Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Garden Grove, CA ranks #1,338 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,520 patents from 564 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Garden Grove, CA include Nike, Texas Instruments, Physical Optics. That works out to 14.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 564 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Leo S. Chang Nike 155
2 James D. Huffman Texas Instruments 67
3 Andrew Kostrzewski Physical Optics 59
#4 Allen J. Huotari Cisco 58
#5 Tri Nguyen Hewlett Packard Enterprise 38
#6 Kevin K. Dang Edwards Lifesciences 37
#7 Mario E. Bran Verteq 36
#7 John Corrigan Sealed Air Corporation (Us) 36
#9 Chris J. Erickson The Boeing 34
#10 Alfiero Balzano Basic Electronics 33
#11 Hung Nguyen Medtronic 32
#12 Albert Joseph Flack Aerovironment 29
#13 Keith Andreasen Innova Electronics 28
#13 Gregory B. Thelin Western Digital Technologies 28
#15 Charles W. Ragsdale Bio-Rad Laboratories 26
#15 Michael Santos Finona Itt Manufacturing Enterprises 26
#17 Dang Dinh Dang Rivian Ip Holdings 25
#17 Zhigang Lin Aegis Technology 25
#19 Tiffany Du 24
#20 Akbar Ali Conexant Systems 21
#20 Chi Hung Cao Faraday & Future 21
#20 Chasen Beck Spectrum Brands 21
#20 Hung-Che Chou Richtek Technology 21
#24 Son Pham Codexis 19
#25 Dean R. Garraffa Under Sea Industries 18
#25 Kevin N. Trinh IBM 18
#27 George M. Sawyer Gunther International 17
#27 Joe A. Ortiz RTX (Raytheon) 17
#29 Daniel Hale Abbott 16
#29 Michael Maridakis Spectrum Brands 16
#29 Thong Vu AbbVie 16
#32 Ha Pham Oracle 15
#32 John Goodman Igt 15
#32 Ronald J. Hughes Rapiscan Systems 15
#35 Peter Tran Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha 14
#36 Gerald W. Moreland Itt Manufacturing Enterprises 13
#36 Robert R. Goetz John Bean Technologies 13
#36 William M. McDowell Blue-White Industries 13
#36 Guy Lambiaso The Boeing 13
#40 Peter Q. Nguyen Harvard University 12
#40 Bill J. Hays 12
#40 Lan Van Ta Contego Spa Designs 12
#40 Donna Une Behr Process 12
#40 Alan Vaught Evans Manufacturing Company 12
#45 Nguyen The Tran Nepes Led 11
#45 Martin G. Reiffin 11
#45 Julio Cesar Sanchez Edwards Lifesciences Cardiaq 11
#45 Joseph Garrison Unknown 11
#45 Keith Alan Hurley Honeywell 11
#45 Mark T. Jones Onset Medical 11

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