Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Orange, CA ranks #728 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 186 patents from 115 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Orange, CA include Apple, Comcast, Broadcom. That works out to 1.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 115 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Billy Chen Apple 7
2 Cesar Alvarado Comcast 6
2 Tommy Yu Broadcom 6
#4 Brian S. Conklin Edwards Lifesciences 5
#5 Peter Piferi Mri Interventions 4
#5 Gregory A. Wright Edwards Lifesciences 4
#7 Robert C. Taft National Semiconductor 3
#7 Cory O. Nykoluk Trg Accessories, L.L.C. 3
#7 Timothy H. Nelson Encore Packaging 3
#7 Ryan Mongan Tao Clean 3
#7 Milan Karunaratne GE 3
#7 Fred E. Peters Shieldpro 3
#7 Ravindra V. Tilak Almex Usa 3
#7 Bruce Alan Sargeant Hycor Biomedical 3
#7 Ian Browne Enevate 3
#7 Casey Lind Alcon Research 3
#7 Robert M. Giasolli Cagent Vascular 3
#18 Thomas C. Tisone Biodot 2
#18 Alex Habibvand Roller Bearing Company Of America 2
#18 Richard Neil Braithwaite Powerwave Technologies 2
#18 Marc B. Velasco IBM 2
#18 Mikel Vincent Blanchard Ncr 2
#18 Michael K. Boudreau IBM 2
#18 Chaitanya Patel Netapp 2
#18 Sebong Chun 2
#18 Lawrence E. Tannas, Jr. 2
#18 John C. Vassberg The Boeing 2
#18 Larry Hayashigawa Aerovironment 2
#18 Tim L. Truitt 2
#18 Craig Cauthen Toyota 2
#18 Albert Kim Ford 2
#18 Clifford Glen Newby Sa Recycling 2
#18 Xiao Jin Broadband Telcom Power 2
#18 Thomas F. LaDuke 2
#18 Steven Lane Belkin International 2
#18 Jennifer Velasco St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division 2
#18 Stacy Ann Reno E-Plan 2
#18 Bruce W. Lyday Primevax Immuno-Oncology 2
#18 Terry Blansfield Vyaire Medical Capital 2
#18 George Adams Sa Recycling 2
#41 Derrick Johnson Edwards Lifesciences 1
#41 Akira Kogawa Amgen 1
#41 Chin H. Toh The Boeing 1
#41 Eric I. Wang Moore Business Forms 1
#41 Lucien A.E. JACKY 3M 1
#41 Huyvu Nguyen Oracle 1
#41 Debra Taitague Medtronic 1
#41 Dale E. Mitbo 1
#41 Kamran Ghassemi The Boeing 1
#41 Richard A. Bingman The Boeing 1

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