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Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Orange, CA ranks #720 worldwide for total patents filed in 2020, with 211 patents from 107 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Orange, CA include Edwards Lifesciences, Apple, Ford. That works out to 1.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 107 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Brian S. Conklin Edwards Lifesciences 13
2 Billy Chen Apple 10
3 Albert Kim Ford 9
#4 Robert M. Giasolli Cagent Vascular 7
#5 Robert C. Taft National Semiconductor 6
#5 Steven B. Alexander Interstate Electronics 6
#7 Mark M. Ensworth Rain Bird 5
#7 Derrick Johnson Edwards Lifesciences 5
#7 Timothy H. Nelson Encore Packaging 5
#10 Milan Karunaratne GE 4
#10 Bumsuk Kim Samsung 4
#10 Cathy L. Boon Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems 4
#10 Peter Piferi Mri Interventions 4
#14 Samuel Moseman N2 Imaging Systems 3
#14 John C. Vassberg The Boeing 3
#14 Marc Webb Behr Process 3
#14 Tommy Yu Broadcom 3
#14 Richard Philip Topf The Boeing 3
#14 Terry Blansfield Vyaire Medical Capital 3
#14 Harsoyo Lukito Unknown 3
#14 Ian Browne Enevate 3
#22 Peter Patrick De Guzman Amo Development 2
#22 Tinggui Hong Fieldpiece Instruments 2
#22 Jason Corbett Gilley Fieldpiece Instruments 2
#22 Odelia Castillo 2
#22 James Martin Griffin 2
#22 Robin Reichelt Unknown 2
#22 Derek Banyard University of California 2
#22 Michael K. Boudreau IBM 2
#22 Daniel Hahn Medtronic 2
#22 Heather Griffith Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha 2
#22 Ravindra V. Tilak Almex Usa 2
#22 Huyvu Nguyen Oracle 2
#22 Debra Taitague Medtronic 2
#22 John Brandon Currie Roka Sports 2
#22 Bruce W. Lyday Primevax Immuno-Oncology 2
#22 Ryan Mongan Tao Clean 2
#22 Lynn Shimada Alsius 2
#22 Daniel Riscalla Compressus 2
#22 Michele Raneri Consumerinfo.Com 2
#41 John Wang Edwards Lifesciences 1
#41 Maris Jacob Ensing 1
#41 Eric James Hostetler Incase Designs 1
#41 Dennis Jerome Malone Unison Industries 1
#41 Frank Moburg Honda Motor Co. 1
#41 Alan Nise Apium 1
#41 Marcus Garabedian 1
#41 Christopher Rankin Macrogenics 1
#41 Eric Hennings Alltrade Tools 1
#41 Joe Heim Kawasaki 1

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