Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Cape Town, ZA ranks #2,323 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,351 patents from 534 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Cape Town, ZA include Strait Access Technologies Holdings (Pty), Amazon, Visa.

Showing 1–50 of 534 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Deon Bezuidenhout Strait Access Technologies Holdings (Pty) 37
2 Peter Paul Zilla Strait Access Technologies Holdings (Pty) 36
3 Willem R. van Biljon Amazon 30
#4 Atle Normann Jorgensen Amazon 24
#5 Horatio Nelson Huxham Visa 19
#6 Paolo Ettore Pastorino Innovative Mining Products (Pty) 17
#7 Gavin Alexander Bramhill Amazon 16
#7 Richard Alan Hamman Amazon 16
#9 Joshua Dawie Mentz Amazon 15
#10 Roy Derrick Achilles Baker Hughes Holdings 14
#10 Alan Joseph O'Regan Visa 14
#10 Michael Carl Gorven Oracle 14
#10 Russell Andrew Cloran Oracle 14
#10 Brynmor K. B. Divey Oracle 14
#10 Edward Peter Rybicki University Of Cape Town 14
#16 James Angus Boonzaier Nicoventures Trading Limited 12
#17 Pierre Becker Freeplay Market Development Limited 11
#18 Edward Charles Mudge Strait Access Technologies Holdings (Pty) 10
#18 Shiro Tanaka Nissan Motor Co. 10
#18 David Thomas Britton Pst Sensors (Proprietary) Limited 10
#21 Willem Jacob Buys Amazon 9
#21 Ronen Dov Agranat Amazon 9
#21 Edward Sturrock University Of Cape Town 9
#21 Margit Harting Pst Sensors (Proprietary) Limited 9
#21 André Mostert Amazon 9
#26 Gabriel Smit Amazon 8
#26 Sean L. Cameron Hs Marston Aerospace Limited 8
#26 Thomas Ignathius Jakobus Naudé Apple 8
#26 Ivor Chalton Rapiddeploy 8
#26 Johan Bredenkamp Zerowheel 8
#26 Paul Human Kips Bay Medical 8
#26 Timothy Ralph Sjoberg Amazon 8
#33 Harold Brian Nakan 7
#33 Brett Meyerowitz Rapiddeploy 7
#33 Elisabeth Regina Parker Innovative Medical Technology (Pty) 7
#33 Eric van der Walt Kapa Biosystems 7
#33 Salmon Nortje Groove Life 7
#33 Mark Eric Hopkins Leatt 7
#33 Cyril Norman Parker Innovative Medical Technology (Pty) 7
#33 Max Basler Chrome Cherry Design Studio (Pty) 7
#33 Tristan Melland Unknown 7
#42 David Christopher Wiseman Innovative Medical Technology (Pty) 6
#42 Caroline O'Brien Afiniti 6
#42 Sudesh Sivarasu University Of Cape Town 6
#42 Jared Mark Vorster Innovative Medical Technology (Pty) 6
#42 Tara Anne Moss Visa 6
#42 Jacobus Johannes Van Der Merwe Amazon 6
#48 Roger Wyatt Basf Se 5
#48 Johan Du Toit Power Logic Holdings Ag 5
#48 Neil A. Eriksson Amazon 5