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Torrance, CA 2021

394 patents  ·  232 inventors  ·  2.7/1k pop.

Ranked #361 of 43,435 cities Top 1%

Torrance, CA ranks #361 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 394 patents from 232 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Torrance, CA include Sf Motors, United Microelectronics, Texas Instruments. That works out to 2.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 232 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Yifan Tang Sf Motors 14
2 Yi-Wei Chen United Microelectronics 11
3 Nitin Agarwal Texas Instruments 10
#4 Biqin Huang General Motors 8
#5 Robert Uyeki Honda Motor Co. 7
#5 James M. Barker Halliburton Energy Services 7
#7 Narender Shankar Lakshman Divergent Technologies 6
#8 David Todjar Hengami Unknown 5
#8 Jaryong Koo Honda Motor Co. 5
#8 Todd Oda — 5
#8 Dacong Weng Honeywell 5
#8 Peter Ar-Fu Lam Nike 5
#8 Rajeev Ramanath Texas Instruments 5
#14 Robert Lee Swift Health Systems 4
#14 Tomohiro Kuwahara Kyocera Document Solutions 4
#14 Michael John Dean Consumerinfo.Com 4
#14 Xuan S. Bui Sakura Finetek U.S.A. 4
#14 Jianjun Cao Efficient Power Conversion 4
#14 Sunil Dixit — 4
#14 Jae Chung Honda Motor Co. 4
#21 Tara Chand Singhal — 3
#21 Di-Fong Chang Simplehuman 3
#21 Daguang Zheng Honeywell 3
#21 Ashraf Mohamed Garrett Transportation I 3
#21 Philip Ver Paloma Dabon Kyocera Document Solutions 3
#21 Michael J. Sand RTX (Raytheon) 3
#21 Aziz Umit Batur Texas Instruments 3
#21 William W. Milroy Thinkom Solutions 3
#29 Liwen L. Dai John Deere 2
#29 Ljubo Radic Nxp Usa 2
#29 Hyeon Jin Kim LG 2
#29 Kyle William Jewett The Boeing 2
#29 Geoffrey Woo Honda Honda Motor Co. 2
#29 Warren Tarbell — 2
#29 Craig A. Hornbuckle Sierra Monolithics 2
#29 Juan M. Noguerol Interdigital Madison Patent Holdings, Sas 2
#29 Roger Tsai Gracenote 2
#29 Andrew Witt ExxonMobil 2
#29 Muskan Sharma Efficient Power Conversion 2
#29 Rodney V. Telford The Ergo Baby Carrier 2
#29 Krishna Mohan Honeywell 2
#29 Franklin E. Elliott Maxwell Products 2
#29 Benjamin R. Davidson Honda Motor Co. 2
#29 Robert G. Batchko Holochip 2
#29 Geoffrey Wedig Magic Leap 2
#29 Siddharth Agarwal Ford 2
#29 Damon Schell Honda Motor Co. 2
#29 David N. Sitter, Jr. RTX (Raytheon) 2
#29 Jiwoon Jeon Snap 2
#29 Eung San Cho — 2

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