Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Irvine, CA ranks #47 worldwide for total patents filed in 2020, with 2,323 patents from 1,116 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Irvine, CA include Newport Fab, Dexcom, Design Infini. That works out to 7.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 1,116 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 David J. Howard Newport Fab 44
2 Gregory P. Slovin Newport Fab 38
3 Peter C. Simpson Dexcom 37
#4 Donnie Han Design Infini 31
#5 Ning Xu Snap 23
#6 Ahmed Emira Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co. 18
#7 Adarsh Krishnan Ramasubramonian Qualcomm 16
#8 Qing Liu 14
#8 Stephen Goodrich Fca Us Llc. 14
#8 Christopher Doerr AT&T 14
#11 Pooya Monajemi Cisco 13
#12 Sergio Delgado Edwards Lifesciences 12
#12 Derek A. Soeder Cylance 12
#12 Jerry Wu Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co. 12
#12 Ying Zhao Fujitsu Limited 12
#16 Yassir Abdul-Hafiz Masimo 11
#16 Junhua Tan Apple 11
#18 Yi Jin Dow Global Technologies 10
#18 Robert D. Fish Worklife Brands 10
#18 Sam Gharavi Movandi 10
#18 Wayne R. Howe The Boeing 10
#22 Alexander J. Siegel Edwards Lifesciences 9
#22 Florinel G. Balteanu Skyworks Solutions 9
#22 Matthew Wolff Cylance 9
#22 Jetmir Palushi Acclarent 9
#22 Sanjay Subbarao Micron 9
#27 Anthony James LoBianco Skyworks Solutions 8
#27 Yusheng Wang Nicira 8
#27 Frank Lee Oakley 8
#27 Stephane Richard Marie Wloczysiak Skyworks Solutions 8
#27 Christian V. Elder Black & Decker 8
#27 Oleksandr Gorbachov Skyworks Solutions 8
#27 Paul D. Arling Comcast 8
#27 Huawei Zhao Abbott 8
#35 Michael R. Robinson AbbVie 7
#35 Donghyup Shin Movandi 7
#35 Mahmood K. Razavi Neuravi Limited 7
#35 Chengfu Yu 7
#35 Thanh Van Nguyen Edwards Lifesciences 7
#35 Lisette L. Zhang Skyworks Solutions 7
#35 Itzhak Fang Acclarent 7
#35 Jacqueline Teng Quarkstar 7
#35 Ryan Permeh Cylance 7
#44 Hongtao Jiang Broadcom 6
#44 Yuval Shenkal Philter Labs Incorporated 6
#44 Joshua D. Payne Toyota 6
#44 Roy Urman Biosense Webster (Israel) 6
#44 Baigui Bian Edwards Lifesciences 6
#44 Don Q. Ngo-Chu Acclarent 6
#44 Oscar E. Agazzi Broadcom 6

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