Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Compton, CA ranks #6,494 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 376 patents from 111 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Compton, CA include Unknown, Laclede Professional Products, Bae Systems Information And Electronic Systems Integration. That works out to 3.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 111 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Herman Chang Unknown 34
2 Michael A. Pellico Laclede Professional Products 28
3 John C. McCarthy Bae Systems Information And Electronic Systems Integration 26
#4 Alex Chon Samsung 19
#5 Yuri Ranum ExxonMobil 16
#6 Richard P. Malmgren Trw Limited 12
#6 Charles Yu Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials Cmp Holdings 12
#8 Stanley Cutler Jb Research 11
#8 James H. Choi Corners, Co. 11
#8 Guido Rietdyk Lift Airborne Technologies 11
#11 Brandon Nelson IBM 10
#12 John R. Green Unknown 9
#13 Toshiyasu Matsuyama Optex Co. 8
#14 Burton Cutler Educational Insights 7
#14 Michael Wawrzynowski Gadu 7
#14 Jennifer Kwon Tune Therapeutics 7
#17 Hyo-Keun Ahn Samsung 6
#18 Dimitre Mehandjiysky Samsung 5
#19 John Howard Vericore Limited 4
#19 James Keng Cordelia Lighting 4
#19 Martin A. Spiegel Mr. Gasket 4
#19 Kenneth Henderson Castrol Limited 4
#23 Stephen Rowe Napier Limited 3
#23 George Luttig Unknown 3
#23 Jeff Higashi Samsung 3
#23 Nicholas Hogan 3
#23 Hyokeun Ahn Samsung 3
#23 Alfred J. Brunella 3
#23 Jerry Lehman Dna Specialty 3
#23 Darryl Im 3
#31 William E. Lahr Unknown 2
#31 Jaroslav Hornik Dfm 2
#31 Colin Fulford Kubota 2
#31 Cleve R. Hildebrand 2
#31 Terrell M. Keene 2
#31 Edward Thurman University Of Limerick 2
#31 Michael Cyril Clarke Vericore Limited 2
#31 Gerald Lehman Dna Specialty 2
#31 Allen Ray Bell Sonoco Development 2
#31 Brian Belton 2
#31 Eric Steele GE 2
#31 Franklin Roberts Mr. Gasket 2
#31 Mort Stuhlbarg 2
#31 Robert Haenel 2
#31 Ivor Simpson 2
#31 Nanci Freeman 2
#47 Rickey K Jackson 1
#47 Kevin I. Campbell 1
#47 Charles E. Whitehead 1
#47 Rosaline Peniche 1

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