Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Irvine, CA ranks #45 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 46,389 patents from 6,241 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Irvine, CA include Broadcom, Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Dexcom. That works out to 150.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 6,241 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Jeyhan Karaoguz Broadcom 757
2 Jerry Wu Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co. 560
3 Peter C. Simpson Dexcom 324
#4 Christopher Doerr AT&T 259
#5 Nambirajan Seshadri Broadcom 234
#6 Myk Lum Simplehuman 231
#7 Adarsh Krishnan Ramasubramonian Qualcomm 217
#8 Ning Xu Snap 207
#9 Qing Liu 198
#10 Ba-Zhong Shen Broadcom 186
#11 Donnie Han Design Infini 183
#12 Oscar E. Agazzi Broadcom 181
#13 Kei Roger Aoki AbbVie 162
#14 Paul D. Arling Comcast 152
#15 Kelly Brian Cameron Broadcom 142
#16 David J. Howard Newport Fab 136
#17 Ronald T. Smith Hughes Aircraft 133
#18 Abhijit Rao Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 132
#19 Hong Gan Wilson Greatbatch 129
#20 Sam Ziqun Zhao Broadcom 122
#21 David W. Old AbbVie 121
#22 Florinel G. Balteanu Skyworks Solutions 115
#23 Pooya Monajemi Cisco 110
#24 Ying Zhao Fujitsu Limited 109
#25 Thanh Van Nguyen Edwards Lifesciences 108
#26 Sage Nathan Baker Watkins Manufacturing 104
#27 Lance E. Steward AbbVie 102
#27 Arsham Hatambeiki Comcast 102
#29 Lixiang Wei Rockwell Automation 100
#30 Sam Gharavi Movandi 98
#31 Sergio Delgado Edwards Lifesciences 96
#31 Juin-Hwey Chen Broadcom 96
#33 Randall L. May Randall May International Incorporated 94
#34 Hau Thien Tran Broadcom 93
#34 Robert D. Fish Worklife Brands 93
#36 Yassir Abdul-Hafiz Masimo 89
#37 Colin Baden Oakley 87
#37 Moti Altarac Vertiflex 87
#39 Yohei Yokoyama Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited 86
#40 Steven Jaffe Broadcom 85
#40 Jeffrey C. Smith Ibis Biosciences 85
#42 Nicholas J. Singer Unknown 83
#43 Daniel Huang Mophie 82
#44 Thomas C. Malone AbbVie 80
#44 Jetmir Palushi Acclarent 80
#44 Tirdad Sowlati Skyworks Solutions 80
#47 Hemantha K. Wickramasinghe IBM 79
#47 Cary Hata St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division 79
#49 Farrokh Mohamadi Tialinx 78
#49 Sandro Klein Thermo Fisher 78

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