Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Tustin, CA ranks #430 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 286 patents from 149 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Tustin, CA include Broadcom, Irobot, Ericsson. That works out to 3.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 149 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 David Garrett Broadcom 15
2 Mario E. Munich Irobot 8
2 Zu Qiang Ericsson 8
#4 Cameron Potter Assa Abloy Americas Residential 7
#4 Seyed Ali Hajimiri Caltech 7
#6 Bing Song Nant Holdings Ip 6
#6 Shimiao Wang AbbVie 6
#6 Jeremy K. Black Comcast 6
#6 John Araki Pixi Lighting 6
#6 Daniel Levin Neonc Technologies 6
#6 Raheel Khan Qualcomm 6
#12 Chun Sei Tsai Western Digital Technologies 5
#12 Michael J. DeBar Newport Fab 5
#14 Jin Won Kim Samsung 4
#14 Kyle E. Lynn Abbott 4
#14 Thang M. Tran AMD 4
#14 Thach Duong Endocare 4
#18 Kyle Holiday Qalo Holdings 3
#18 Joan-En Chang-Lin AbbVie 3
#18 Alireza Mahanfar Space Exploration Technologies 3
#18 Henry S. Ung Western Digital Technologies 3
#18 Jian Zhao Orvance 3
#18 Vladimir Alves Ngd Systems 3
#18 Ara K. Kurdoghlian Hrl Laboratories 3
#25 Wei-Hong Chen Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited 2
#25 Kelly Jonathan Courter The Boeing 2
#25 David vonThenen Emc 2
#25 John T. Kim Amazon 2
#25 Curtis Le Panasonic 2
#25 David B. Speights The Retail Equation 2
#25 Carina R. Reisin Abbott 2
#25 Benton Bejach 2
#25 Chin-Ming Chang AbbVie 2
#25 Wendy M. Blanda AbbVie 2
#25 James Lau Rab Lighting 2
#25 Andre Pratama Western Digital Technologies 2
#25 James Christopoulos Mideas 2
#25 Songsong Sun Mediatek Singapore Pte. 2
#25 Chandra Mohan Thomson Licensing 2
#25 Abhirup Chakraborty IBM 2
#25 Christopher Harrison Webster Medtronic 2
#25 David B. Chang Hughes Aircraft 2
#25 Michael Ortiz Caltech 2
#25 Edwin C. Cady The Boeing 2
#25 Russell Richard Niedwick 2
#25 Edwin Wang Advanced Cardiovascular Systems 2
#25 Richard C. Yee AbbVie 2
#25 Steven Kwong Emc 2
#25 Kevin Corbalis Unisen 2
#25 Chuan-Yi Liang Wistron 2

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