Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Solvang, CA ranks #8,795 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 241 patents from 66 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Solvang, CA include Qualcomm, Deployable Space Systems, W.L. Gore & Associates Gmbh. That works out to 39.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 66 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 David Heald Qualcomm 21
2 Brian R Spence Deployable Space Systems 20
3 Carl William Bolton W.L. Gore & Associates Gmbh 17
#4 David Rhodes Moog 15
#5 Andrew Sharpe Flir Systems 10
#6 Sierra Hoff Sixpoint Materials 9
#6 Robert H. Redkey Unknown 9
#8 Mark Alan Massie RTX (Raytheon) 8
#9 Michele Hinnrichs 7
#10 McLane Tilton Tilton Engineering 6
#10 Brian A. Doran Unknown 6
#10 Douglas Holden Bodger Seeds 6
#10 Russell S. Moir United Surgical 6
#10 Casparus Jan Hendrik Seyffert Cobra North America 6
#15 Gustavo A. Dascanio 5
#15 Warn Burt Flir Systems 5
#17 Dennis Domingos 4
#18 Andre Y. Hsiung Hardy Diagnostics 3
#18 Aaron Ferguson Alcatel Lucent 3
#18 Amber Hager 3
#18 James Peter McDonald Santa Barbara Research Center 3
#18 John P. Frush 3
#18 Max O. Hanberg Unknown 3
#18 Samuel L. Davis, Jr. Chevron 3
#18 Robert M. Emerson RTX (Raytheon) 3
#18 George C. Moore 3
#27 Mark J. Shultz 2
#27 Charles S. Hawkins 2
#27 Vernon J. Purdy 2
#27 Craig J. Kent 2
#27 Shane Togami 2
#27 John S. Hill 2
#27 Jeffery J. Puschell RTX (Raytheon) 2
#27 Grant deGoede Karl Storz Imaging 2
#27 William B. Mann The Boeing 2
#27 Alan Cooper 2
#27 Nelson Schneider 2
#27 Brian J Spence 2
#27 L. Ray Sweeny RTX (Raytheon) 2
#27 Michael Brand Mark One Lifestyle 2
#41 Jodele Moore 1
#41 Skylar Urban 1
#41 Joseph Del Masso 1
#41 David J. Crabtree US Air Force 1
#41 Keith William Edwards Spar Aerospace Limited 1
#41 Alfred Holzheu Unknown 1
#41 Sergio Ramirez von Holle Unknown 1
#41 Lance Butler Plater 1
#41 James K. Kunkle 1
#41 William STRONG Restaurant Technology 1

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