Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Goleta, CA ranks #345 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 377 patents from 178 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Goleta, CA include Samsung, Flir Systems, Cree. That works out to 11.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 178 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Chengjun Sun Samsung 15
2 Pierre Boulanger Flir Systems 13
3 Eric Tarsa Cree 12
#4 Yulun Wang Intouch Technologies 11
#5 Marco Pinter Intouch Technologies 9
#6 Rongming Chu Hrl Laboratories 8
#6 Mark Nussmeier Flir Systems 8
#6 James Ibbetson Cree 8
#6 Yifeng Wu Cree 8
#10 Shuji Nakamura University of California 7
#10 Steven P. DenBaars University of California 7
#10 Dennis E. Van Epps AbbVie 7
#13 Mathew C. Schmidt Soraa Laser Diode 6
#13 Jeffrey D. Frank Flir Systems 6
#15 Tal Shoshan Fivestar Gourmet Foods 5
#15 Christiane Elsass Soraa Laser Diode 5
#17 Fatt Foong Cbrite 4
#17 Matthew G. Neeley Google 4
#17 Rajat Sharma Soraa 4
#17 Jacob Y. Wong Airware 4
#17 Amante Mangaser Intouch Technologies 4
#22 Kelton Temby Intouch Technologies 3
#22 Luc Jaeger University of California 3
#22 Fuji Lai Intouch Technologies 3
#22 Adam M. Kennedy RTX (Raytheon) 3
#22 Joseph S. Raven Apollo Endosurgery 3
#22 Alexander W. Fang Aurrion 3
#22 Aleksander Labuda Oxford Instruments Asylum Research 3
#22 Jim Deacon Abbott 3
#22 Frederick Baker Cisco 3
#22 Timothy King Karl Storz Imaging 3
#22 Derrick S. Kamber Slt Technologies 3
#22 Justin Gordon Adams Wehner RTX (Raytheon) 3
#22 Fabian Jean-Daniel Rol Cree 3
#22 David Tripi Johnson & Johnson 3
#22 Vijaysekhar Jayaraman Praevium Research 3
#22 Austin A. Richards Flir Systems 3
#38 Tin Komljenovic Nexus Photonics 2
#38 Michael Paul Linear Technology Holding 2
#38 David A. D'Alfonso Arthrex 2
#38 Matthew J. Reason Lockheed Martin 2
#38 Michael Olivieri General Dynamics Corp., Pomona Division 2
#38 Eric J. Gudim RTX (Raytheon) 2
#38 Sten Heikman Cree 2
#38 Christiane Poblenz Soraa 2
#38 James Rogers Apeel Technology 2
#38 Albert Alexandrov Citrix Systems 2
#38 Franz Laimboeck Mahle Koenig Kommanditgesellschaft Gmbh & Co. Kg 2
#38 Dennis Kou Green Hills Software 2
#38 Nicholas J. Pfister Soraa Laser Diode 2

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