Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Irvine, CA ranks #42 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 2,161 patents from 1,024 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Irvine, CA include Broadcom, Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Comcast. That works out to 7.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 1,024 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Jeyhan Karaoguz Broadcom 65
2 Jerry Wu Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co. 55
3 Qing Liu 36
#4 Paul D. Arling Comcast 18
#5 Adarsh Krishnan Ramasubramonian Qualcomm 16
#6 Thomas C. Malone AbbVie 15
#7 Sam Ziqun Zhao Broadcom 13
#7 Kyle P. Chiang Atyr Pharma 13
#9 Jae Shin Oakley 12
#9 Peter C. Simpson Dexcom 12
#9 Myk Lum Simplehuman 12
#12 Nambirajan Seshadri Broadcom 11
#13 Arsham Hatambeiki Comcast 10
#13 Rezaur Rahman Khan Broadcom 10
#13 Robert D. Fish Worklife Brands 10
#13 Anthony Macciola Kofax 10
#17 Li Jiang Microsoft 9
#17 Farrokh Mohamadi Tialinx 9
#17 Sage Nathan Baker Watkins Manufacturing 9
#17 Yohei Yokoyama Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited 9
#17 Joao Alcantara Nxgn Data 9
#22 Jenny W. Wang AbbVie 8
#22 Lixiang Wei Rockwell Automation 8
#22 Jinqiu Zhang Western Digital (Fremont) 8
#22 Juin-Hwey Chen Broadcom 8
#22 Kentaro Fujiyoshi Canon 8
#22 Bipul Agarwal Skyworks Solutions 8
#22 Enrico Brambilla Breathe Technologies 8
#29 Sabah Khesbak Skyworks Solutions 7
#29 Ba-Zhong Shen Broadcom 7
#29 Christopher Doerr AT&T 7
#29 Debasish Sarkar Sprint Spectrum 7
#29 Michael R. Robinson AbbVie 7
#29 David J. Howard Newport Fab 7
#29 Matthew D. Cohen Covidien Lp 7
#29 Veena Viswanath AbbVie 7
#29 Minsung Kim Samsung 7
#29 Karl Jonsson Greenwave Reality Pte 7
#29 Cenk Acar Fairchild Semiconductor 7
#29 Plamen Atanassov Stc.Unm 7
#29 Mehmet Vakif Tazebay Broadcom 7
#29 David Rosmann Broadcom 7
#29 Kei Roger Aoki AbbVie 7
#29 Peter Schwartz Vizio 7
#45 William J. Godecker B/E Aerospace 6
#45 Joseph Francis AbbVie 6
#45 Sandro Klein Thermo Fisher 6
#45 An-Jen Yang 6
#45 Ronald M. Kurtz Alcon Lensx 6
#45 Richard G. Keegan John Deere 6

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