Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Glendale, CA ranks #596 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 5,716 patents from 1,191 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Glendale, CA include University Of Southern California, LG, Boston Scientific. That works out to 29.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 1,191 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Mark Humayun University Of Southern California 207
2 Hyen-O Oh LG 191
3 Kerry Bradley Boston Scientific 172
#4 William Gibbens Redmann Thomson Licensing 97
#5 Sheldon Phillips Samsung 96
#6 Eunkyung Kim KAIST 84
#7 Paul M. Meadows Boston Scientific 79
#8 Daniel Aghassian Boston Scientific 74
#9 Jean Y. Yang AMD 68
#10 Matthew Lee McDonald Boston Scientific 64
#11 Paolo Pirjanian Evolution Robotics 61
#12 Dikran Babikian Bobrick Washroom Equipment 56
#13 Kevin C. Baxter Litepanels 49
#13 Dean Dal Ponte Hubbell Incorporated 49
#15 Robert C. Mucic Nanosphere 45
#15 Armen Sevada Gharabegian Shadecraft 45
#17 Karapet Ablabutyan Maxon Industries 41
#17 Kenneth J. Mitchell Disney 41
#19 Jonathan Ackley Disney 38
#20 William Lark, Jr. Racepoint Energy 37
#20 Mark A. Reichow Disney 37
#22 Yi-Wen Lin Intel 35
#23 Armen Avoyan Lam Research 32
#23 Russel Howe Applied Minds 32
#25 Homin Lee Logitech Europe S.A. 30
#26 Paul D. Fleming W & F Manufacturing 29
#26 Alan Crawford Original Ideas 29
#28 Ali R. Mehrabi Avery Dennison 28
#28 Arsen Ibranyan Medtronic 28
#28 Donald Lariviere Honda Motor Co. 28
#31 Akhil J. Madhani 27
#31 Philip John Jackson Disney 27
#33 Asa K. Kalama Disney 26
#34 Martin B. Barmatz Caltech 25
#35 Kenneth Wang 24
#35 Isabelle Park Cisco 24
#37 David L. Christensen Disney 23
#37 Joseph Nazari Rain Bird 23
#37 Richard E. Purvis Medtronic 23
#40 Arnold Tamayo University Of Southern California 22
#40 Armen Mkrtchyan Disney 22
#40 Jason A. Yeung Disney 22
#40 Haik Mesropian Broadcom 22
#40 Kidong Kwon Modne 22
#40 Radha Sen HP 22
#46 Marc Webster Xerox 21
#46 Andrew Robert Rolfe Early Warning Services 21
#46 Adam E. Sorensen Hrl Laboratories 21
#49 Dev Kumar Finisar 20
#49 Roger Volodarsky Puff 20

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