About Patent Leaderboard
Who makes this site, where the data comes from, and how to cite it.
Who makes this
Patent Leaderboard is maintained by Mike Todasco, the former Senior Director of Innovation at PayPal and currently at the James Silberrad Brown Center for Artificial Intelligence at San Diego State University. He writes an AI blog and has written for Points in Case, Slackjaw, Weekly Humorist, and the Mensa Bulletin. Mike has degrees from the University of Illinois-Champaign, the University of California-Berkeley, and Johns Hopkins University.
The data
| Source | What Patent Leaderboard uses it for |
|---|---|
| PatentsView / USPTO bulk data | Patent grants, inventors, assignees, locations, and company/inventor rankings. |
| KPSS patent values | Estimated private economic value for patents assigned to publicly traded firms. |
| US Census population data | State and city population denominators for per-capita patent comparisons. |
| Fortune 500 lists | Annual Fortune 500 company membership used by The Inventor 500. |
Update cadence
Patent Leaderboard is refreshed quarterly. Current USPTO coverage runs through Dec 31, 2025.
How to cite
Source: PatentLeaderboard.com, USPTO data through Dec 31, 2025. URL: https://www.patentleaderboard.com/about