Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Lake Forest, CA ranks #312 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 388 patents from 172 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Lake Forest, CA include BOE, Samsung, Ford. That works out to 4.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 172 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Wei Wei BOE 16
1 Dae Kyun Lee Samsung 16
3 Kemal Curic Ford 14
#4 David F. Woodward AbbVie 11
#5 Jakob Bredsguard Biosynthetic Technologies 10
#6 Rex O. Bare Ibis Biosciences 9
#7 Theodore A. Waniuk Apple 8
#7 Arun Ramakrishnan IBM 8
#9 James Gerg Johnson & Johnson 7
#9 Marcus Escobosa Comcast 7
#11 Jay A. Lenker Indian Wells Medical 6
#12 William B. Boyle Western Digital Technologies 5
#12 Farshid Dilmaghanian Bal Seal Engineering 5
#12 Rabih Zahr Retro Brands 5
#12 James G. Johnson Tempo Industries 5
#12 Nedal Makarem Retro Brands 5
#12 Shady Makarem Retro Brands 5
#12 Peter J. Balsells Unknown 5
#12 Dennis Pearson Tempo Industries 5
#20 Cristiano Dalvi Masimo 4
#20 Derek Changsrivong Bal Seal Engineering 4
#20 Choo-Bhin Ong Western Digital Technologies 4
#20 Lingfeng Yu Novartis Ag 4
#20 Brian David Fisher Amazon 4
#20 Shrenik Shah Panasonic 4
#20 Wei Hsu 4
#20 Carl E. Barlow Western Digital Technologies 4
#28 Xiaoxia Liu AbbVie 3
#28 Rob Sjostedt Bal Seal Engineering 3
#28 Noriaki Hamasaki Ssb Design 3
#28 Christian Posse Microsoft 3
#28 Jack B. Lovley, II Bravo Sports 3
#28 Matthew M. Ferry Iheart Media Management Services 3
#28 Thao Hieu Banh Western Digital Technologies 3
#28 Reinier Van Der Lee Broadcom 3
#28 Micha Eizen Schawbel Technologies 3
#28 Xuejun Qian Kerr 3
#28 Anthony W. Dennison Amo Development 3
#28 Mark Anthony Siminuk Covidien Lp 3
#40 Oscar Romero Spectrum Brands 2
#40 Vic Wu Panasonic 2
#40 Brian A. Horowitz American Products, L.L.C. 2
#40 Janice L. Shay Medtronic 2
#40 Dino L. Roman The Boeing 2
#40 Michael R. Bialas Edwards Lifesciences 2
#40 David Downey Spectrum Brands 2
#40 Georgios Asmanis Avago Technologies General Ip (Singapore) Pte. 2
#40 Jeffrey T. Zaccaro 2
#40 Hsin S. Chin Novartis Ag 2
#40 Timothy Lee Fowers Amazon 2

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