Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Laguna Beach, CA ranks #627 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 5,337 patents from 695 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Laguna Beach, CA include Gp Medical, AbbVie, Broadcom. That works out to 231.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 695 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Hosheng Tu Gp Medical 262
2 Robert M. Burk AbbVie 166
3 Pieter Vorenkamp Broadcom 146
#4 Ken Chow AbbVie 125
#5 Thomas Ribarich International Rectifier 98
#6 James C. Alexander Serco 94
#7 George A. Lopez Icu Medical 82
#8 Valdemar Portney AbbVie 78
#9 Alan McKay Moss Apple 72
#10 Severin S. Wunderman Montres Corum Sàrl 70
#11 Horst Leitner 89908 68
#12 Gary Stanley Seehoff Evriholder Products 65
#12 Jonathan S. Min Broadcom 65
#12 Andrew J. Lazur 65
#15 Carl Winefordner Crank Brothers 61
#16 Todd L. Brooks Broadcom 59
#16 Alexander G. Dickinson AT&T 59
#16 Mark Moshayedi S-Tec 59
#16 Nicholas Evan Barker Masimo 59
#20 Narendra K. Gupta AT&T 54
#21 Vafa James Rakshani Broadcom 48
#22 Chunlin Tao Florida State University 43
#23 Sepehr Fariabi Advanced Cardiovascular Systems 42
#23 Guangming Yin Broadcom 42
#25 Philip M. Ginsberg Cfph 40
#26 Bernard P. Breen Consolidated Natural Gas Service Company 36
#26 Lawrence S. Ring Amgen 36
#28 Michael Shipman Delco Electronics 35
#28 Sabrina Tai-Chen Yeh Sony 35
#30 Kip Arnette Bausch & Lomb Incorporated 33
#31 Robert Edward Grant Strathspey Crown 32
#31 Peiqing Wang Broadcom 32
#33 Hector M. Medina Nevermind Capital 31
#33 Bruce Y. Moore Hurley International 31
#35 Benjamin R. Du Microsoft 30
#36 Gregory F. Arnette Bausch & Lomb Incorporated 29
#36 Jay C. Blahnik Apple 29
#38 Yuli You Digital Rise Technology Co. 28
#38 Lanny L. Lewyn Brooktree 28
#38 Robert Folk Varco I/P 28
#38 Imre Berecz Microdot 28
#38 F. Richard Christ AbbVie 28
#38 James R. Selevan 28
#44 James N. Conway, Jr. Comcast 27
#45 Robert G. Heitel Girard Systems 26
#46 Drew Donald Mumford, Sr. Columbia Aluminum Products 25
#46 James S. Busby Gt Bicycles 25
#46 Gordon L. Cann Celestech 25
#49 Matthew Tremblay Red.Com 24
#49 Robert A. Hard Occidental Research 24

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