Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Compton, CA ranks #7,473 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 11 patents from 9 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Compton, CA include Cordelia Lighting, Unknown, Bae Systems Information And Electronic Systems Integration. That works out to 0.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–9 of 9 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 James Keng Cordelia Lighting 2
1 Herman Chang Unknown 2
3 John Whang 1
3 John C. McCarthy Bae Systems Information And Electronic Systems Integration 1
3 Michael A. Pellico Laclede Professional Products 1
3 Brian C Lojeck The Boeing 1
3 Eric Steele GE 1
3 Brandon Nelson IBM 1
3 Toshiyasu Matsuyama Optex Co. 1

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