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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Soquel, CA ranks #1,709 worldwide for total patents filed in 2018, with 75 patents from 41 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Soquel, CA include GE, Labcyte, Applied Materials. That works out to 7.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–41 of 41 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Fathy Yassa GE 6
1 Elliot Kremerman 6
3 Richard G. Stearns Labcyte 5
#4 Ralf Hofmann Applied Materials 4
#5 Steven M. Zuniga Applied Materials 3
#5 Michael Boyd Weatherford Technology Holdings 3
#5 Peter Raymond Fransen Adobe 3
#5 Jeff Nordahl 3
#9 Andrew Halliday Google 2
#9 Eamon Briggs Bell Sports 2
#9 Scott A. Young Kla-Tencor 2
#9 David Edmonston Bloom Energy 2
#9 Scott Michael Le Grand NVIDIA 2
#9 Braden Carter Ebay 2
#9 Robert J. Stewart Yardarm Technologies 2
#9 Isaac S. Noble Amazon 2
#9 Eric Swenson Intertrust Technologies 2
#18 Brian W. Eisman Bell Sports 1
#18 Ian Storms Moody 1
#18 Thomas Chris Newcomb Google 1
#18 Thomas Mac Winsemius The Boeing 1
#18 Joseph F. Walsh E-Comm Incorporated 1
#18 Daniel P. Saraliev Intuitive Surgical 1
#18 Steven S. Noble Apple 1
#18 Hoshgeldy Tachmuradov Amazon 1
#18 Niel D. Warren Apple 1
#18 Ryan John Biffard Zero Motorcycles 1
#18 Brian D. Erickson AMD 1
#18 Allen Bettner Intel 1
#18 John Fredrick Stephani Howmedica Osteonics 1
#18 Wolfgang Meier Basf Se 1
#18 Kenneth Provancha Gebr. Schmid Gmbh 1
#18 Robert C. Bliss E-Mu Systems 1
#18 Dieter Rothmeier Emc Ip Holding Company 1
#18 David Vance Newcomb 1
#18 Timothy Moran Lockheed Martin 1
#18 Jonathan Paul Diller Elance 1
#18 Stephan G. Betz Amazon 1
#18 Darrin Caddes Plantronics 1
#18 Kurt Jennings Unknown 1
#18 Paul A. Kele Bell Sports 1

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