Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Tustin, CA ranks #513 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 268 patents from 136 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Tustin, CA include Caltech, Edwards Lifesciences, Nant Holdings Ip. That works out to 3.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 136 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Seyed Ali Hajimiri Caltech 14
2 Grant Matthew Stearns Edwards Lifesciences 10
2 Bing Song Nant Holdings Ip 10
2 Timothy P. Hopkins Nike 10
#5 Jin Won Kim Samsung 6
#5 Alireza Mahanfar Space Exploration Technologies 6
#7 David B. Chang Hughes Aircraft 5
#7 Michael J. Papac Novartis Ag 5
#7 Nathaniel C. Wynn Rivian Ip Holdings 5
#7 Jeremy K. Black Comcast 5
#7 Dan Thayer Credence Medsystems 5
#7 Nasser H. Karam The Boeing 5
#13 Abe Karem Karem Aircraft 4
#13 Daniel Levin Neonc Technologies 4
#13 Thang M. Tran AMD 4
#13 Sean Chow Edwards Lifesciences 4
#13 Waina Michelle Chu Edwards Lifesciences 4
#18 Alexander M. Pfotenhauer Pro-Dex 3
#18 Walter James Wihardja Cypress Semiconductor 3
#18 Delong Cui Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited 3
#18 Kaushik Joshi Microvention 3
#18 John Changala Femtometrix 3
#18 Vladimir Alves Ngd Systems 3
#18 Clayton Harris Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha 3
#18 Siddharth Desai Integrated Endoscopy 3
#26 Jian Zhao Orvance 2
#26 David Jung Alcon 2
#26 Ming-Yu Lin National Applied Research Laboratories 2
#26 Sonal Mundhra Patel Siya 2
#26 Kevin Chu Endologix 2
#26 Mario E. Munich Irobot 2
#26 Shimiao Wang AbbVie 2
#26 Karl Olney Medtronic 2
#26 Eric Baptiste Suburu Roka Sports 2
#26 Kevin Corbalis Unisen 2
#26 Joel Smith Rarecyte 2
#26 Dac Vu Alcon 2
#26 Thomas George Subtex 2
#26 William Gross Energy Vault 2
#26 Hiroshi Okabe Hitachi 2
#26 Joseph Melendez Rehrig Pacific 2
#26 Ryan Kelly Telebrands 2
#26 Michael J. DeBar Newport Fab 2
#26 Chet I. Brandenburg Mindbody 2
#26 Pete Klein Amazon 2
#26 Kyle E. Lynn Abbott 2
#26 Poonam S. Gulati Medtronic 2
#26 Mahender Adluri Advanced Messaging Technologies 2
#26 Avi N. Reichental Nexa3D 2
#26 Summer Ng Johnson & Johnson 2

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