Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Ladera Ranch, CA ranks #1,409 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,377 patents from 240 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Ladera Ranch, CA include Broadcom, Masimo, Cardiac Pacemakers. That works out to 90.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 240 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 John Walley Broadcom 298
2 Mohamed K. Diab Masimo 200
3 Kent Lee Cardiac Pacemakers 123
#4 Jack Pryor Dexcom 114
#5 Hyun Lee Netlist 96
#6 Jesse M. James Gatekeeper Systems 52
#7 Kyle Butterfield Rivian Ip Holdings 46
#8 Santosh C. Sinha AbbVie 42
#9 Jerome F. Czerwinski, Jr. Emhart 41
#10 Princeton Saroha Philips Image Guided Therapy 37
#11 Raja N. Ghanem Medtronic 34
#11 Raphael Gordon Alcon 34
#13 Katie Black Applied Medical Resources 31
#14 Douglas C. Cameron The Boeing 29
#15 Steven M. Wood Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 28
#16 David Ginther Oakley 27
#17 Derrick E. Burton Western Digital Technologies 26
#18 Alec D. Lebsack Johnson & Johnson 25
#18 David Ryan Story Skyworks Solutions 25
#20 Mark Joseph Bennahmias Nexgen Semi Holding 24
#21 Mark S. Bloom Emhart 23
#22 Paul Voois Clariphy Communications 22
#22 Edward Law Broadcom 22
#24 Suresh Kumar Amazon 20
#24 Isaac J. Shepard Amazon 20
#24 George Robert Kurtz Crowdstrike 20
#24 Griffith E. Altmann Bausch & Lomb Incorporated 20
#28 Hsiao-Yu S. Kow Medtronic 19
#28 Fabio Gava Samsung 19
#28 Matthew A. Jones Amazon 19
#28 Mark V. Lambiase Secureauth 19
#32 James M. Young Edwards Lifesciences 18
#32 Maureen R. Brongo Newport Fab 18
#34 Tom Weiss Unknown 17
#34 Gregory A. Powell Integrity Security Services 17
#36 Amit Ghoshal Quest Diagnostics Investments 16
#36 Michael L. Palmer Freedom Innovations 16
#38 Vlad Kalika Bloom Energy 15
#39 Philip Mellinger Biomet Manufacturing 13
#39 David R. Webb Elisha Technologies Co 13
#39 Neil Puthuff Green Hills Software 13
#39 Galen Chui Eaton Intelligent Power Limited 13
#39 Douglas Lee Hendrix Exoanalytic Solutions 13
#39 Brian Stewart Innovo Surgical 13
#39 Selvin Kao Standard Cable Usa 13
#46 Victor Landa Dispensing Dynamics International 12
#46 Scott D'Avanzo Adrenalin Gaming 12
#46 Matthew Call Western Digital Technologies 12
#46 Lukas Chung Ford 12
#46 Ying P. Lok Qlogic 12

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