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Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Orange, CA ranks #703 worldwide for total patents filed in 2018, with 186 patents from 108 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Orange, CA include Edwards Lifesciences, Rain Bird, The Boeing. That works out to 1.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 108 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Brian S. Conklin Edwards Lifesciences 8
2 Mark M. Ensworth Rain Bird 6
2 Richard Philip Topf The Boeing 6
2 Timothy H. Nelson Encore Packaging 6
#5 Milan Karunaratne GE 5
#6 Robert C. Taft National Semiconductor 4
#6 Marc Webb Behr Process 4
#6 Christopher Delaney Toshiba Memory 4
#6 Steven B. Alexander Interstate Electronics 4
#6 Lyndall P Kittrell, Jr. 4
#6 Robert M. Giasolli Cagent Vascular 4
#12 Kung-Shiuh Huang Cisco 3
#12 Alex Habibvand Roller Bearing Company Of America 3
#12 Tommy Yu Broadcom 3
#12 Derrick Johnson Edwards Lifesciences 3
#12 Thomas F. LaDuke Disney 3
#12 Chaitanya Patel Netapp 3
#12 Ravindra V. Tilak Almex Usa 3
#12 Peter Piferi Mri Interventions 3
#12 Randy L. Brandt The Boeing 3
#12 Cathy L. Boon Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems 3
#22 Gareth Williams Karma Automotive 2
#22 Larry Hayashigawa Aerovironment 2
#22 Michael K. Boudreau IBM 2
#22 Timothy M. Champagne Henkel Ip & Holding Gmbh 2
#22 Daniel Riscalla Compressus 2
#22 Eric James Hostetler Incase Designs 2
#22 Ian Browne Enevate 2
#22 Billy Chen Apple 2
#22 Thomas C. Tisone Biodot 2
#22 Peter Patrick De Guzman Amo Development 2
#22 Chin H. Toh The Boeing 2
#22 Steven Lane Belkin International 2
#22 Gregory A. Wright Edwards Lifesciences 2
#22 Xiao Jin Broadband Telcom Power 2
#36 Mason Reames Haneline Neo Water Treatment 1
#36 Thomas B. Sutton AbbVie 1
#36 Craig Cauthen Toyota 1
#36 Douglas Finke S-Tec 1
#36 Joseph R. Corriere 1
#36 Debra Taitague Medtronic 1
#36 Terence J. Mullin 1
#36 Robert Hunter Invensys Systems 1
#36 Bill Vassilakis Powerwave Technologies 1
#36 Mark P. Rezner B/E Aerospace 1
#36 Dennis L. Rodgers 1
#36 Carlos Munoz Philip Morris Usa 1
#36 M. Reza Mirbolooki University of California 1
#36 Alyssa E. Kornswiet Edwards Lifesciences 1
#36 Owen Riehle Goodrich 1

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