Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Capitola, CA ranks #1,283 worldwide for total patents filed in 2018, with 104 patents from 59 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Capitola, CA include Specialized Bicycle Components, Restoration Robotics, Amazon. That works out to 10.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 59 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Michael McAndrews Specialized Bicycle Components 6
1 Gabriele Zingaretti Restoration Robotics 6
3 Anoop Menon Amazon 5
3 Matthias D. Vitten Driscoll'S 5
#5 Francois J. Henley Silicon Genesis 4
#5 Bruce Foster Bishop 4
#7 Travis D. Wilbur View 3
#7 Ron Hadar Tigo Energy 3
#7 Daniel O'Loughlin Certicom 3
#7 David Sierra Forsight Vision5 3
#7 Albert T. Borchers Google 3
#7 Ericka Bermudez Pioneer (Corteva) 3
#7 Carlos D. Fear Driscoll Strawberry Associates 3
#14 Jeromy William Henry Google 2
#14 Michael McAndrews 2
#14 Douglas H. Williams Oracle 2
#14 Kirk Alan Martin Rkd Engineering 2
#14 Clarence EMMONS Microcube 2
#14 Brian Lampman Fox Factory 2
#14 Stephen E. Dey Apple 2
#21 Junwon Kim Te Connectivity Co. 1
#21 Todd Lorey 1
#21 George A. Cypher IBM 1
#21 Drew B. Lawson IBM 1
#21 Michael Grim Specialized Bicycle Components 1
#21 Alessandro Arnulfo Unknown 1
#21 David P. Chengson Juniper Networks 1
#21 Niels Kisling Davis Instruments 1
#21 Steve Evans Plantronics 1
#21 Joseph Ramaekers 1
#21 DIRK ANDREWS 1
#21 Dale Sinor Oracle 1
#21 Ray A. Sears Verizon 1
#21 Alan Lyndon Grantz Seagate Technology 1
#21 Thomas Poliquin Lumenetix 1
#21 David Gelphman Apple 1
#21 Peter Pearson Trutag Technologies 1
#21 Brian A. Roberge Openpeak 1
#21 Stephen C. Maruyama Enerallies 1
#21 Kenneth V. Miller RTX (Raytheon) 1
#21 Peter G. Goetz US Air Force 1
#21 Iain McNeill Plantronics 1
#21 John Bandhauer Aol 1
#21 Albert W. Wegener Samplify Systems 1
#21 Frank Busalacchi 1
#21 Robert Keith Mykland 1
#21 Bryant Grigsby Lumenetix 1
#21 Anthony D. Williams AMD 1
#21 John P. Absmeier Delphi Technologies 1
#21 Druce MacFarlane Cyphort 1

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