Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Manhattan Beach, CA ranks #613 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 5,472 patents from 861 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Manhattan Beach, CA include Solopower, Broadcom, International Rectifier. That works out to 154.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 861 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Bulent M. Basol Solopower 171
2 Bruce McCorkendale Broadcom 151
3 Michael A. Briere International Rectifier 113
#4 Carey Nachenberg Broadcom 112
#4 Paul Rudy Soraa Laser Diode 112
#6 Timothy P. Clegg Target Brands 105
#7 Robb Fujioka Fuhu Holdings 102
#8 Harry B. Marr RTX (Raytheon) 76
#9 Ulrich Neumann GE 73
#10 Mike Jadon Radian Memory Systems, Illc 61
#11 Sanjai Kohli Sirf Technology 60
#12 Craig Steele Brio Water Technology 58
#13 Mark Kintis Northrop Grumman 57
#14 Henrik Fisker Fisker 55
#15 Sarah Akin Zon 53
#16 David Meisenholder Snap 48
#17 Richard R. Martin Abbott 47
#17 Thomas Herman International Rectifier 47
#19 James P. Scott The Boeing 45
#20 Jon S. McElvain Xerox 44
#21 Robert W. Byren RTX (Raytheon) 43
#22 A. Dorian Challoner The Boeing 40
#23 Henry Derovanessian Sony 39
#23 Keith Hippely Mattel 39
#23 John Roland Clem Stamps.Com 39
#23 Joseph Marron RTX (Raytheon) 39
#27 Paul Laurence Sinclair Ncr 38
#28 Ying Feria Directv 36
#28 Daniel Marcu Language Weaver 36
#30 Alexander A. Betin RTX (Raytheon) 35
#30 Ricardo C. Pastor Hughes Aircraft 35
#30 Thomas Grimm Covestro Deutschland Ag 35
#33 Craig Andrew Weldon 34
#33 Andrew L. Bullard RTX (Raytheon) 34
#33 David Wolbert Simplehuman 34
#36 Elizabeth T. Kunkee 33
#37 David G. Fliszar Snap 30
#37 Tom Barber Bradshaw International 30
#37 George Allan Zimmerman Cisco 30
#37 Jeng-Hong Chen Issc Technologies 30
#41 Seunghee Oh Fisker Ip/Austria Assets Trust 29
#41 Charles R. Cahn Sirf Technology 29
#43 Steven J. Davis Physical Sciences 28
#44 John Liberty IBM 27
#45 Chunbo Zhang Honeywell 26
#45 Tony Christianson 26
#47 Paul R. Prince Baxter International 25
#48 Christopher R. Koontz RTX (Raytheon) 24
#49 Joseph Cernansky Unknown 23
#49 Arne Lang-Ree Rehrig Pacific 23

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