Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Sierra Madre, CA ranks #2,399 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,306 patents from 216 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Sierra Madre, CA include Gravity Guidance, Biosense Webster (Israel), Xponent Photonics. That works out to 115.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 216 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Jack V. Miller Gravity Guidance 99
2 Joseph Thomas Keyes Biosense Webster (Israel) 82
3 David W. Vernooy Xponent Photonics 57
#4 Prakash Mallya Avery Dennison 54
#5 Eric Bax Verizon 46
#6 Benjamin James Harrison Korrus 43
#7 Oskar Painter Caltech 37
#8 Ruth E. Miller Gravity Guidance 31
#9 Adam K. Kolawa Parasoft 28
#10 Philip W. Hammond Gen-Probe Incorporated 27
#11 Joseph P. Schramm Caltech 25
#12 Lothar S. Jeromin Xerox 23
#13 Joan V. Brennan 3M 19
#13 Brian Eustace Mole-Richardson Co. 19
#15 Bryon L. Kasper Emcore 18
#16 Donald H. Hutchins Hutchins Manufacturing 17
#16 Jacob Levy NVIDIA 17
#18 Winston B. Young Young Engineering & Manufacturing 15
#18 Dwight G. Westover Bell And Howell 15
#18 James Burke Breg 15
#21 Patrick D. Kidd Scientific Pharmaceuticals 14
#21 Matthew N. Schneider Steelcase 14
#23 Sigfrid D. Soli House Ear Institute 13
#23 Biren Shah National Instruments 13
#23 David W. Wieting Indian Wells Medical 13
#26 George M. Kent Basf Se 12
#26 Ali E. Zadeh Pacesetter 12
#26 Mark Murphy Johnson & Johnson 12
#29 Jim Butler Emulex Design And Manufacturing 11
#29 Michael Geva AT&T 11
#31 Mark Miller Hills 10
#32 John M. Gregoire Caltech 9
#32 Susan L. Broyles Avery Dennison 9
#32 Tyler P. Korman University of California 9
#32 James H. Green Cummins Electronics Company 9
#32 Andrew J. Milne Jds Uniphase 9
#37 Judith Campbell Caltech 8
#37 Jayant Shukla Unknown 8
#37 David Nardoni Bank of America 8
#37 Russell Wayne King 8
#41 Maureen A Thurston-Chartraw Practical Products 7
#41 Ronald Pellar Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 7
#41 Blake W. Axelrod Caltech 7
#41 Jiun-Tsong Wu 7
#41 Kevin Morris City Of Hope 7
#41 Leland D. Green Xerox 7
#41 Galen G. Gornowicz Dreamworks Animation 7
#41 Peter W. Mackie 7
#49 Paul Savoie Synventive Molding Solutions 6
#49 Elzbieta Kolawa Caltech 6

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