Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Burbank, CA ranks #414 worldwide for total patents filed in 2020, with 364 patents from 223 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Burbank, CA include Disney, Dolby Laboratories Licensing, Novasignal. That works out to 73.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 223 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Steven M. Chapman Disney 14
2 Joseph Popp Disney 11
3 Mehul Patel Disney 10
#4 Athanasios Leontaris Dolby Laboratories Licensing 9
#5 Scott F. Watson Disney 8
#6 Peshala V. Pahalawatta Dolby Laboratories Licensing 6
#6 Sasha Anna Schriber Disney 6
#8 Jackie Cadiente 5
#9 Benjamin F. Havey Disney 4
#9 Corey Thibeault Novasignal 4
#9 John Canavan Wet 4
#9 R. Paul Mounce Medtronic 4
#9 Lewis S. Ostrover 4
#9 Carlos Thomas Miralles Aerovironment 4
#15 Dezso Molnar Wet 3
#15 Michael Smith 3
#15 Alfredo Reyes Lakeshore Equipment 3
#15 Stephen A. Thornton Disney 3
#15 Robert R. Graham Textron Innovations 3
#15 Dindo Uy Zodiac Pool Systems 3
#15 Anthony Mutalipassi Disney 3
#15 William E. Howseman, Jr. 3
#15 Hunter J. Gibson Disney 3
#15 Kurt Robert Spenser Roka Sports 3
#15 Robert E. Huebner Disney 3
#15 Colin A. Chong Medtronic 3
#15 Matthew Ryan Orthalign 3
#28 R. Hunter Gough Disney 2
#28 Hayk Bezirganyan Ventana 3D 2
#28 Charles Phillips Live-Right 2
#28 David Feder Disney 2
#28 Clayton R. Golliher Hope For Homeless Youth 2
#28 Robert Adams 2
#28 Isabel Simo Disney 2
#28 Victor M. Ayala 2
#28 Alif Khalfan Disney 2
#28 Samuel J. Reisner Disney 2
#28 Derek Peterson Soter Technologies 2
#28 Jeremy Andrew Mika Disney 2
#28 Robert Andrew Guziak Hydra-Electric 2
#28 Alexander Bimanand Ppg Industries Ohio 2
#28 Dane M. Coffey Disney 2
#28 Georgios GEORGIADIS Samsung 2
#28 Manuel Manalo Kyocera Document Solutions 2
#28 Karine Bagramyan City Of Hope 2
#28 Ivan Souffront Gamblit Gaming 2
#28 Mark R. Barton Disney 2
#28 Marvin S. White Sportvision 2
#28 John Wadsworth Belkin International 2
#28 Jacqueline E. King Disney 2

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