Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Irvine, CA ranks #43 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 2,318 patents from 1,142 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Irvine, CA include Dexcom, Edwards Lifesciences, Snap. That works out to 7.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 1,142 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Peter C. Simpson Dexcom 33
2 Sergio Delgado Edwards Lifesciences 29
3 Ning Xu Snap 24
#4 Adarsh Krishnan Ramasubramonian Qualcomm 22
#4 David J. Howard Newport Fab 22
#6 Gregory P. Slovin Newport Fab 18
#6 Donnie Han Design Infini 18
#8 Sam Gharavi Movandi 15
#8 Legrand Crewse Super73 15
#8 Ying Zhao Fujitsu Limited 15
#8 Pooya Monajemi Cisco 15
#12 Paul D. Arling Comcast 14
#12 Jetmir Palushi Acclarent 14
#12 Ahmed Emira Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co. 14
#12 Alexander J. Siegel Edwards Lifesciences 14
#16 Abhijit Rao Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 13
#17 Michael H. Panosian Toughbuilt Industries 12
#17 Robert D. Fish Worklife Brands 12
#19 Joshua Keeler Toughbuilt Industries 11
#19 Qing Liu 11
#19 Junhua Tan Apple 11
#22 Liwen Ji Enevate 10
#22 Anand Sampath Masimo 10
#22 Itzhak Fang Acclarent 10
#22 Matthew Wolff Cylance 10
#26 Nathan D. Hiller The Boeing 9
#26 Arsham Hatambeiki Comcast 9
#26 David Chi-Wai Lim Beta Bionics 9
#29 Ryan Permeh Cylance 8
#29 Trausti Thormundsson Conexant Systems 8
#29 Joshua D. Payne Toyota 8
#29 Hengchu Cao Edwards Lifesciences 8
#29 Ehsan Shameli Acclarent 8
#29 Donghyup Shin Movandi 8
#29 Sage Nathan Baker Watkins Manufacturing 8
#29 Sam C. Sabounjian Pro Mart Industries 8
#29 Yassir Abdul-Hafiz Masimo 8
#29 Anthony James LoBianco Skyworks Solutions 8
#29 Sanjay Subbarao Micron 8
#40 Ronald T. Smith Hughes Aircraft 7
#40 Ilya Goldshleger Alcon Lensx 7
#40 Nicholas J. Singer Unknown 7
#40 Florinel G. Balteanu Skyworks Solutions 7
#40 Roy Urman Biosense Webster (Israel) 7
#40 Hasnain Somji Vyaire Medical 7
#40 Alfred Grau Besoli Movandi 7
#40 Christopher Doerr AT&T 7
#48 Hardik Bhupendra Modi Skyworks Solutions 6
#48 Paul D. Hurwitz Newport Fab 6
#48 Kentaro Fujiyoshi Canon 6

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