Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Goleta, CA ranks #459 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 309 patents from 172 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Goleta, CA include Samsung, Intouch Technologies, Merck. That works out to 9.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 172 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Chengjun Sun Samsung 9
2 Yulun Wang Intouch Technologies 8
2 Hsin-Rong Tseng Merck 8
#4 Marco Pinter Intouch Technologies 7
#5 Rongming Chu Hrl Laboratories 6
#5 Robert S. Patrick Shark Wheel 6
#5 Shuji Nakamura University of California 6
#5 Eric Tarsa Cree 6
#9 Rajat Sharma Soraa 5
#9 Mirko Prezioso Mentium Technologies 5
#9 Austin A. Richards Flir Systems 5
#9 Farnood Merrikh Bayat Silicon Storage Technology 5
#13 Pierre Boulanger Flir Systems 4
#13 Naseem Y. Aziz Flir Systems 4
#13 Steven P. DenBaars University of California 4
#13 John Parker Juniper Networks 4
#17 Fuji Lai Intouch Technologies 3
#17 Utpal Thakrar Servicenow 3
#17 Alexander John Huitric Logmeln 3
#17 Patrick Sean Daugherty University of California 3
#17 Erik Anthony Lucero Google 3
#17 Anthony J. Sclafani The Boeing 3
#17 Mathew C. Schmidt Soraa Laser Diode 3
#17 Anthony Edward Megrant Google 3
#17 George Charles Polchin Alcon 3
#17 Michael Collinson Neotract 3
#17 James Rogers Apeel Technology 3
#17 Nan Luo Shanutec (Shanghai) Co. 3
#17 Chance Holland Apeel Technology 3
#30 Jared Smith Qualtrics 2
#30 Minh Tran Nexus Photonics 2
#30 Roshanne Malekmadani Medtronic 2
#30 Kelton Temby Intouch Technologies 2
#30 Nilesh Mishra Getgo 2
#30 Jack J. Shen 2
#30 Anand Ramaswamy Aurrion 2
#30 Craig Gidney Google 2
#30 Julie R. Moreira Flir Systems 2
#30 Eric J. Beuville RTX (Raytheon) 2
#30 Russell J. Redmond Neotract 2
#30 Benjamin P. Yonkee University of California 2
#30 Rodger Gabriel Marchisset 2
#30 Mark Nussmeier Flir Systems 2
#30 Neal J. Carron Mission Research 2
#30 James Kolanek 2
#30 Jacob Y. Wong Airware 2
#30 Anthonius Ruiter Bruker Nano 2
#30 Vivek Kumar Rangarajan Sridhar AT&T 2
#30 Thomas W. Hunsucker Lippert Components 2
#30 Marios Kyperountas Karl Storz Imaging 2

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