Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Altadena, CA ranks #1,267 worldwide for total patents filed in 2020, with 119 patents from 56 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Altadena, CA include Steelcase, Caltech, The University Of Chicago. That works out to 2.8 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 Jean-Paul Labrosse Steelcase 10
2 Morteza Gharib Caltech 8
3 Rustem F. Ismagilov The University Of Chicago 7
3 Joshua D. Wiensch Pacific Light & Hologram 7
#5 Marcel Mitran IBM 6
#6 Asher Zelig Sefami Pacific Light & Hologram 5
#6 Mark Pickett Minka Lighting 5
#6 David Horne City Of Hope 5
#9 Wally E. Rippel Caltech 3
#9 Joseph Anthony DeRobertis Ca 3
#9 Martin A. Stuart 3
#12 Thomas F. Carruth Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower 2
#12 Peter Stepniewicz Disney 2
#12 Amit Singh Nagra Rockley Photonics Limited 2
#12 Robert Chess Stetson Drisk 2
#12 Stephen L. Cunningham National University Of Ireland, Galway 2
#12 Bruce L. Drolen The Boeing 2
#12 Michael Bransby Repligen 2
#12 Gary W. Schnuckle Disney 2
#12 Daniel Held Inscripta 2
#12 William F. Hug Photon Systems 2
#12 Richard E. Wirz University of California 2
#12 Jacob Aptekar Drisk 2
#24 Chauncy Godwin Unknown 1
#24 Augustine Smith Bioness 1
#24 Pietro Perona Caltech 1
#24 Susan Spence HP 1
#24 Behcet Acikmese Caltech 1
#24 Adam J. Stiles Nortonlifelock 1
#24 Brian Wilson Jeyes Group Limited 1
#24 Derrick Rodgers Harman International Industries, Incorporated 1
#24 Elizabeth Joy Wider 1
#24 Trent Spencer Wells Doheny Eye Institute 1
#24 John S. Winslow Discovision Associates 1
#24 Charles DeBoer Doheny Eye Institute 1
#24 Pamela J. Bjorkman Caltech 1
#24 Saswati Chatterjee City Of Hope 1
#24 Larry P. Brown Arelli Alloy Wheels 1
#24 Wally Ewald Rippel Aerovironment 1
#24 Kimberly Porter Disney 1
#24 Alejandro Backer Ab Inventio 1
#24 Heinz-Josef Lenz University Of Southern California 1
#24 John Posey J.T. Posey 1
#24 Denise Salazar Quest Diagnostics Investments 1
#24 Lillian Sanfilippo 1
#24 David Woodley University Of Southern California 1
#24 Kamehameha Wong City Of Hope 1
#24 Paul H. Patterson Caltech 1
#24 David Foor Applied Minds 1
#24 Amandine Consorti Mga Entertainment 1

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