Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Palmdale, CA ranks #3,523 worldwide for total patents filed in 2020, with 36 patents from 27 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Palmdale, CA include Pacesetter, IBM, Lockheed Martin. That works out to 0.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–27 of 27 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Kyungmoo Ryu Pacesetter 7
2 Bruce R. Slawson IBM 3
3 Marion A. Murray 2
#4 Janet Hawatmeh 1
#4 Yvette Wood Lockheed Martin 1
#4 Jeffrey Alston US Air Force 1
#4 Frans Hendrik Ebersohn Lockheed Martin 1
#4 Dean Austin Puett, III Moc Products Company 1
#4 Randolph J. Brandt The Boeing 1
#4 Lucas Van der Mee Apogee Electronics 1
#4 John Paul Freese Resmed Motor Technologies 1
#4 Eugene Francis O'Connell 1
#4 Brietta Rose Oakley Brighton Technologies 1
#4 Thomas Edward Christian, Jr. National Technology & Engineering Solutions Of Sandia 1
#4 Colin Johnstone Agilent Technologies 1
#4 Regina Mariko Sullivan Lockheed Martin 1
#4 Thomas John McGuire Lockheed Martin 1
#4 Laurice Hawatmeh 1
#4 Rusty L. Blanski US Air Force 1
#4 David Topchyan 1
#4 Matthew A. Neal 1
#4 William S Lane Resmed Motor Technologies 1
#4 Paul Merwin Antriasian 1
#4 Alan W. Lockstedt Smith International 1
#4 Rachel Thibault 1
#4 Madelen Flores 1
#4 Evelyn Machado 1

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