Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Vista, CA ranks #569 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 5,968 patents from 868 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Vista, CA include Taylor Made Golf Company, Callaway Golf, Broadcom. That works out to 60.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 868 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Sean Toulon Taylor Made Golf Company 199
2 D. Clayton Evans Callaway Golf 198
3 Mark Kent Broadcom 171
#4 Mark J. Miller Viasat 149
#5 Robert Nunez Taylor Made Golf Company 142
#6 Nigel J. Clarke Quest Diagnostics Investments 128
#7 Christopher Carl Larsen Watkins Manufacturing 127
#8 Mark Vincent Greaney Taylor Made Golf Company 118
#9 Richard H. Griffey Isis Pharmaceuticals 115
#10 Joshua G. Breier Cobra Golf Incorporated 110
#10 Philip G. Foster Callaway Golf 110
#12 Matthew Greensmith Taylor Made Golf Company 92
#13 Steven A. Hofstadler Ibis Biosciences 81
#14 Joseph Reeve Nielson Taylor Made Golf Company 80
#15 Dirk G. Soenksen Danaher 61
#16 Cameron J. Day Cobra Golf Incorporated 60
#17 Cole Parker Heiner Magic Leap 52
#18 Peter Doyle Covidien Lp 49
#19 Nick Frame Acushnet 46
#20 Bhima R. Vijayendran Battelle Memorial Institute 45
#21 Robert Sullivan Biotheryx 39
#21 Jeffrey Bassett Zimmer Dental 39
#21 Hongbo Yan Qualcomm 39
#24 James A. Bell Inco Limited 37
#25 Garth W. Smith Callaway Golf 36
#25 Kevin J. Chun Acushnet 36
#25 Daniel Alvarez, Jr. Rasirc 36
#28 Kevin Weejoung Kim Callaway Golf 35
#29 Nicholas Newberg Danaher 34
#29 Michael George Todd Ford 34
#31 Andrew Watt Isis Pharmaceuticals 32
#32 Shariq Hussain Meps Real-Time 31
#33 Ariel Garcia Biosense Webster 30
#34 Randy Johnson Fluence Bioengineering 29
#35 Douglas Rose Sunpower 27
#35 Kenneth Robert Hunt Baxter Healthcare Sa 27
#35 Gerald J. Block Sandel Avionics 27
#38 Peyman Najmabadi Danaher 26
#39 Michael Walker Taylor Made Golf Company 25
#39 Stefan Scheinert Lgc Wireless 25
#41 Stephen L. Harris Alliance Laundry Systems 24
#41 Lionel Poincenot Roger Cleveland Golf Company 24
#41 Xiaoli Fu Nitto Denko 24
#41 Christopher Linden Medical Components 24
#41 Jeffrey C. Kent Kent'S Bromeliad Nursery 24
#46 James Lawrence Booman Unknown 23
#46 Jason Christopher Kardas Hobie Cat 23
#46 Foad Towfiq Promptlink Communications 23
#46 James G. Lee Johnson & Johnson 23
#50 James A. Pena Sturman Industries 22

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