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Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Irvine, CA ranks #44 worldwide for total patents filed in 2018, with 1,969 patents from 1,040 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Irvine, CA include Dexcom, Qualcomm, Kofax. That works out to 6.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 1,040 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Qing Liu 33
2 Peter C. Simpson Dexcom 18
3 Adarsh Krishnan Ramasubramonian Qualcomm 17
#4 Anthony Macciola Kofax 13
#4 Daniel Huang Mophie 13
#6 Florinel G. Balteanu Skyworks Solutions 11
#6 Sam Gharavi Movandi 11
#6 Christopher Doerr AT&T 11
#9 Myk Lum Simplehuman 10
#9 Jerry Wu Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co. 10
#9 Scott Zhihao Chen 10
#9 Oscar E. Agazzi Broadcom 10
#9 Nicholas J. Singer Unknown 10
#14 Alexander J. Siegel Edwards Lifesciences 9
#14 Donnie Han Design Infini 9
#14 Sujin Hwang Masimo 9
#14 Jeyhan Karaoguz Broadcom 9
#18 Sergio Delgado Edwards Lifesciences 8
#18 David J. Howard Newport Fab 8
#18 Sabah Khesbak Skyworks Solutions 8
#18 Yi Jin Dow Global Technologies 8
#18 Hong Gan Wilson Greatbatch 8
#18 Dale Charles Main Western Digital Technologies 8
#24 Moti Altarac Vertiflex 7
#24 Nikolai Poulsen Applied Medical Resources 7
#24 Raja Pullela Maxlinear 7
#24 Arsham Hatambeiki Comcast 7
#24 Michael R. Robinson AbbVie 7
#24 Sage Nathan Baker Watkins Manufacturing 7
#24 Stephane Richard Marie Wloczysiak Skyworks Solutions 7
#24 Jae Shin Oakley 7
#24 Lixiang Wei Rockwell Automation 7
#24 Arash Kheradvar University of California 7
#24 Joshua D. Payne Toyota 7
#24 Alfred Grau Besoli Movandi 7
#24 Hardik Bhupendra Modi Skyworks Solutions 7
#24 Louis Ormond Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha 7
#38 Paul D. Hurwitz Newport Fab 6
#38 Kentaro Fujiyoshi Canon 6
#38 Tirdad Sowlati Skyworks Solutions 6
#38 Trausti Thormundsson Conexant Systems 6
#38 Paul D. Arling Comcast 6
#38 Kyle P. Chiang Atyr Pharma 6
#38 John E. Maroney Western Digital Technologies 6
#38 Derek A. Soeder Cylance 6
#38 Chengfu Yu 6
#38 Thanh Van Nguyen Edwards Lifesciences 6
#38 Da-Yu Chang Edwards Lifesciences 6
#38 Robert D. Fish Worklife Brands 6
#38 Dov Katz Meta 6

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