Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Cerritos, CA ranks #1,291 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,609 patents from 505 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Cerritos, CA include Khyber Technologies, Razor Usa, Netlist. That works out to 52.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 505 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Rajendra Kumar Khyber Technologies 114
1 Ian Desberg Razor Usa 114
3 Jayesh R. Bhakta Netlist 91
#4 Alan de la Rama St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division 80
#5 Robert Chen Matrix Integrated Systems 61
#6 James M. Nagashima General Motors 59
#7 Kenneth Kung Dorcy International 50
#8 Robert W. Bosley Capstone Turbine 41
#9 Kapil Chaudhry Directv 37
#10 Samuel C. Wu Confluence Commons 35
#10 Anil Paryani Faraday & Future 35
#12 Liping Zheng GE 33
#13 Ryan Redfern AT&T 30
#14 Lemuel S. Park Brightedge Technologies 29
#15 William C. Wong Disney 26
#16 Ying Lu Oracle 25
#16 Shawn X. Gao Alcon 25
#18 Kwang Oh Kim Samsung 23
#19 Chiun Wang Celerity 22
#20 Ketao Liu The Boeing 21
#21 Sudhir Mundhra Siya 20
#21 Youngmin Choi Samsung 20
#23 True-Lon Lin Megamos 19
#23 Andrew Cheng Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co. 19
#25 Frank Su Ips Industries 18
#25 Paul G. Updike Doheny Eye Institute 18
#25 Chary Jeng Berkeley Products 18
#28 Jiansheng Zhou Alcon 17
#28 Ming-Che Kuo Ameron International 17
#30 Dennis Lai Directv 16
#30 Colbey Groom Wheel Pros 16
#32 Man Mohan Garg Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 15
#32 John Stout Direct Drive Systems 15
#32 Huiying Yang Cedars Sinai Medical Center 15
#32 Shawn Hyunsoo Park The Boeing 15
#36 William Michael Palleva Geo Plastics 14
#36 Robert A. Peterson Nova Corporation Of Alberta 14
#36 Larry Goodman Sony 14
#36 Ming C. Kuo 14
#40 Ronnie E. Bayless Dotolo Research 13
#40 Hun Choe Korea Wheel 13
#40 James Chan Apic 13
#40 Ruey S. Chu Hughes Aircraft 13
#44 Ashish Ekbote Cree 12
#44 Ryo Chijiiwa Yahoo Holdings 12
#44 Brian L. Eidem Varco I/P 12
#44 Richard J. Harp Surgitech 12
#48 Srinivasa T. Reddy University of California 11
#48 Wei-Jen Lin AbbVie 11
#48 Joseph Z. Fung Contentguard Holdings 11

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