |
| #6 | Michael Boyd | Weatherford Technology Holdings | 2 |
| #10 | Masao Yokota | Daihen | 1 |
| #10 | Steven Scott Noble | Amazon | 1 |
| #10 | Winthrop L. Saville | 1 | |
| #10 | Timothy Moran | Lockheed Martin | 1 |
| #10 | Stephen B. Moyles | Driscoll Strawberry Associates | 1 |
| #10 | Peter Raymond Fransen | Adobe | 1 |
| #10 | Richard H. Bruce | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated | 1 |
| #10 | Brian D. Erickson | AMD | 1 |
| #10 | Eamon Briggs | Bell Sports | 1 |
| #10 | Ken Arnold | Laserscope | 1 |
| #10 | Elliot Kremerman | — | 1 |
| #10 | Eric Swenson | Intertrust Technologies | 1 |
| #10 | John Fredrick Stephani | Howmedica Osteonics | 1 |
| #10 | Kenneth D. Pedrotti | Rockwell Science Center | 1 |
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