Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Vista, CA ranks #536 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 249 patents from 124 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Vista, CA include Watkins Manufacturing, Taylor Made Golf Company, Quest Diagnostics Investments. That works out to 2.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 124 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Christopher Carl Larsen Watkins Manufacturing 13
2 Matthew Greensmith Taylor Made Golf Company 10
3 Mark Vincent Greaney Taylor Made Golf Company 9
3 Nigel J. Clarke Quest Diagnostics Investments 9
#5 Richard H. Griffey Isis Pharmaceuticals 8
#6 Joseph Reeve Nielson Taylor Made Golf Company 7
#7 Joe Patterson Thirty Three Threads 6
#7 Nick Frame Acushnet 6
#7 Philip G. Foster Callaway Golf 6
#10 Steven A. Hofstadler Ibis Biosciences 5
#10 Jeffrey Bassett Zimmer Dental 5
#10 Hongbo Yan Qualcomm 5
#13 Dirk G. Soenksen Danaher 4
#13 Christopher Linden Medical Components 4
#13 Douglas Rose Sunpower 4
#13 Zeljko Dragovic Watkins Manufacturing 4
#17 Allen Tucker Snacktops 3
#17 John Carter Auspex Pharmaceuticals 3
#17 Scott Shimmin Gamblit Gaming 3
#17 Frank Firman Lamkin 3
#21 James Lawrence Booman Unknown 2
#21 John Arthur Auspex Pharmaceuticals 2
#21 Shariq Hussain Meps Real-Time 2
#21 Jason Christopher Kardas Hobie Cat 2
#21 Qianxi Lai Nitto Denko 2
#21 Daniel Alvarez, Jr. Rasirc 2
#21 Arun S. Veeramani Microfabrica 2
#21 Tomas Simunovic Systems, Machines, Automation Components 2
#21 Robert Nunez Taylor Made Golf Company 2
#21 James C. Hannis Ibis Biosciences 2
#21 Rachel Elizabeth Gardner Taylor Made Golf Company 2
#21 James G. Lee Johnson & Johnson 2
#21 Corinne Harris Callaway Golf 2
#21 Gerald J. Block Sandel Avionics 2
#21 Sean Toulon Taylor Made Golf Company 2
#21 Himal Khatri Heraeus Precious Metals North America Conshohocken 2
#21 Thong Vu Creative Nail Design 2
#21 Ariel Garcia Biosense Webster 2
#21 Thomas Diller Thermo Fisher 2
#21 James A. Bell Inco Limited 2
#21 E. Keith McQueen Zodiac Pool Systems 2
#21 Benjamin C. Hardin 5D Robotics 2
#21 Peter Doyle Covidien Lp 2
#21 Gioacchino Glorioso Callaway Golf 2
#21 Mark J. Miller Viasat 2
#21 Curtis Crump Covidien Lp 2
#21 Robert Sullivan Biotheryx 2
#21 Margaret Bradbury Auspex Pharmaceuticals 2
#49 Andrew Broussard 1
#49 Kenneth Robert Hunt Baxter Healthcare Sa 1

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