Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Burbank, CA ranks #465 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 304 patents from 202 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Burbank, CA include Disney, Soter Technologies, Dolby Laboratories Licensing. That works out to 61.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 202 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Steven M. Chapman Disney 12
2 Joseph Popp Disney 9
3 Mehul Patel Disney 7
#4 Stephen A. Thornton Disney 6
#4 Derek Peterson Soter Technologies 6
#4 Scott F. Watson Disney 6
#7 Athanasios Leontaris Dolby Laboratories Licensing 5
#7 Janice K. ROSENTHAL Disney 5
#7 Hunter J. Gibson Disney 5
#10 Carlos Thomas Miralles Aerovironment 4
#10 Corey Thibeault Novasignal 4
#12 Gregory House Disney 3
#12 Lewis S. Ostrover Warner Bros. Entertainment 3
#12 Michael Smith Warner Bros. Entertainment 3
#12 Kari Grubin Disney 3
#12 Samuel J. Reisner Disney 3
#12 Hrayr Torosyan Faraday & Future 3
#12 Yazmaliza Yaacob Disney 3
#19 Jeremy Andrew Mika Disney 2
#19 Dezso Molnar Wet 2
#19 Felix Lu Caldera Medical 2
#19 Kanghong Zhang Jiaxing Super Lighting Electric Appliance Co. 2
#19 Or Vardi 2
#19 Ryan L. Hornbeck 2
#19 Paulo Kang Mattel 2
#19 Melvin Donovan Pullen Oro Agri 2
#19 John J. Beahan Zestfinance 2
#19 Matt I. Haller Boston Scientific 2
#19 Amnon Talmor Wet 2
#19 Dindo Uy Zodiac Pool Systems 2
#19 Thomas M. DeKeyser Disney 2
#19 Martin W. Bieti The Boeing 2
#19 John Canavan Wet 2
#19 Paul Kuchinski Prc-Desoto International 2
#19 Aljoscha Smolic Disney 2
#19 Eric Vance Comcast 2
#19 Irwin J. Kurland Albert Einstein College Of Medicine 2
#19 Sean Javad Kamkar Zestfinance 2
#19 Yong Chen University Of Southern California 2
#19 Norman Celik Forgiato 2
#19 Kimberly Williams Verizon 2
#19 Jose A. Gutierrez Disney 2
#19 Alif Khalfan Disney 2
#19 David Feder Disney 2
#19 Keith George Ferry 2
#19 Kurt Robert Spenser Roka Sports 2
#19 Dario Di Zanni Disney 2
#19 Robert E. Huebner Disney 2
#49 Kirk Lansman Dreamworks Animation 1
#49 Luis Vargas University of Florida 1

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