Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Brea, CA ranks #1,554 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,165 patents from 438 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Brea, CA include Biosense Webster (Israel), The Boeing, Schlumberger Technology. That works out to 45.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 438 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Christopher Thomas Beeckler Biosense Webster (Israel) 167
2 Richard W. Aston The Boeing 66
3 Jesse Lee Schlumberger Technology 54
#4 Justin Tidwell Time Warner Cable 47
#5 Steven P. Hanson Marvin Glass & Associates 42
#6 Ron Storer Xtreme Metal Fab. 34
#7 Hyun I. Kim The Aerospace 29
#8 Neil H. Hendricks 28
#9 Fred Gruner Juniper Networks 25
#9 Charles A. Gressett, Jr. Nordson 25
#11 Khiem V. Cai Hughes Aircraft 23
#11 Lun Zhang Alibaba 23
#13 William Tidwell Unknown 21
#13 Patrick Mooney Wirelesswerx International 21
#15 Joseph J. Mahon Eaton 20
#15 Paul L. Hansen Abb Alstom Power 20
#15 Iqbal Siddiqi Battelle Memorial Institute 20
#15 Jin-Long Lin Shenzhen Yuanrui Information Technology Co. 20
#19 Shi-Kay Yao 19
#19 Chunyu Wang GE 19
#21 Sana Malik Lee Adobe 18
#21 Andrew Phung Edwards Lifesciences 18
#23 John McEntee Agilent Technologies 17
#23 Tsung Ming Ou 17
#23 Firdous Farooqui Beckman Instruments 17
#23 M. Parameswara Reddy Danaher 17
#23 James Sokol Seville Classics 17
#23 Dongchul D. Hyun Medela Holding Ag 17
#29 Daniel C. Anderson Loma Linda University Medical Center 16
#29 Co Si Huynh 16
#31 Jason Andrew WINE Carefusion 303 15
#31 Edwin Philip Lockwood Kyocera Document Solutions 15
#31 Kuan M. Lee Hughes Aircraft 15
#31 Radhakrishna M. Neti Beckman Instruments 15
#31 Michael Fleury Medela Holding Ag 15
#36 Douglas Ellwood Shultz Northrop Grumman 14
#36 Travis James Englert Rehrig Pacific 14
#38 Daniel Wang Crosstex International 13
#38 Michael Strange 13
#38 Kelvin Kai Tuan Yan Rf Micro Devices 13
#41 Jon M. Lenhert Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics 12
#41 Ralph Luhm Allfast Fastening Systems 12
#41 Robert M. Hamilton Life Support Technologies 12
#41 Stephen Greenwood Aldila Golf 12
#45 Jimmy Liu Mks Instruments 11
#45 Stephen Pye Bladon Jets Holdings Limited 11
#45 Sidney G. Shutt 11
#45 Daniel D. Sheppard Black Hills Media 11
#45 Derwyn Cugley Vsi Fasteners 11
#45 Roland F. Deering Union Oil Company Of California 11

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