Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Carpinteria, CA ranks #5,340 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 488 patents from 130 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Carpinteria, CA include The Upjohn, AbbVie, Apollo Endosurgery. That works out to 36.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 130 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Roy A. Johnson The Upjohn 83
2 Zachary Dominguez AbbVie 39
3 Sean Snow Apollo Endosurgery 19
#4 David McCool Procore Technologies 17
#5 James R. DeArkland 16
#6 Ben Weiss Apple 14
#7 Murray Stephan McTigue Gigavac 13
#8 Garrett Y. Kaufman Essex Electronics 11
#8 Marcus Priest Tyco Electronics Co. 11
#10 Jason Metzner AbbVie 10
#10 Doug Gotthard Veeco Instruments 10
#12 Matthew C. Thomas RTX (Raytheon) 9
#13 Christopher Scott Outwater Liberty Plugins 7
#13 John C. Stammreich Vsi 7
#15 Brian Allen Nash AbbVie 6
#16 Eric David Nystrom Caci, Inc.—Federal 5
#16 Jeffrey Scott Battelle Memorial Institute 5
#16 Anders Kongstad Petersen Altasens 5
#16 Dave McCool Procore Technologies 5
#16 Tyler J. Mayer Cmc Rescue 5
#16 Albert E. Brooks 5
#22 Christine Beatrice Brown 4
#22 Paul McCarty Karl Storz Imaging 4
#22 James W. Drain Essilor International (Compagnie Generale D'Optique) 4
#22 Ronald L. Samuels Marimba One 4
#22 Brian Nash Wind River Systems 4
#22 Richard B. Mease 4
#22 Kevin Silk Swagelok 4
#22 Rebecca J. Hunt Unknown 4
#22 James A. Bailard US Air Force 4
#31 Thomas Prusinski Advanced Propulsion Technologies 3
#31 Connor Nemetz 3
#31 Charley Beals 3
#31 Michael C. Wondolowski Zebra Technologies 3
#31 Paul Beierle 3
#31 Samuel Naumowicz Gigavac 3
#31 Stephen Kass Deckers Outdoor 3
#31 Lauren Kimberly Harris Invoca 3
#31 Michael Gilligan 3
#31 Vanessa Millovich 3
#31 Joseph Mastroianni 3
#42 Guido Fuchs Conti Temic Microelectronic Gmbh 2
#42 James Joseph Fazio 2
#42 Karina Kulangara Agilent Technologies 2
#42 Randall R. Schroeder Sonnax Industries 2
#42 Dorian Jay Simon 2
#42 James Ramies Nusil Technology 2
#42 Gerard A. Lamberti 2
#42 Matthew Gonzalez Microsoft 2
#42 Jaclyn Nicole Andberg 2

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