Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Malibu, CA ranks #902 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 3,670 patents from 447 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Malibu, CA include Brio Water Technology, Asante Solutions, Hrl Laboratories. That works out to 344.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 447 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Ravi Sawhney Brio Water Technology 189
2 Mark C. Estes Asante Solutions 147
3 Andrew P. Nowak Hrl Laboratories 127
3 Daniel Yap Hrl Laboratories 127
#5 Hartmut Neven Google 116
#6 Franz Von Holzhausen Tesla 105
#7 David T. Chang Hrl Laboratories 104
#8 Randall L. Kubena Hrl Laboratories 96
#9 Christopher S. Roper Hrl Laboratories 89
#10 Hung Nguyen Hrl Laboratories 74
#11 Derek N. Jenkins AMD 64
#12 David W. Payton Hrl Laboratories 62
#13 Roger Pennell Ceres 59
#14 Logan D. Sorenson Hrl Laboratories 52
#15 William Barvosa-Carter General Motors 49
#16 Felix Nagelin John Deere 44
#17 Weldon S. Williamson Hughes Aircraft 40
#18 Joseph S. Colburn Hrl Laboratories 39
#19 Carl Lebel Otonomy 38
#20 Andrew Conrad Verily Life Sciences 36
#21 Alexander E. Quilici Youmail 35
#21 Matthew D. Hern Gojo Industries 35
#23 Thomas R. O'Meara Hughes Aircraft 33
#24 Scott D. Guthrie Microsoft 32
#24 William J. Boyle Amgen 32
#26 Jeffrey M. Stibel Credibility 31
#26 Michael E. Kasaba Artisan Vehicle Systems 31
#28 Ryan G. Quarfoth Hrl Laboratories 26
#28 Aaron B. Stibel Credibility 26
#30 Roger Wang Battlearms Ip 25
#30 Timothy J. Brockett Spl Industries Usa 25
#32 Edward G. Brown Inspire Pharmaceuticals 24
#32 Andrea Corrion Hrl Laboratories 24
#34 Amir M. Rahimi Hrl Laboratories 23
#34 Brian David Lakamp Sony 23
#34 Robert W. Cumberland Hrl Laboratories 23
#37 Eric Savitsky University of California 22
#37 David J. Ritch Steelcase Development 22
#37 Thomas R. Hirsch Innerlite 22
#40 Kevin Geary Hrl Laboratories 21
#41 John J. Fling C Speed 20
#42 Andrew John Howe Microsoft 19
#42 David Wei Lam Research 19
#42 Anthony B. Nesburn Cedars Sinai Medical Center 19
#42 Peter Tompkins Citicorp Development Center 19
#46 Harold D. Hutchinson Harwil 18
#46 Anders Warming BMW 18
#46 John Vernon Aspargo Laboratories 18
#46 Joseph F. Jensen Hrl Laboratories 18
#46 John Pasiecznik, Jr. Hughes Aircraft 18

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