Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Simi Valley, CA ranks #493 worldwide for total patents filed in 2020, with 296 patents from 153 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Simi Valley, CA include Hrl Laboratories, Globalfoundries, Amgen. That works out to 2.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 153 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Heiko Hoffmann Hrl Laboratories 10
2 Abu Thomas Globalfoundries 9
3 Scott R. Gibson Amgen 8
#4 Glen E. Roe Rovi Guides 7
#4 Walter J. Husak Dolby Laboratories Licensing 7
#4 Eric Allan Larson Medtronic 7
#7 Thomas Nelson Ford 6
#7 Bart Dean Hibbs Aerovironment 6
#7 Pavel Belik Aerovironment 6
#10 David M. Wagenbach 5
#10 Alexander Voishvillo Harman International Industries, Incorporated 5
#10 Emanuel Feldman 5
#10 David Gerald Wittke Rovi Guides 5
#14 Kelly H. McClure Second Sight Medical Products 4
#14 Scott Platt 4
#14 John Nino Eca Medical Instruments 4
#14 Dean C. Richards Alphinity 4
#14 Craig Robertson Radian Memory Systems, Illc 4
#14 William Arden Lott Aerovironment 4
#14 Afshin Bazargan Medtronic 4
#21 Marcos Henry Rodriguez Yakima Products 3
#21 Ronald James Kuhlmeier Bank of America 3
#21 Shawn Pasternak Advanced Wireless Innovations 3
#21 Matthew Todd Keennon Aerovironment 3
#21 Alan Chen Radian Memory Systems, Illc 3
#21 Lance Hussey Brio Water Technology 3
#21 John Peter Zwaan Aerovironment 3
#21 Xiwei Bai Hrl Laboratories 3
#21 Jason Sidharthadev Mukherjee Aerovironment 3
#21 Vern Traxler Cool Planet Energy System 3
#21 Suhas Krishna Amgen 3
#32 David Pavell Medtronic 2
#32 Sarine Sahatjian 2
#32 David R. Thompson Aerovironment 2
#32 Alexander Andryukov Aerovironment 2
#32 Elena Hughes 2
#32 Linda Hunt Easton Diamond Sports 2
#32 Clark Pentico Jds Uniphase 2
#32 Adam S. Trock Medtronic 2
#32 Robert Glenn Deen Comcast 2
#32 Kenneth Safford Mechanix Wear 2
#32 Robert W. Sullivan Sullivan Engine Works 2
#32 Brian Diederich Bank of America 2
#32 Carlos Schulte Gamblit Gaming 2
#32 Ian Montgomery Easton Diamond Sports 2
#32 David Tory Eca Medical Instruments 2
#32 Christopher Fogel Intermetro Communications 2
#32 Sarnath Chattaraj Medtronic 2
#32 Alan Chaney Bitvore 2
#32 Douglas J. Button Harman International Industries, Incorporated 2

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