Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Los Angeles, CA ranks #36 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 2,598 patents from 1,427 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Los Angeles, CA include IBM, Arktura, Cree. That works out to 0.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 1,427 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Fei Liu IBM 28
2 Kevin Kane Arktura 26
2 Paul Kenneth Pickard Cree 26
#4 Ajey Poovannummoottil Jacob Globalfoundries 24
#5 Robert J. Greenberg Second Sight Medical Products 22
#5 Patrick Soon-Shiong Nant Holdings Ip 22
#7 Bran Ferren Applied Minds 21
#8 Yen-Cheng Kuan General Motors 17
#9 Clifford Kaylin Gamblit Gaming 14
#9 Ki Il Kim Samsung 14
#11 Shinobu Hattori Sony 13
#12 Fanglu Guo Broadcom 12
#12 Robert Fletcher Ecosense Lighting 12
#14 Jean Elie Bovet Salesforce 11
#15 Mark Pimentel Cedars Sinai Medical Center 10
#16 David Raysse Skechers U.S.A., Inc. Ii 9
#16 Russell M. Fine Game Play Network 9
#16 Leonid M. Litvak Advanced Bionics Ag 9
#16 Gavin James Google 9
#16 Frank Nuovo 9
#16 Ashutosh Y. Shukla Apple 9
#16 David Tadashi Imai Tesla 9
#16 Michael E. Jung University of California 9
#24 Bo Pang Google 8
#24 Qingmin Hu AT&T 8
#24 Jonathan M. Rodriguez, II Snap 8
#24 Rahul G. Patel Cisco 8
#24 Brogan Bambrogan Hyperloop Technologies 8
#24 Sean Rad Tinder 8
#30 Paul Eremenko Google 7
#30 Raynold M. Kahn Directv 7
#30 Ramin Sadr Mojix 7
#30 Amir Reza Khakpour Verizon 7
#30 Evan Spiegel Snap 7
#30 Mohammad E. Dufford Toyota 7
#30 Chuang Zhang Samsung 7
#30 Dennis Schroeder Axonics Modulation Technologies 7
#30 Eric Beaupre Belkin International 7
#30 Yi Fan Vitae Pharmaceuticals 7
#30 Jianchao Yang Snap 7
#30 John S. Underkoffler Oblong Industries 7
#42 Celia Dominguez Chdi Foundation 6
#42 Sophia S. Yang Hrl Laboratories 6
#42 Michael D. Swinson Truecar 6
#42 Milton Sharp Gamblit Gaming 6
#42 Scott Webb Kabushiki Kaisha Pilot 6
#42 Patrick Baker Qalo Holdings 6
#42 Shan Lu Lantek Electronics 6
#42 Subramanian S. Iyer IBM 6
#42 Armando Villarreal Hct Group Holdings Limited 6

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