Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Irvine, CA ranks #42 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 2,163 patents from 1,054 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Irvine, CA include Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Qualcomm, Dexcom. That works out to 7.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 1,054 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Jerry Wu Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co. 44
2 Qing Liu 38
3 Adarsh Krishnan Ramasubramonian Qualcomm 33
#4 Peter C. Simpson Dexcom 19
#5 Nicholas J. Singer Unknown 18
#6 Paul D. Arling Comcast 17
#7 Jeyhan Karaoguz Broadcom 16
#8 Lixiang Wei Rockwell Automation 15
#9 Sage Nathan Baker Watkins Manufacturing 13
#9 Kyle P. Chiang Atyr Pharma 13
#11 Arsham Hatambeiki Comcast 12
#11 Plamen Atanassov Stc.Unm 12
#11 Bipul Agarwal Skyworks Solutions 12
#14 Arumugam Govindswamy Mbit Wireless 11
#15 Yohei Yokoyama Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited 10
#15 Ying Zhao Fujitsu Limited 10
#15 Christopher Doerr AT&T 10
#15 Hong Gan Wilson Greatbatch 10
#15 Anthony Macciola Kofax 10
#20 Joven Matias Gopro 9
#20 Stephane Richard Marie Wloczysiak Skyworks Solutions 9
#20 Florinel G. Balteanu Skyworks Solutions 9
#20 John E. Maroney Western Digital Technologies 9
#20 Sharon J. Park Sri Sports Limited 9
#20 Sam Ziqun Zhao Broadcom 9
#20 Veena Viswanath AbbVie 9
#20 Chetan P. Pujara AbbVie 9
#28 Jianlu Ma Covidien Lp 8
#28 Steven T. Peng Western Digital Technologies 8
#30 Moti Altarac Vertiflex 7
#30 Ali Tehranchi Viking Access Systems 7
#30 Ning Xu Snap 7
#30 Raja Pullela Maxlinear 7
#30 Huawei Zhao Abbott 7
#30 Kentaro Fujiyoshi Canon 7
#30 Nambirajan Seshadri Broadcom 7
#30 Ba-Zhong Shen Broadcom 7
#38 Myk Lum Simplehuman 6
#38 Joshua D. Payne Toyota 6
#38 Xiaojie Yu AbbVie 6
#38 Sabah Khesbak Skyworks Solutions 6
#38 Andrew D. Malec Stepan 6
#38 Robert D. Fish Worklife Brands 6
#38 Sung Won Choi Enevate 6
#38 Daniel Huang Mophie 6
#38 Christos Karmis ExxonMobil 6
#38 Oscar E. Agazzi Broadcom 6
#38 Mehmet Vakif Tazebay Broadcom 6
#38 Wayne R. Howe The Boeing 6
#38 Connie P. Wang AMD 6

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