Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Burbank, CA ranks #480 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 275 patents from 175 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Burbank, CA include Belkin International, Dolby Laboratories Licensing, Disney. That works out to 55.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 175 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 John Wadsworth Belkin International 13
2 Athanasios Leontaris Dolby Laboratories Licensing 10
3 Iain Matthews Disney 6
#4 Kurt Robert Spenser Roka Sports 5
#4 Peter Szucs GE 5
#4 Jonathan Badeen Tinder 5
#7 Simon Heinzle Disney 4
#7 Mehul Patel Disney 4
#7 James E. Crenshaw Dolby Laboratories Licensing 4
#10 Haig H. Krakirian Rovi Guides 3
#10 Dan Manor Image Sensing Systems 3
#10 Michael Gay Disney 3
#10 Vladimir Sosnovskiy Mattel 3
#10 Colin A. Chong Medtronic 3
#10 Kanghong Zhang Jiaxing Super Lighting Electric Appliance Co. 3
#10 Gregory D. Gudorf Sony 3
#10 Austin Lee Google 3
#10 Lewis S. Ostrover 3
#19 Robert A. Meyers Microsoft 2
#19 Scott F. Watson Disney 2
#19 Emil Ghapgharan Aerovironment 2
#19 Troy P. Senkiewicz Ventana 3D 2
#19 William E. Howseman, Jr. 2
#19 Peshala V. Pahalawatta Dolby Laboratories Licensing 2
#19 Herach Ayvazian Esolar 2
#19 Jiancheng Ma Disney 2
#19 Gene S. Lee Disney 2
#19 Tadeh AVETIAN Hyperloop Technologies 2
#19 Gregory A. Maas Sonoco Development 2
#19 James Earl Booth, Jr. Thomson Licensing 2
#19 Smadar Gefen Disney 2
#19 Lena A. Basile Neumedicines 2
#19 Christian Eisenacher Disney 2
#19 Amy Kalson Disney 2
#19 Ken Fisher Litepanels 2
#19 Deepak Kumar Thakral Yp 2
#19 Matthew Ryan Orthalign 2
#19 James Malone Disney 2
#19 John Peng Excalibur Ip 2
#19 Thomas Ezekiel Burgess Doppler Labs 2
#19 Carlo A. Scarinci Ppg Industries Ohio 2
#19 Alexander Bimanand Ppg Industries Ohio 2
#19 Robert Strittmatter Efficient Power Conversion 2
#19 Sean Jenkins Disney 2
#19 Veeran Gowda Kadajji Tesorx Pharma 2
#19 Jeremy Matters Here Global B.V. 2
#19 Edwin Keshesh Yousafian Interlink Electronics 2
#19 Douglas E. Bashaw Mattel 2
#19 Brian Erice Gamblit Gaming 2
#19 Richard DiStefano Live Nation Entertainment 2

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