Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Capitola, CA ranks #1,685 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 80 patents from 49 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Capitola, CA include Driscoll'S, Silicon Genesis, Apple. That works out to 8.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–49 of 49 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Matthias D. Vitten Driscoll'S 4
1 Francois J. Henley Silicon Genesis 4
1 Stephen E. Dey Apple 4
1 Peter Garrett Ennova Direct 4
#5 Michelle McCune Big Heart Pet 3
#5 David Lilja Greenspan Coda Project 3
#5 Ron Hadar Tigo Energy 3
#5 Jennifer Le Roy Novoloop 3
#9 Mitchell Brooks Lam Research 2
#9 Carlo Catalano Apple 2
#9 Michael A. Desjardin Intarcia Therapeutics 2
#9 Ericka Bermudez Pioneer (Corteva) 2
#9 Aleksandra Niedzwiecki Unknown 2
#9 Alan Lyndon Grantz Seagate Technology 2
#9 Gabriele Zingaretti Restoration Robotics 2
#9 Marcos R. Vescovi Apple 2
#9 Matthias Rath Unknown 2
#9 Albert W. Wegener Samplify Systems 2
#9 Jeromy William Henry Google 2
#20 Lauren Ashley Koepnick Google 1
#20 Kathleen GRAVE 1
#20 Vishnu Vithala Joby Aero 1
#20 Stephen C. Maruyama Enerallies 1
#20 Robert Keith Mykland 1
#20 Raymond Ellis Ultratech 1
#20 Howard A. Wood West 1
#20 Philip Alan Primeaux Specialized Bicycle Components 1
#20 John P. Absmeier Delphi Technologies 1
#20 Ryan Cook Sony 1
#20 Tomokatsu Matsuyama 1
#20 Bradley Yearous 1
#20 Sagar Desai 1
#20 Jeremy Korn Intel 1
#20 Kenda HANSEN 1
#20 Travis D. Wilbur View 1
#20 Douglas C. Anderson Eastman Kodak 1
#20 In Sun Cho Dongbu Hannong Chemical Co. 1
#20 Peter Pearson Trutag Technologies 1
#20 Bruce Foster Bishop Tyco Electronics Co. 1
#20 Thomas Poliquin Lumenetix 1
#20 Jesse W. Street 1
#20 Clarence EMMONS Microcube 1
#20 Jeffrey A. Kordik Applied Motion Products 1
#20 Gregory J. Marting Bell Sports 1
#20 David P. Chengson Juniper Networks 1
#20 Suzanne Miller IBM 1
#20 Luke McKee 1
#20 Jack Botu 1
#20 David Howland Delaware Capital Formation 1

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