Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

South Gate, CA ranks #10,574 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 185 patents from 47 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in South Gate, CA include Genentech, Inari Medical, Direct Pack. That works out to 2.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–47 of 47 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Stephen Anderson Genentech 27
2 Jacqueline Macias Inari Medical 24
3 Dominic Carson Cheng 15
3 Jose Enriquez Direct Pack 15
#5 Edgardo Valenzuela Contentguard Holdings 9
#6 Richard M. Densmore Unknown 8
#7 Ronald Carlson 6
#7 Manuel Medina 6
#9 Kenneth Lewis Rainbow Lifeguard Products 5
#10 James P. Duke Westinghouse Electric 4
#10 Michael Carmenaty Maxon Industries 4
#10 Mario Rodriguez Hr Textron 4
#13 Harry R. Klumpp Fontaine Industries 3
#13 Khalil Ibrahim Nino 3
#13 Jon P. Kertes 3
#13 Richard R. Vargas Avery Dennison 3
#13 Joseph B. Potoczky 3
#13 Josue Lopez MIT 3
#13 Claudia Isabel Guevara Latency 3
#20 Jorge Jeffery Medtronic 2
#20 Dennis S. Lo The Standard Oil Company (Ohio) 2
#20 Jose G. Padilla Northrop Grumman 2
#20 Ronald Loynds 2
#20 Karl K. Evans 2
#20 Raymond Carrasco 2
#20 Maria Carrasco 2
#20 Juan M. Trujillo 2
#20 Gregory Brisan Barksdale 2
#29 William F. Mancini 1
#29 Alphonso Merino Norris Industries 1
#29 Amanda Banda 1
#29 Roberto Polo Delgado Wolf & Associates 1
#29 Ricardo Godina 1
#29 Shawn Y. Matsuda 1
#29 Ricardo Bravo 1
#29 Mario Sanchez 1
#29 Elva Lee Martyn 1
#29 Ray W. Alpuche The Zippertubing 1
#29 Abraham Carranza 1
#29 Lora Vingino 1
#29 LaVaugh L. Mortensen 1
#29 Nickolas G. Taminich 1
#29 Lorenzo H. Aguilera 1
#29 La Vaughn L. Mortensen 1
#29 Veronica Palmer 1
#29 Anthony J. Chulich 1
#29 Arthur F. Carlson Merit Abrasive Products 1

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