Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Buellton, CA ranks #9,037 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 232 patents from 35 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Buellton, CA include Micron, Sixpoint Materials, E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And. That works out to 45.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–35 of 35 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Craig L. Boe Micron 50
2 Edward Letts Sixpoint Materials 26
3 Hjalti Skulason E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 22
#4 Tyler Garrard Borgwarner 21
#5 Peter Hauber Builder'S Hardware 18
#6 Whitney Skaling Soilmoisture Equipment 12
#7 Leland V. Gardner Santa Barbara Research Center 9
#8 Stephanie Lin Teledyne Flir Commercial Systems 8
#9 Joseph D LaVeigne Indiana Integrated Circuits 5
#9 Jeong-Gyun Shin RTX (Raytheon) 5
#9 Gregory D. Tracy RTX (Raytheon) 5
#12 Bradly Eachus RTX (Raytheon) 4
#12 Angela May Ho Superconductor Technologies 4
#14 Paula Renard 3
#14 Hansford H. Cutlip RTX (Raytheon) 3
#14 Michael Schlags 3
#14 Jeremy W. Jarrett Wyatt Technology 3
#14 Andrei Kolmakov US Dept of Commerce 3
#19 Gilbert M Makus 2
#19 Thomas R. Deppmeier Linvatec 2
#19 John E. Lindo Tilton Engineering 2
#19 Robert G. Rizos 2
#19 George R. Lehman RTX (Raytheon) 2
#19 Michael B. Bashforth US Dept of Energy 2
#19 Mark Sellars E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 2
#19 Richard J. Sleiman Wyatt Technology 2
#19 Erik Runge Minus K. Technology 2
#19 Christopher Ian MacDonald Ushr 2
#19 Ricardo H. Paredes RTX (Raytheon) 2
#30 Dustin Adam Mendenhall 1
#30 Vern L McWilliams 1
#30 Lars E. Oystol RTX (Raytheon) 1
#30 Anthony Glenn Alfino 1
#30 Charles E. Sarver RTX (Raytheon) 1
#30 Joseph A. Troychak RTX (Raytheon) 1

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