Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

El Segundo, CA ranks #951 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 3,509 patents from 672 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in El Segundo, CA include Navitas Semiconductor Limited, Broadcom, RTX (Raytheon). That works out to 203.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 672 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Daniel M. Kinzer Navitas Semiconductor Limited 165
2 Shaun Cooley Broadcom 128
3 Lacy G. Cook RTX (Raytheon) 117
#4 Crispian Tompkin Merchsource 79
#5 Harold A. Rosen Hughes Aircraft 74
#6 David J. Mishelevich Fresenius Medical Care Holdings 55
#7 Hartmuth C. Kolb Siemens Medical Solutions Usa 49
#8 Antonio Bernerd Martinez Divergent Technologies 46
#9 John Russell Bucknell Divergent Technologies 45
#10 Dongpei Su Kyocera Document Solutions 44
#11 Jun Honda International Rectifier 39
#11 Kendrick Wong Kyocera Document Solutions 39
#11 Stacy Lynn O'Connor Mattel 39
#14 Daniel Thompson RTX (Raytheon) 37
#14 Gary C. Bethurum Itt 37
#16 Chiu Ng International Rectifier 35
#17 Gordon B. Barrus Printronix 33
#17 John M. Savage, Jr. IBM 33
#17 Kalin Spariosu RTX (Raytheon) 33
#20 Brian Powell Metal Masters Foodservice Equipment Co. 31
#21 Christopher Brunner Qualcomm 30
#22 Spencer Smith Broadcom 29
#23 Louis Muller ICI 26
#23 Valter D. LONGO University Of Southern California 26
#25 Zhi He International Rectifier 24
#25 Niraj Ranjan International Rectifier 24
#27 Eduard Albert Jaeger Rainmaker Solutions 23
#27 Martin S. McCormick Space Exploration Technologies 23
#27 Deanna Griffith Savant Systems 23
#30 Ted J. Brackett Precision Medical Devices 22
#30 Caroline Park Savant Systems 22
#30 Nathalie Scholler University of Pennsylvania 22
#33 Sheng Li Kyocera Document Solutions 21
#33 Vladimir Rumennik Power Integrations 21
#33 Kahan Leong Latency 21
#36 Laura O'Donnell Contour Ip Holding 20
#37 Richard Kendall Merck 19
#37 Robin A. Reeder RTX (Raytheon) 19
#39 Paul Eric Peterson Sarnafil 18
#40 Duane D. Smith RTX (Raytheon) 17
#40 Jeffrey Bentzler I4C Innovations 17
#42 Rama Krishna Korlapati Teradata Us 16
#42 Herbert Lutz Emd Millipore 16
#44 Jacob Timm Bowles Rainmaker Solutions 14
#44 Andrew L. Strodtbeck Hughes Electronics Limited 14
#44 Stephen Gwin Helen Of Troy Limited 14
#44 Nick Wild Recargo 14
#44 Gary Silva 3G Bikes 14
#49 Hideo Nakahara Kyocera Document Solutions 13
#49 Eric Pugh Kyocera Document Solutions 13

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