Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Gardena, CA ranks #2,210 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,435 patents from 346 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Gardena, CA include Broadcom, Commscope Technologies, Toyota. That works out to 23.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 346 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Mark Kennedy Broadcom 62
2 Paul Schneider Commscope Technologies 59
3 John W. Pringle, IV 54
#4 Hidetoshi Kusumi Toyota 47
#5 Alexandr Shkolnik Global Filtration Systems 39
#6 James Lee Honda Motor Co. 35
#7 Jared Farnsworth Toyota 34
#8 Yung-Chen Lin Applied Materials 29
#9 Jack S. Chalabian K-Jack Engineering Company 24
#10 Kiyoshiro Ueoka Toyota 23
#11 Michael Hong Abbott 21
#12 Luisa E. Gorre Hughes Aircraft 19
#12 Jung Kim Skechers U.S.A., Inc. Ii 19
#12 Gregory D. Jackson Blendtec 19
#15 Jongmoo Choi Canoo Technologies 18
#16 Erick M. Hirata RTX (Raytheon) 17
#17 Adam Hodge Greenberg RTX (Raytheon) 15
#17 Claus Ettensberger Claus Ettensberger 15
#17 Daniel McCarron Canoo Technologies 15
#17 Rishav Guha Graymatter Robotics 15
#21 Ashish Kulkarni Graymatter Robotics 14
#21 John W. Pringle-Iv The Boeing 14
#23 Michael Marsh Borgwarner 13
#23 Ian Osborne Unknown 13
#25 Julius F. John Home Fashions 12
#25 Manuel A. Montano Banana Bros 12
#27 William Joseph Smith Honeywell 11
#27 Cheng Gong Graymatter Robotics 11
#27 Sharon Hoffman Shen Manufacturing Company Incorporated 11
#27 Long Huynh Faraday & Future 11
#31 Shehan James 10
#31 William M. Chambers The Lamson & Sessions 10
#31 Christopher Gregg Toyota 10
#31 Todd E. Fitzsimmons 10
#31 Juan C. Carillo, Jr. Trw Limited 10
#31 Richard P. Eddy Christie Electric 10
#37 Hisanori Ito Renesas Electronics 9
#37 Miguel Chavez Powerware 9
#37 Gary L. Williams Medtronic 9
#37 Cody Rhebergen Harbinger Motors 9
#41 David Shao Belkin International 8
#41 Jirina Jordan 8
#41 Kenneth Kawanishi Harbinger Motors 8
#41 James Dameron Canoo Technologies 8
#41 Jiri Poliacek 8
#41 William B. Austin Motorola 8
#41 Willis C. Bradley Lenjoy Engineering 8
#48 Ben Hong Chung-Shan Institute Of Science And Technology 7
#48 Jeannie Hardie Mattel 7
#48 Tom Hiroshi Hasegawa Unknown 7

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