Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Malibu, CA ranks #1,199 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 106 patents from 52 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Malibu, CA include Tesla, Hrl Laboratories, Otonomy. That works out to 9.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 52 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Franz Von Holzhausen Tesla 7
1 Daniel Yap Hrl Laboratories 7
3 Carl Lebel Otonomy 5
3 Andrea Corrion Hrl Laboratories 5
3 Mark C. Estes Asante Solutions 5
3 Hartmut Neven Google 5
3 Roger Wang Battlearms Ip 5
3 Christopher S. Roper Hrl Laboratories 5
3 Andrew P. Nowak Hrl Laboratories 5
#10 David W. Payton Hrl Laboratories 4
#11 Andrew Conrad Verily Life Sciences 3
#11 Joseph S. Colburn Hrl Laboratories 3
#13 Ravi Sawhney Brio Water Technology 2
#13 Alexei Kopylov Hrl Laboratories 2
#13 Felix Nagelin John Deere 2
#13 Thomas Sachson Sony 2
#13 David T. Chang Hrl Laboratories 2
#13 Hung Nguyen Hrl Laboratories 2
#13 Daniel S. Goldin The Intellisis 2
#20 Joseph F. Jensen Hrl Laboratories 1
#20 Jean Patrick Netter 1
#20 Antonio V. Delgado-Escueta University of California 1
#20 James Robert Black 1
#20 Storm Sondors 1
#20 Amanda Phelps General Motors 1
#20 Timothy Dean Harvey 1
#20 Todd William Kirk Exterran Water Solutions Ulc 1
#20 Zia Shlaimoun 1
#20 Amir M. Rahimi Hrl Laboratories 1
#20 Brian Russell Irise 1
#20 Andy Kocoglu 1
#20 Alec Kocoglu 1
#20 Aaron B. Stibel Credibility 1
#20 Brooks Hilton B&S Plastics 1
#20 Brandon Bassill Hatco 1
#20 Peter Tompkins Citicorp Development Center 1
#20 Deanan DaSilva Red.Com 1
#20 Timothy J. Brockett Spl Industries Usa 1
#20 Michael E. Kasaba Artisan Vehicle Systems 1
#20 Edward G. Brown Inspire Pharmaceuticals 1
#20 Matthew D. Hern Gojo Industries 1
#20 Albert Ivan Stern Unknown 1
#20 Thomas P. Sprafke RTX (Raytheon) 1
#20 Seth Putterman University of California 1
#20 Randall L. Kubena Hrl Laboratories 1
#20 Shawn B. Stern 1
#20 Laureen Sills 1
#20 Yvonne Gardner 1
#20 Nicola Carducci 1
#20 Robert W. Cumberland Hrl Laboratories 1

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