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Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Fullerton, CA ranks #989 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 138 patents from 79 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Fullerton, CA include Kraco Enterprises, Llc., Alfred E. Mann Foundation For Scientific Research, Usgi Medical. That works out to 1.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 79 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Terrance F. Little 14
2 Lingere D. Goddard Kraco Enterprises, Llc. 13
3 Edward K. Lee Alfred E. Mann Foundation For Scientific Research 11
#4 Richard C. Ewers Usgi Medical 4
#4 Min-Young Park Samsung 4
#6 Scott Cover Lund Motion Products 3
#6 Steve Smith Texas Instruments 3
#6 David Cook Clean Train Propulsion 3
#6 Stan G. Louie University Of Southern California 3
#10 Nirav Patel Vistaprint Schweiz Gmbh 2
#10 Scott Rogoff St. Joseph Health System 2
#10 Philip J. Bromley Virun 2
#10 Timothy R. Bumbalough Abbott 2
#10 Jackie R. See Rengene Biotechnology Co. 2
#10 Robert Weber 6D Helmets 2
#10 Daniel Hwang Siliconsystems 2
#10 Carol E. Eberhardt Medtronic 2
#10 Adam Huennekens Exemplis 2
#10 Alan Moore 2
#20 Sung Il Joo Netmarble 1
#20 Nak Zu E Kmw U.S.A. 1
#20 Owen Cupp 1
#20 Cliff L. Chin The Boeing 1
#20 Gerald P. Miles Wynn Oil 1
#20 Brandon Vern Kadar 1
#20 Philip N. Duncan University of California 1
#20 Sungwoo Min Biosense Webster (Israel) 1
#20 Gwendolyn M. Wilson 1
#20 Petar Chekardzhikov 1
#20 Weihsiung William Chow Sharp Laboratories Of America 1
#20 Kurt A. Matthews The Boeing 1
#20 Albrecht Gass Smartshift Technologies 1
#20 William T. Edwards Sonics 1
#20 Gaurav Goswami IBM 1
#20 Andrew D. Kostelec 1
#20 Steven J. Silverman RTX (Raytheon) 1
#20 Leonardo Vazquez Hernandez 1
#20 John Cassady Purdue Research Foundation 1
#20 David Tisherman Unknown 1
#20 Billie J. Millwee Medtronic 1
#20 Tuan M. Quach Intel 1
#20 Randy A. Wild RTX (Raytheon) 1
#20 Thomas E. Robles The Boeing 1
#20 Andrew Lourits Mattel 1
#20 Gary J. Beck AbbVie 1
#20 Philippe Gauthier C&K Components S.A.S. 1
#20 Anthony Ruiz 1
#20 Juan Valencia Edwards Lifesciences 1
#20 Paul Minsok Yun 1
#20 Paul Van Lingen 1

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