Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Vista, CA ranks #538 worldwide for total patents filed in 2018, with 241 patents from 119 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Vista, CA include Taylor Made Golf Company, Viasat, Watkins Manufacturing. That works out to 2.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 119 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Joseph Reeve Nielson Taylor Made Golf Company 17
2 Mark J. Miller Viasat 11
3 Sean Toulon Taylor Made Golf Company 9
#4 Mark Vincent Greaney Taylor Made Golf Company 8
#5 Christopher Carl Larsen Watkins Manufacturing 7
#6 Philip G. Foster Callaway Golf 6
#6 Matthew Greensmith Taylor Made Golf Company 6
#6 Nick Frame Acushnet 6
#6 Nigel J. Clarke Quest Diagnostics Investments 6
#10 Scott Shimmin Gamblit Gaming 5
#10 Richard H. Griffey Isis Pharmaceuticals 5
#10 Robert Sullivan Biotheryx 5
#13 Victor Casas Mikroscan Technologies 4
#13 Douglas Rose Sunpower 4
#15 Richard Banister 3
#15 Thomas Laffler Abbott 3
#15 Joshua G. Breier Cobra Golf Incorporated 3
#15 Kevin J. Chun Acushnet 3
#15 Kenneth Robert Hunt Baxter Healthcare Sa 3
#15 Shariq Hussain Meps Real-Time 3
#15 Hwa Heng Zodiac Pool Systems 3
#15 Allen Tucker Snacktops 3
#23 Thomas Diller Thermo Fisher 2
#23 Joseph Toulon Topgolf Callaway Brands 2
#23 Ian H. Boys Aveva Software 2
#23 Clifford K. Burdick Viasat 2
#23 Leonid M. Tertitski Applied Materials 2
#23 Bhima R. Vijayendran Battelle Memorial Institute 2
#23 Dylann Ceriani Lucigen 2
#23 Kirk Scott Cuthill Air Products And Chemicals 2
#23 Rachel Elizabeth Gardner Taylor Made Golf Company 2
#23 Suzanne Marie Poirier Qualigen 2
#23 James G. Lee Johnson & Johnson 2
#23 Robert Nunez Taylor Made Golf Company 2
#23 Christopher Linden Medical Components 2
#23 Michael Poirier Gen-Probe Incorporated 2
#23 Daniel Alvarez, Jr. Rasirc 2
#23 Hongbo Yan Qualcomm 2
#23 Arun S. Veeramani Microfabrica 2
#23 Cameron J. Day Cobra Golf Incorporated 2
#23 Nathaniel DuBois Alphatec Spine 2
#23 Kristin Wiederholt Thermo Fisher 2
#23 Jason Christopher Kardas Hobie Cat 2
#44 Van Dexter E. Duez 1
#44 Chad Major Hartman Tealium 1
#44 Timothy P. Curnutt 1
#44 Dirk G. Soenksen Danaher 1
#44 Roderick Geis 1
#44 Gregory Alan Greenwood Leidos 1
#44 Bart R. Fliers Callaway Golf 1

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