Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Malibu, CA ranks #865 worldwide for total patents filed in 2019, with 177 patents from 51 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Malibu, CA include Tesla, Hrl Laboratories, Google. That works out to 16.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 51 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Franz Von Holzhausen Tesla 23
2 Andrew P. Nowak Hrl Laboratories 16
3 Logan D. Sorenson Hrl Laboratories 11
#4 Christopher S. Roper Hrl Laboratories 10
#4 David T. Chang Hrl Laboratories 10
#4 Hung Nguyen Hrl Laboratories 10
#7 Hartmut Neven Google 8
#8 Daniel Yap Hrl Laboratories 7
#9 Roger Pennell Ceres 6
#10 Mark C. Estes Asante Solutions 5
#11 Randall L. Kubena Hrl Laboratories 4
#12 Jeffrey M. Stibel Credibility 3
#12 Kevin Geary Hrl Laboratories 3
#12 Aaron B. Stibel Credibility 3
#12 Michael E. Kasaba Artisan Vehicle Systems 3
#12 Matthew D. Hern Gojo Industries 3
#12 Matthew Hern Rainlight Studio 3
#12 Eric Savitsky University of California 3
#12 Andrea Corrion Hrl Laboratories 3
#12 Nathan Y. LI Dentsply Sirona 3
#12 Alexei Kopylov Hrl Laboratories 3
#22 Ravi Sawhney Brio Water Technology 2
#22 Dawn Buratti Fastforward Surgical 2
#22 Todd William Kirk Exterran Water Solutions Ulc 2
#22 Andrew Conrad Verily Life Sciences 2
#22 John Cross Osram Sylvania 2
#22 David W. Payton Hrl Laboratories 2
#22 Carl Lebel Otonomy 2
#29 Antonio V. Delgado-Escueta University of California 1
#29 Richard Nanula The Baby Barista 1
#29 Karen L. Albert 1
#29 Steven Kronick Visual Targeting 1
#29 Brandon Bassill Hatco 1
#29 Peter Tompkins Citicorp Development Center 1
#29 Deanan DaSilva Red.Com 1
#29 Roger Wang Battlearms Ip 1
#29 Elaine F. REED University of California 1
#29 Daniel G. Hahn Roadmaster 1
#29 James Robert Black 1
#29 Peter Delgrosso Credibility 1
#29 Joseph S. Colburn Hrl Laboratories 1
#29 Lisa Nugent Amgen 1
#29 Thomas R. Hirsch Innerlite 1
#29 Mike Kasaba Artisan Vehicle Systems 1
#29 Shinjiro Miyata Gas Technology Institute 1
#29 Seth Putterman University of California 1
#29 Matt Nosbusch Vans 1
#29 Minh B. Nguyen Hrl Laboratories 1
#29 Alexander E. Quilici Youmail 1
#29 Brian David Lakamp Sony 1

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