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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Montecito, CA ranks #9,162 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 9 patents from 4 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Montecito, CA include Apple, University of California, Social Microphone. That works out to 1.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–4 of 4 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Kevin J. Van Vechten Apple 4
2 Umesh Mishra University of California 2
2 Kenneth Nathaniel Sherman Social Microphone 2
#4 John L. MacFarlane Sonos 1

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