Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Cape Town, ZA ranks #1,350 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 103 patents from 77 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Cape Town, ZA include Strait Access Technologies Holdings (Pty), Amazon, Innovative Medical Technology (Pty).

Showing 1–50 of 77 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Peter Paul Zilla Strait Access Technologies Holdings (Pty) 4
1 Edward Charles Mudge Strait Access Technologies Holdings (Pty) 4
1 Deon Bezuidenhout Strait Access Technologies Holdings (Pty) 4
#4 Joshua Dawie Mentz Amazon 3
#5 Cyril Norman Parker Innovative Medical Technology (Pty) 2
#5 Moegamat Anwar Jardine University Of Cape Town 2
#5 Caroline O'Brien Afiniti 2
#5 Ivor Chalton Rapiddeploy 2
#5 Eric van der Walt Kapa Biosystems 2
#5 André Mostert Amazon 2
#5 Edward Peter Rybicki University Of Cape Town 2
#5 Shannagh Jane Hare Lifeq Global Limited 2
#5 David Christopher Wiseman Innovative Medical Technology (Pty) 2
#5 Ronen Dov Agranat Amazon 2
#5 Paolo Ettore Pastorino Innovative Mining Products (Pty) 2
#5 Jacobus Johannes Van Der Merwe Amazon 2
#5 Jared Mark Vorster Innovative Medical Technology (Pty) 2
#5 Elisabeth Regina Parker Innovative Medical Technology (Pty) 2
#5 Max Basler Chrome Cherry Design Studio (Pty) 2
#20 Marlene Badenhorst 1
#20 Melvin Mathew Varughese IBM 1
#20 Michael Malahe 1
#20 Anine Kirsten Chrome Cherry Design Studio (Pty) 1
#20 Kostyantyn Fedkin 1
#20 Neil A. Eriksson Amazon 1
#20 Gavin Alexander Bramhill Amazon 1
#20 Thomas Ignathius Jakobus Naudé Apple 1
#20 William Pule Apple 1
#20 Karel Scott Amazon 1
#20 Alan Stephen Jones 1
#20 Pierre Becker Freeplay Market Development Limited 1
#20 Gary Steven Rowsell Strait Access Technologies Holdings (Pty) 1
#20 Tai Geoffrey Lucas Amazon 1
#20 Jozua Kloppers Rapiddeploy 1
#20 Michael Carl Gorven Oracle 1
#20 Shakeela Sayed University Of Cape Town 1
#20 Roberto Pentz De Faria 1
#20 Timothy Ralph Sjoberg Amazon 1
#20 Kenneth Chad Venables 1
#20 Lidia Finn Rapiddeploy 1
#20 Daniel Davson 1
#20 Hough Arie Van Wyk Visa 1
#20 Janine Pretorius 1
#20 Garth Samuel Dominic Wasson 1
#20 Marwaan Rylands University Of Cape Town 1
#20 Peter Rudi Haw Strait Access Technologies Holdings (Pty) 1
#20 Marc Allen Gruss 1
#20 Alan Joseph O'Regan Visa 1
#20 Tara Anne Moss Visa 1
#20 Stig Manning Amazon 1