Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Burbank, CA ranks #480 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 258 patents from 169 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Burbank, CA include Dolby Laboratories Licensing, Medtronic, Disney. That works out to 52.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 169 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Athanasios Leontaris Dolby Laboratories Licensing 14
2 Peshala V. Pahalawatta Dolby Laboratories Licensing 11
3 Colin A. Chong Medtronic 8
#4 Iain Matthews Disney 6
#5 Matthew I. Haller Boston Scientific 5
#6 Jerome Louis Budzik Northwestern University 4
#6 Leonard T. Chapman Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment 4
#6 Aljoscha Smolic Disney 4
#6 Michael Gay Disney 4
#6 Young A. Tang Rovi Guides 4
#6 Alexander Bimanand Ppg Industries Ohio 4
#12 Simone Croci Disney 3
#12 Peter Szucs GE 3
#12 Sangkil Nam City Of Hope 3
#12 Jeffrey R. Ashbrook Disney 3
#12 Scott F. Watson Disney 3
#17 Alexander Goode Jlg Industries 2
#17 Eric Vance Comcast 2
#17 Kimberly Williams Verizon 2
#17 Eran Dvir Nova Measuring Instruments 2
#17 Simon Heinzle Disney 2
#17 John Wadsworth Belkin International 2
#17 Scott Dougall Google 2
#17 Jim Doyle Wet 2
#17 Timothy M. Grace 2
#17 Jeremy Matters Here Global B.V. 2
#17 Michael Smith Warner Bros. Entertainment 2
#17 Davy Paul Muxlow Garland Industries 2
#17 Smadar Gefen Disney 2
#17 Christian Eisenacher Disney 2
#17 Evan M. Goldberg Disney 2
#17 Tyler Knight Disney 2
#17 Corey Thibeault Novasignal 2
#17 Matt I. Haller Boston Scientific 2
#17 Daniel Candela Disney 2
#17 Prash Jayaraj 2
#17 Stuart Jamieson Ford 2
#17 David Toyne Rsa Protective Technologies 2
#39 Martin W. Bieti The Boeing 1
#39 Brian Hicks Eltex Of Sweden Ab 1
#39 Giselle F. Nagy 1
#39 Jake Petrosian 1
#39 Andrew Francis Skinner Comcast 1
#39 Neshan Markarian 1
#39 Richard D. Galinson 1
#39 Gaines S. Johnson Disney 1
#39 Andrey Isayan 1
#39 Marek Vondrak Disney 1
#39 Emilia Serrano Prc-Desoto International 1
#39 Christopher Jason Disney 1

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