Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Santa Clarita, CA ranks #634 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 5,297 patents from 1,031 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Santa Clarita, CA include Alfred E. Mann Foundation For Scientific Research, IBM, 3D Systems. That works out to 23.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 1,031 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Joseph H. Schulman Alfred E. Mann Foundation For Scientific Research 149
2 Adrian X. Rodriguez IBM 119
3 Charles W. Hull 3D Systems 81
#4 Rosana Esteller Boston Scientific 79
#5 William P. Van Antwerp Minimed 74
#6 Kristen N. Jaax Boston Scientific 65
#7 Jerry Ok Second Sight Medical Products 63
#8 Shu Lin National Health Research Institutes 62
#9 David Jackson Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 59
#10 James P. McGivern Advanced Bionics Ag 58
#11 Wenbo Hou Pacesetter 53
#11 John C. Hamilton Lagree Technologies 53
#13 Edward C. Drake Disney 52
#14 Cary D. Talbot Medtronic 51
#15 Mitchell H. Babkes Sylmark Holdings Limited 50
#16 Charles L. Byers Alfred E. Mann Foundation For Scientific Research 47
#17 Joseph Thomas Kopecek Woodward 44
#18 Rupinder Bharmi Pacesetter 42
#19 Waqidi Falicoff Light Prescriptions Innovators 41
#20 Aniket Saoji Advanced Bionics Ag 40
#21 James George Elcoate Smith Advanced Bionics Ag 38
#21 Dao Min Zhou Second Sight Medical Products 38
#23 Patrick Campbell Unknown 37
#23 Juexiao Cai Prc-Desoto International 37
#25 Keith Victorine Pacesetter 35
#25 Hiroshi Nakahara Quallion 35
#25 Edgardo C. Halili Medtronic 35
#28 Wisit Lim Pacesetter 33
#28 Edward H. Overstreet Advanced Bionics Ag 33
#30 William H. Bush Sonos 32
#31 Robert F. McClanahan Hughes Aircraft 30
#32 Stephen P. Dulac Directv 28
#33 Mikito Nagata Quallion 27
#34 Chester Chenguang Yuan Amgen 26
#35 Michael L. Simmons 25
#35 Larry L. Schumacher Laclede Chain Manufacturing 25
#35 Gary G. Gordon Trw Limited 25
#38 Khushroo H. Lakdawala Ppg Industries Ohio 24
#38 Steven R. Wilkinson RTX (Raytheon) 24
#38 Bijan Salamat Hydro-Aire 24
#38 Kamchat Soisuvarn Silgan Containers 24
#42 Reza P. Rassool Realnetworks 23
#42 Michael Walker Lucas Industries Limited 23
#42 Md. Mizanur Rahman Boston Scientific 23
#45 Jihui Yang General Motors 22
#45 Ryo Tamaki Quallion 22
#45 Michael E. Moran IBM 22
#45 Alan B. Vogel Pacesetter 22
#49 Ralph C. Struthers Comcast 21
#50 David Daomin Zhou Second Sight Medical Products 20

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