Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Palmdale, CA ranks #3,134 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 964 patents from 354 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Palmdale, CA include Pacesetter, US Air Force, Smith International. That works out to 5.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 354 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Kyungmoo Ryu Pacesetter 105
2 Wesley P. Hoffman US Air Force 31
3 Alan W. Lockstedt Smith International 23
#4 Douglas J. Waldron The Boeing 19
#4 Phillip G. Wapner US Air Force 19
#6 Thomas M. Soukup Siemens Pacesetter 17
#6 Rusty L. Blanski US Air Force 17
#8 Matthew A. Neal 15
#9 Henry Avila U.S. Pole Company 12
#9 Andrew Perry Lam Research 12
#9 Elbert L. Rutan Freewing Aerial Robotics 12
#9 Thomas John McGuire Lockheed Martin 12
#13 David Briggs Baugh Anthony 11
#13 Daniel Peters Covidien Lp 11
#13 Colin Johnstone Agilent Technologies 11
#13 Christian Brochu BOE 11
#17 James D. Minidis Unknown 10
#18 Anthony Piazza Steelcase Development 9
#18 Michael W. Peters Chevron 9
#20 James Tilton NASA 8
#20 Spencer Cho 8
#20 William S Lane Resmed Motor Technologies 8
#23 Kamran B. Ghiassi US Air Force 7
#24 Hieu Nguyen Royal Institution For The Advancement Of Learning/Mcgill University 6
#24 Mark Richard Jean Onstation 6
#24 Jeffrey Alston US Air Force 6
#24 John Paul Freese Resmed Motor Technologies 6
#24 Dion F. Davis Pacesetter 6
#29 John M. Sweeney 5
#29 Jonathon Robert Heinrich Lockheed Martin 5
#29 Markos Karageorgis Lockheed Martin 5
#29 Donald L. Updyke, Jr. Sony 5
#29 James R. Bauder Intel 5
#29 Timothy Carraher U.S. Pole Company 5
#29 Frans Hendrik Ebersohn Lockheed Martin 5
#29 Randolph J. Brandt The Boeing 5
#29 Martin Vogel Alfred E. Mann Foundation For Scientific Research 5
#29 Anthony Piazza 5
#39 Simon Ralph Cassar 4
#39 Timothy Wells 4
#39 Raymond J. Wilson Pacesetter 4
#39 Mervin D. Gourley 4
#39 Duong Phan Foxconn 4
#39 Mark Skoog NASA 4
#39 Dean Austin Puett, III Moc Products Company 4
#39 Miguel Monge Ricon 4
#39 Frederick M. Ascherl U.S. Borax 4
#39 Vandana Vij US Air Force 4
#39 Bruce R. Slawson IBM 4
#39 James John Polston Itt Manufacturing Enterprises 4

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