Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Pasadena, CA ranks #180 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 686 patents from 355 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Pasadena, CA include Gamblit Gaming, Xencor, Caltech. That works out to 5.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 355 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Eric Meyerhofer Gamblit Gaming 42
2 Frank Cire Gamblit Gaming 28
3 John Desjarlais Xencor 15
#4 Yu-Chong Tai Caltech 13
#4 Ronald H. Cohen Nant Holdings Ip 13
#6 James June-Ming Wang Mediatek Singapore Pte. 10
#7 Mark E. Davis Caltech 9
#8 Gunter D. Niemeyer Intuitive Surgical 8
#8 Richard Holbrook Thermador 8
#10 Jon Hayes Snoddy Timeplay 7
#10 Jordan Matthew Neysmith Second Sight Medical Products 7
#12 Jong Hyun Na Glassimetal Technology 6
#12 Damien Vizcarra Sunbeam Products 6
#12 Michael Floyd Glassimetal Technology 6
#15 David Baltimore Caltech 5
#15 Michael Dooley Irobot 5
#15 Jeff Koehler Lg Nanoh2O 5
#15 Tracey Ho Strong Force Iot Portfolio 2016 5
#15 Douglas C. Hofmann Caltech 5
#15 ZhenWu Lin Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics 5
#15 Quinn Y. Smithwick Disney 5
#22 Fukang Jiang Minipumps 4
#22 Aaron John Zilkie Rockley Photonics Limited 4
#22 Lilong Shi Samsung 4
#22 Sean Caffey Minipumps 4
#22 Slobodan Mitrovic Caltech 4
#22 Kieun Kim Microfabrica 4
#22 John S. Curran Commscope Technologies 4
#22 Changhuei Yang Caltech 4
#22 Michael A. Giardello Materion 4
#22 Donald Houston Graham, III T-Central 4
#22 Michael Bailey Ecolink Intelligent Technology 4
#22 Kerry Vahala Caltech 4
#22 Michael L. Roukes Caltech 4
#22 Glenn Garrett Glassimetal Technology 4
#36 Alan N. Willson, Jr. Pentomics 3
#36 Aditya Rajagopal Caltech 3
#36 Arezou Khoshakhlagh Caltech 3
#36 Loc Truong Forza Silicon 3
#36 Taison Tan 24M Technologies 3
#36 Mark R. Johnson 3
#36 Jost Vielmetter Xencor 3
#36 Wei Dang Xencor 3
#36 Steven Huang Forza Silicon 3
#36 Brian R. Dearden Alfred E. Mann Foundation For Scientific Research 3
#36 Sung Yun Chan Munchkin 3
#36 Robert J. Calvet Digitaloptics Corporation Mems 3
#36 Shuhe LI Nanoprecision Products 3
#49 Hang Zheng Acton 2
#49 Bo Chen Google 2

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