Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Goleta, CA ranks #498 worldwide for total patents filed in 2022, with 274 patents from 167 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Goleta, CA include Samsung, Intouch Technologies, University of California. That works out to 8.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 167 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Chengjun Sun Samsung 7
2 Fuji Lai Intouch Technologies 6
2 Steven P. DenBaars University of California 6
2 Shuji Nakamura University of California 6
2 Yulun Wang Intouch Technologies 6
#6 Tin Komljenovic Nexus Photonics 5
#6 John Parker Juniper Networks 5
#6 Marco Pinter Intouch Technologies 5
#9 Sudharsanan Srinivasan Hewlett Packard Enterprise 4
#9 Kelton Temby Intouch Technologies 4
#9 Rajat Sharma Soraa 4
#9 Eric Tarsa Cree 4
#13 Vivek Kumar Rangarajan Sridhar AT&T 3
#13 Russell Granneman Karl Storz Imaging 3
#13 Saeed Bagheri Sereshki Sonos 3
#13 Daniel Wayne Chin Inogen 3
#13 Yuji Zhao Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University 3
#13 Anand Ramaswamy Aurrion 3
#13 Benjamin P. Yonkee University of California 3
#13 Chance Holland Apeel Technology 3
#13 George Charles Polchin Alcon 3
#13 Carlos Hernandez Apeel Technology 3
#13 Scott Martin Johnson & Johnson 3
#13 Yifeng Wu Cree 3
#13 Jonathan Getty RTX (Raytheon) 3
#13 Farnood Merrikh Bayat Silicon Storage Technology 3
#27 Richard Martin Applied Magnetics 2
#27 Hidenori Nakayama University of California 2
#27 Sten Heikman Cree 2
#27 Hsin-Rong Tseng Merck 2
#27 Craig A. Andreiko Ormco 2
#27 Marios Kyperountas Karl Storz Imaging 2
#27 Chiaki Doumoto Kyocera 2
#27 Anup Nandwana Sensus Spectrum 2
#27 Anthony Edward Megrant Google 2
#27 Derrick S. Kamber Slt Technologies 2
#27 Timothy King Karl Storz Imaging 2
#27 Mallory M. Green Green Hills Software 2
#27 Zack Paris Deckers Outdoor 2
#27 Minh Tran Nexus Photonics 2
#27 Marten Byl Ubtech Robotics Corp 2
#27 Stephen William Kaun Apeel Technology 2
#27 Christopher Hillyer New York Blood Center 2
#27 Michael Collinson Neotract 2
#27 Charles Frazier Apeel Technology 2
#27 James Rogers Apeel Technology 2
#27 Neil R. Malone RTX (Raytheon) 2
#27 Gregory A. Carlson Innovative Micro Technology 2
#27 Alan D Tran Microsoft 2
#27 Thomas Foley Crossno & Kaye 2

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