Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Burbank, CA ranks #446 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 7,296 patents from 2,041 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Burbank, CA include Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment, Dolby Laboratories Licensing, Warner Bros. Entertainment. That works out to 1476.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 2,041 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Leonard T. Chapman Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment 118
2 Athanasios Leontaris Dolby Laboratories Licensing 101
3 Lewis S. Ostrover Warner Bros. Entertainment 90
#4 Joseph J. Florio Pacesetter 88
#5 John Wadsworth Belkin International 85
#6 Scott F. Watson Disney 71
#7 Matthew I. Haller Boston Scientific 56
#7 Steven M. Chapman Disney 56
#9 Peshala V. Pahalawatta Dolby Laboratories Licensing 55
#10 Colin A. Chong Medtronic 51
#11 Michael Smith Warner Bros. Entertainment 49
#12 Robert L. Hunter Emory University 48
#13 Ken Fisher Litepanels 42
#14 Marvin S. White Sportvision 41
#15 Mehul Patel Disney 39
#16 Joseph Popp Disney 36
#17 Carlos Thomas Miralles Aerovironment 34
#18 Chad Srisathapat Medtronic 32
#19 R. Paul Mounce Medtronic 31
#19 Lanny A. Gorton Pacesetter Infusion 31
#21 Peter Szucs GE 30
#21 Spencer Stephens Strix Systems 30
#23 Jerome Louis Budzik Northwestern University 29
#23 Joseph A. Carmien Unknown 29
#23 Haig H. Krakirian Rovi Guides 29
#26 Iain Matthews Disney 28
#27 William H. Stutz, Jr. Medtronic 27
#27 Paulo Kang Mattel 27
#27 Jeffery S. Hawkins Detroit Diesel 27
#27 Kurt Robert Spenser Roka Sports 27
#27 Stuart Jamieson Ford 27
#32 John E. Davis Reinke Manufacturing Company 25
#32 Evan M. Goldberg Disney 25
#34 Austin Lee Google 24
#34 Benjamin M. Wu University of California 24
#34 Eric Vance Comcast 24
#37 Kanghong Zhang Jiaxing Super Lighting Electric Appliance Co. 23
#37 Aljoscha Smolic Disney 23
#39 Michael Gay Disney 22
#39 Corey Thibeault Novasignal 22
#39 Robert A. Meyers Microsoft 22
#42 James E. Crenshaw Dolby Laboratories Licensing 21
#42 Gregory D. Gudorf Sony 21
#42 David W. Arnold Honda Motor Co. 21
#42 John A. Robbins Lumenyte International 21
#46 Gregory House Disney 20
#46 Barry R. Koper 20
#48 Sangkil Nam City Of Hope 19
#48 Alexey Stomakhin Unity Technologies Sf 19
#48 James H. Ermer The Boeing 19

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