Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Malibu, CA ranks #936 worldwide for total patents filed in 2018, with 144 patents from 56 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Malibu, CA include Tesla, Hrl Laboratories, Asante Solutions. That works out to 13.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 56 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Franz Von Holzhausen Tesla 15
2 Andrew P. Nowak Hrl Laboratories 8
3 Hung Nguyen Hrl Laboratories 7
3 Mark C. Estes Asante Solutions 7
3 David T. Chang Hrl Laboratories 7
#6 Brandon Bassill Hatco 6
#6 David W. Payton Hrl Laboratories 6
#6 Christopher S. Roper Hrl Laboratories 6
#9 Randall L. Kubena Hrl Laboratories 5
#9 Daniel Yap Hrl Laboratories 5
#11 Logan D. Sorenson Hrl Laboratories 4
#12 Joseph S. Colburn Hrl Laboratories 3
#12 Thomas Sachson Sony 3
#12 Andrew Conrad Verily Life Sciences 3
#12 Todd William Kirk Exterran Water Solutions Ulc 3
#12 Peter Tompkins Citicorp Development Center 3
#12 Matthew D. Hern Gojo Industries 3
#18 Timothy J. Brockett Spl Industries Usa 2
#18 Edward G. Brown Inspire Pharmaceuticals 2
#18 Seth Putterman University of California 2
#18 Alexander E. Quilici Youmail 2
#18 Lawrence Anthony Disney 2
#18 Minh B. Nguyen Hrl Laboratories 2
#18 Mike Kasaba Artisan Vehicle Systems 2
#18 James Robert Black 2
#18 Carl Lebel Otonomy 2
#18 Andrea Corrion Hrl Laboratories 2
#18 Eric Savitsky University of California 2
#29 Ann Marie Simpson Versicolor Technologies 1
#29 Kyle Vos Strache Ceres 1
#29 Joel M. Matta Depuy Synthes Products 1
#29 Ryan G. Quarfoth Hrl Laboratories 1
#29 Garrett Li Gerson Global Apparel Partners 1
#29 Anthony B. Nesburn Cedars Sinai Medical Center 1
#29 Laureen Sills 1
#29 Kevin Beauregard Unknown 1
#29 Robert W. Cumberland Hrl Laboratories 1
#29 Jeffrey M. Stibel Credibility 1
#29 Summer Morgan Andresen 1
#29 William Barvosa-Carter General Motors 1
#29 Michael E. Kasaba Artisan Vehicle Systems 1
#29 Deanan DaSilva Red.Com 1
#29 William J. Boyle Amgen 1
#29 Andrew John Howe Microsoft 1
#29 Michael Einziger Mixhalo 1
#29 Hartmut Neven Google 1
#29 Donahue Wildman 1
#29 Richard J. Bendetti Unknown 1
#29 Alexei Kopylov Hrl Laboratories 1
#29 Lisa Nugent Amgen 1

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