Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Orange, CA ranks #642 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 219 patents from 124 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Orange, CA include General Motors, Edwards Lifesciences, Cagent Vascular. That works out to 1.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 124 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Byeong Hyeok Yun General Motors 8
2 Brian S. Conklin Edwards Lifesciences 7
3 Robert M. Giasolli Cagent Vascular 6
3 Ian Browne Enevate 6
3 Terry Blansfield Vyaire Medical Capital 6
#6 Gregory A. Wright Edwards Lifesciences 5
#6 Derrick Johnson Edwards Lifesciences 5
#8 Bumsuk Kim Samsung 4
#8 Robert C. Taft National Semiconductor 4
#8 Vaheh Golestanian Nemagrdi James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics 4
#8 Billy Chen Apple 4
#8 John C. Vassberg The Boeing 4
#8 Steven B. Alexander Interstate Electronics 4
#8 Richard Philip Topf The Boeing 4
#15 Julian Thorne Chevron 3
#15 Thomas C. Tisone Biodot 3
#15 Scott Bradley Om1 3
#15 Timothy H. Nelson Encore Packaging 3
#15 Bryce Lindsey 3
#15 Cathy L. Boon Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems 3
#15 Bruce Alan Sargeant Hycor Biomedical 3
#15 James Martin Griffin 3
#15 Kody Numedahl Pacific Handy Cutter 3
#15 Peter Piferi Mri Interventions 3
#25 Ravindra V. Tilak Almex Usa 2
#25 Bernard L. PERKINS Flow Control 2
#25 Mark M. Ensworth Rain Bird 2
#25 James Crogan Behr Process 2
#25 Chambory Chhe Edwards Lifesciences 2
#25 John Wang Edwards Lifesciences 2
#25 Marc Webb Behr Process 2
#25 Danny Ninete Privacy Pop 2
#25 Adolfo Jose Wurts Fieldpiece Instruments 2
#25 Robert A. Kelley Google 2
#25 Matthew A. Davis Cooper Technologies 2
#25 Todd Banhidy Service Trading Company 2
#25 Thomas F. LaDuke 2
#25 John Brandon Currie Roka Sports 2
#25 Mason Reames Haneline Neo Water Treatment 2
#25 Milan Karunaratne GE 2
#25 Matthew KOZAK Puff 2
#25 Paul Alfaro Hubbell Incorporated 2
#43 Ryan Mongan Tao Clean 1
#43 Harsoyo Lukito Unknown 1
#43 Steve Ehret 1
#43 Jefferson YS Yang Asia Pacific Fuel Cell Technologies 1
#43 Daniel James Murray Edwards Lifesciences 1
#43 Birgitte PS Jacky 1
#43 Xiao Jin Broadband Telcom Power 1
#43 Elizabeth Hoang Henkel Ip & Holding Gmbh 1

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