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Goleta, CA 2019

410 patents  ·  208 inventors  ·  12.5/1k pop.

Ranked #369 of 44,084 cities Top 1%

Goleta, CA ranks #369 worldwide for total patents filed in 2019, with 410 patents from 208 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Goleta, CA include Samsung, Cree, Intouch Technologies. That works out to 12.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 208 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Chengjun Sun Samsung 22
2 Eric Tarsa Cree 17
3 Marco Pinter Intouch Technologies 12
#4 James Ibbetson Cree 10
#4 Shuji Nakamura University of California 10
#6 Pierre Boulanger Flir Systems 9
#6 Yulun Wang Intouch Technologies 9
#8 Steven P. DenBaars University of California 6
#8 Rongming Chu Hrl Laboratories 6
#10 John Parker Juniper Networks 5
#10 Kunal Mukherjee IBM 5
#12 Christiane Elsass Soraa Laser Diode 4
#12 Adam M. Kennedy RTX (Raytheon) 4
#12 Mathew C. Schmidt Soraa Laser Diode 4
#12 Joey Krueger Ergomotion 4
#12 Marcel Tremblay Flir Systems 4
#12 James Rogers Apeel Technology 4
#12 Nan Luo Shanutec (Shanghai) Co. 4
#12 Dmitri Strukov HP 4
#12 Vijaysekhar Jayaraman Praevium Research 4
#21 Ethan Franklin AbbVie 3
#21 Yifeng Wu Cree 3
#21 Farnood Merrikh Bayat Silicon Storage Technology 3
#21 Matthew D. Chambers Zorroa 3
#21 Elliot W. Hawkes Stanford University 3
#21 James Kolanek — 3
#21 Rajat Sharma Soraa 3
#21 Xinjie Guo Silicon Storage Technology 3
#21 Mark Nussmeier Flir Systems 3
#21 Fuji Lai Intouch Technologies 3
#21 Hirokuni Asamizu University of California 3
#21 Anand Ramaswamy Aurrion 3
#21 Kelton Temby Intouch Technologies 3
#21 Frank Paul Leonelli, Jr. Veoneer Us 3
#21 Vu L. Nguyen Flir Systems 3
#21 Igor Mezic Packetsled 3
#21 Nicholas Burwell Callwave Communications 3
#38 Chance Holland Apeel Technology 2
#38 David B. Paden Launchpoint Technologies 2
#38 Brad Short Continental Advanced Lidar Solutions Us 2
#38 Benjamin Nuernberger Hrl Laboratories 2
#38 Shaungchen Li Samsung 2
#38 Franz Laimboeck Mahle Koenig Kommanditgesellschaft Gmbh & Co. Kg 2
#38 Benjaporn Narupai Dow Global Technologies 2
#38 Fabian Jean-Daniel Rol Cree 2
#38 Andrew Duerner Continental Advanced Lidar Solutions Us 2
#38 Scott Shumaker Myspace 2
#38 John Devitt GE 2
#38 Jacob Y. Wong Airware 2
#38 Bradley Sheridan — 2

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