Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Orange, CA ranks #655 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 192 patents from 110 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Orange, CA include Google, Edwards Lifesciences, Apple. That works out to 1.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 110 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Robert A. Kelley Google 8
1 Brian S. Conklin Edwards Lifesciences 8
3 Billy Chen Apple 7
3 Gregory A. Wright Edwards Lifesciences 7
#5 Peter Piferi Mri Interventions 6
#6 Michael K. Boudreau IBM 5
#6 Derrick Johnson Edwards Lifesciences 5
#6 Tommy Yu Broadcom 5
#9 Liren Lin 3
#9 Marc B. Velasco IBM 3
#9 Tim L. Truitt Carefusion 303 3
#9 John C. Vassberg The Boeing 3
#9 Larry Hayashigawa Aerovironment 3
#9 Robert C. Taft National Semiconductor 3
#9 Timothy H. Nelson Encore Packaging 3
#9 Chin H. Toh The Boeing 3
#9 Haijuan Qu 3
#9 Alex Habibvand Roller Bearing Company Of America 3
#9 Robert M. Giasolli Cagent Vascular 3
#9 Casey Lind Alcon Research 3
#21 Peter Patrick De Guzman Amo Development 2
#21 Julian Thorne Chevron 2
#21 Myong Kim Oakley 2
#21 Marc Webb Behr Process 2
#21 Albert Kim Ford 2
#21 Mark Robert Theissen 2
#21 Thomas F. LaDuke Disney 2
#21 Steven Lane Belkin International 2
#21 Toni M. Lee Caltech 2
#21 Terry Blansfield Vyaire Medical Capital 2
#21 Joseph James Valenti 2
#21 Jerry L. White Nxp Usa 2
#21 Chaitanya Patel Netapp 2
#21 Mark M. Ensworth Rain Bird 2
#21 Cathy L. Boon Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems 2
#36 Robin Reichelt Unknown 1
#36 Sebong Chun 1
#36 Patrick McGrath Equistar Chemicals, Lp 1
#36 Jeffrey A Meeks Core Industries 1
#36 Naji S. Yakzan Sikorsky Aircraft 1
#36 Brian M. Schear 1
#36 Fred E. Peters Shieldpro 1
#36 David Reichert Mattel 1
#36 Lawrence E. Tannas, Jr. 1
#36 Henry Law AT&T 1
#36 Joseph F. Quint Danaher 1
#36 James Safarik 1
#36 Derek A. Ahern The Boeing 1
#36 Vincent Yeung Hunter Company 1
#36 Hunter Klee V&H Performance 1

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