Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Malibu, CA ranks #989 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 138 patents from 48 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Malibu, CA include Tesla, Hrl Laboratories, Gojo Industries. That works out to 12.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–48 of 48 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Franz Von Holzhausen Tesla 14
2 Christopher S. Roper Hrl Laboratories 12
3 Andrew P. Nowak Hrl Laboratories 10
#4 Matthew D. Hern Gojo Industries 7
#5 Mark C. Estes Asante Solutions 6
#5 Daniel Yap Hrl Laboratories 6
#5 Kevin Geary Hrl Laboratories 6
#8 Brian David Lakamp Sony 5
#8 Ravi Sawhney Brio Water Technology 5
#10 Roger Wang Battlearms Ip 4
#10 Timothy J. Brockett Spl Industries Usa 4
#10 Andrew Conrad Verily Life Sciences 4
#10 David W. Payton Hrl Laboratories 4
#14 Carl Lebel Otonomy 3
#14 Hartmut Neven Google 3
#16 Peter Tompkins Citicorp Development Center 2
#16 Amir M. Rahimi Hrl Laboratories 2
#16 Roger Pennell Ceres 2
#16 James Robert Black Boston Scientific 2
#16 Logan D. Sorenson Hrl Laboratories 2
#16 Thomas R. Hirsch Innerlite 2
#16 Dawn Buratti Fastforward Surgical 2
#16 Joseph S. Colburn Hrl Laboratories 2
#16 Daniel S. Goldin The Intellisis 2
#16 Hung Nguyen Hrl Laboratories 2
#16 Lawrence Anthony Disney 2
#16 Thomas Sachson Sony 2
#28 Steven Craig Bobzin Ceres 1
#28 Ian Kaiser Allen Reed Company 1
#28 Edward W. Withrow, III Data Vault Holdings 1
#28 Alexander E. Quilici Youmail 1
#28 Christy Garcia Rovi Guides 1
#28 Robert W. Cumberland Hrl Laboratories 1
#28 John Cross Osram Sylvania 1
#28 William Barvosa-Carter General Motors 1
#28 Brandon Bassill Hatco 1
#28 Deanan DaSilva Red.Com 1
#28 David T. Chang Hrl Laboratories 1
#28 Edward G. Brown Inspire Pharmaceuticals 1
#28 Andrew John Howe Microsoft 1
#28 Richard J. Bendetti Unknown 1
#28 Scott D. Guthrie Microsoft 1
#28 Philip Kent Frykman 1
#28 Richard Nanula The Baby Barista 1
#28 Mark Hoefer University of California 1
#28 Sheldon McKee 1
#28 MATTHEW OCHMANEK 1
#28 Peter Delgrosso Credibility 1

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