Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Altadena, CA ranks #1,522 worldwide for total patents filed in 2022, with 87 patents from 56 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Altadena, CA include The University Of Chicago, Caltech, Inscripta. That works out to 2.0 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 Rustem F. Ismagilov The University Of Chicago 7
2 Morteza Gharib Caltech 4
2 Daniel Held Inscripta 4
#4 Pietro Perona Caltech 3
#4 David Horne City Of Hope 3
#4 Wally E. Rippel Caltech 3
#4 Peter Stepniewicz Disney 3
#8 Pamela J. Bjorkman Caltech 2
#8 Victor E. White Caltech 2
#8 Saswati Chatterjee City Of Hope 2
#8 Amit Singh Nagra Rockley Photonics Limited 2
#8 David Woodley University Of Southern California 2
#8 Robert Chave The Supporting Organization For The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum 2
#8 Mark Abdollahian 2
#8 William F. Hug Photon Systems 2
#8 Boris Korzh Caltech 2
#8 Lon E. Bell Bsst 2
#8 David Horne National And Kapodistrian University Of Athens 2
#19 Thomas A. Tombrello Caltech 1
#19 Robert Chess Stetson Drisk 1
#19 Isabelle M. Darolles Caltech 1
#19 Richard Abbott Caltech 1
#19 Sako Hamparsomian 1
#19 Caolan John University of California 1
#19 Arpit Dua University Of Maryland, College Park 1
#19 Guido Hunziker Xponent Photonics 1
#19 Colleen A. McHugh Caltech 1
#19 Martin A. Stuart 1
#19 Joanna Lange Frohn 1
#19 Thomas F. Carruth Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower 1
#19 Thomas Riis Jakobsen Vestas Wind Systems A/S 1
#19 Nenad Jelisavcic Convergent Dental 1
#19 Derrick Rodgers Harman International Industries, Incorporated 1
#19 Asher Zelig Sefami Pacific Light & Hologram 1
#19 Joshua D. Wiensch Pacific Light & Hologram 1
#19 Phillip R. Jahelka Caltech 1
#19 Thomas William Briana 1
#19 Drora Shevy 1
#19 Adam J. Stiles Nortonlifelock 1
#19 Jess Firey Adkins Caltech 1
#19 Shawn Wagner Cedars Sinai Medical Center 1
#19 Augustine Smith Bioness 1
#19 Paul H. Patterson Caltech 1
#19 Tracy Keim 23Andme 1
#19 Conrad T. Jensen Trans Astronautica 1
#19 Philip J. Wahl Trans Astronautica 1
#19 Lillian Sanfilippo 1
#19 Nikhil Jain GE 1
#19 Alexander Goetz Analytical Spectral Devices 1
#19 Leigh B. Roberts, Jr. Qwire 1

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