Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Pasadena, CA ranks #162 worldwide for total patents filed in 2024, with 891 patents from 511 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Pasadena, CA include Amazon, GE, Xencor. That works out to 6.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 511 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Wen-Yo Lu Amazon 26
2 Huan Tan GE 18
3 Christopher Chamberland Amazon 12
#4 John Desjarlais Xencor 11
#5 Shruti Koparkar Korrus 10
#6 Aaron John Zilkie Rockley Photonics Limited 9
#7 William A. Goddard, III Caltech 8
#7 Brett Michael Dunn Sawyer Rockley Photonics Limited 8
#9 Derek Adams Zoox 7
#9 David M. Palacios Hyperspectral 7
#9 Dejun Guo Ubkang (Qingdao) Technology Co. 7
#9 Yu-Chong Tai Caltech 7
#13 Chengkun Zhang Ubtech Robotics Corp 6
#13 Cesar Fuentes-Ortega Biosense Webster (Israel) 6
#13 Michael Bailey Ecolink Intelligent Technology 6
#13 Tracey Ho Strong Force Iot Portfolio 2016 6
#13 Aditya Rajagopal Caltech 6
#13 Lilong Shi Samsung 6
#13 Kyungjoo Noh Amazon 6
#20 Jonathan S. Huang Rohr 5
#20 Michael Dooley Irobot 5
#20 W. Porter Harris Faraday & Future 5
#20 Ana Maria Cardenas Gasca Snap 5
#20 Florian Bohn Caltech 5
#20 Shant Malkasian Cleerly 5
#20 Sarthak Sahu Virtualitics 5
#27 Andy Y. Tsai Medtronic 4
#27 Lisa Giaffo Verizon 4
#27 Shuhe LI Nanoprecision Products 4
#27 Chuqiao Dong Ubkang (Qingdao) Technology Co. 4
#27 Leora Peltz The Boeing 4
#27 Reza Pezeshki Directv 4
#27 Tina Lin Zeng Google 4
#27 Ali Mesgarani Apple 4
#27 Nathan H. Allen Nantmobility 4
#27 Andrea Trita Rockley Photonics Limited 4
#27 Oisin MacAodha Niantic 4
#27 Scott N. Roberts Caltech 4
#27 Liwen Kao Mythical 4
#40 Julia A. Kornfield Caltech 3
#40 Taison Tan 24M Technologies 3
#40 Farshid ROUMI Caltech 3
#40 Jeffrey A. Brydle Cognos Therapeutics 3
#40 Azita Emami Caltech 3
#40 Alex H. Pai Apple 3
#40 Mehmet Sencan Caltech 3
#40 Ryan W. Sinnet Miso Robotics 3
#40 Muhammad Mujeeb-U-Rahman Caltech 3
#40 Stephan Cunningham Mythical 3
#40 Michael B. Elowitz Caltech 3

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