Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Laguna Hills, CA ranks #788 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 4,299 patents from 557 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Laguna Hills, CA include Broadcom, Nant Holdings Ip, Masimo. That works out to 137.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 557 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Brima Ibrahim Broadcom 209
2 Nicholas J. Witchey Nant Holdings Ip 146
3 Walter M. Weber Masimo 133
#4 Afshin Momtaz Broadcom 118
#5 Scott Pool Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics 111
#6 Ronald A. Weimer Micron 101
#7 Fred I. Morad Worldwide Integrated Resources 84
#8 Christopher M. Varga Vyaire Medical 82
#9 Manouchehr A. Miraki Edwards Lifesciences 77
#10 Greg A. Kranawetter Broadcom 71
#11 Ieon C. Chen Innova Electronics 66
#12 Howard Baumer Broadcom 65
#13 Mark Chau Edwards Lifesciences 63
#14 Brian Johnson Western Digital Technologies 59
#15 George L. Matlock Acclarent 55
#15 Morten Damgaard Skyworks Solutions 55
#17 Amir Babazadeh Infineon Technologies Austria Ag 51
#18 Shin-Shuoh Lin 42
#18 Nicholas van der Walt Orthalign 42
#18 Mark Harrison Farley Alcon 42
#21 David Hartman Broadcom 39
#21 Steve S. Khalaj Avent 39
#23 Scott M. Whitcup AbbVie 38
#24 Mehdi M. Jafari Covidien Lp 37
#25 Donald McMullin Broadcom 36
#25 Michael Barrow Intel 36
#27 Pierre Leroux Vlsi Technology 33
#28 Victor Vali Hughes Aircraft 31
#28 Robert T. Lyons AbbVie 31
#30 Dennis W. Hogg Western Digital Technologies 28
#31 Mark S. Diggs Siliconsystems 27
#32 Shih-Liang S. Yang AbbVie 26
#32 Kenneth M. Galt Ivantis 26
#34 Donald Edward Baisley Unisys 25
#34 David Trottingwolf Aldridge Avenu Medical 25
#36 Daehong Kim LG 24
#36 Douglas A. Prins Sandisk Enterprise Ip 24
#36 Rodolfo C. Quijano 3F Therapeutics 24
#36 Huy Nguyen Disney 24
#40 Lan D. Phan Western Digital Technologies 23
#40 Brett A. McClellan Disney 23
#42 James R. Dennewill Med-Logics 22
#42 Kurt F. Busch Syntiant 22
#42 Ahmad Khanifar Powerwave Technologies 22
#42 Nick Martin GE 22
#46 Gary S. Huff Broadcom 21
#46 Thomas Chien Scimed Life Systems 21
#48 Christopher R. Tilton Smart Planet Technologies 20
#48 Olav B. Bergheim Glaukos 20
#48 Marcel Lugthart Broadcom 20

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