Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Laguna Niguel, CA ranks #409 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 7,779 patents from 1,027 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Laguna Niguel, CA include Broadcom, Masimo, Cisco. That works out to 120.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 1,027 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Hooman Darabi Broadcom 252
2 Massi Joe E. Kiani Masimo 251
3 John T. Chapman Cisco 131
#4 Bindu Rama Rao HP 123
#5 Fred H. Burbank Senorx 118
#5 Mark Ashby The Code 118
#7 James Fitzpatrick Micron 116
#8 Brian J. Cox Microvention 110
#9 Matthew McRae Vizio 98
#10 Glenn Sussman University of Colorado, A Body Corporate 87
#11 Steven Armstrong Urban Armor Gear 80
#11 Leslie Joseph Street Merck 80
#13 Mikhail Boukhny Alcon 79
#13 Robert F. Rosenbluth Microvention 79
#13 Massi E. Kiani Masimo 79
#16 Jack R. Auld Alcon Research 70
#17 Dwight P. Duston E-Vision Smart Optics 69
#18 Herbert Reyes Callaway Golf 65
#19 Thomas F. Doyle Qualcomm 60
#20 Viet Nguyen Ford 59
#21 Chiewcharn Narathong Qualcomm 57
#21 Thomas W. Lanni Comarco Wireless Technologies 57
#23 Steven T. Jersey PepsiCo 53
#24 Esmaiel Kiani-Azarbayjany Masimo 51
#24 Ronald G. Holder Illumination Management Solutions 51
#26 John D. Pratt Textron 49
#27 Samer Kabbani Advantest Test Solutions 47
#27 Jonathan Szczupak Ford 47
#27 Michael A. Sheha Telecommunication Systems 47
#30 Sebastian Frey Karl Storz Gmbh & Co. Kg 46
#30 Angie Sheha Telecommunication Systems 46
#32 Matthew Williamson Magna Powertrain 45
#33 Prabodh Mathur Boston Scientific Scimed 43
#33 Todd Hewitt Sequent Medical 43
#35 Scott Goldman Quest Diagnostics Investments 42
#35 Mary Rose Rice Behr Process 42
#37 James W. Staggs Abbott 41
#37 Gary P. Sorensen Alcon 41
#39 Henri Kavaja Ford 38
#40 Abhijit Manushree Aveva Software 36
#41 Christopher A. Cook Gyrus Acmi 35
#41 Sergio Landau Bioject 35
#41 Thomas Nichols Preh Gmbh 35
#44 Jay Veltz Urban Armor Gear 32
#45 Kenneth W. Rake I-Flow 31
#45 Earl Howard Slee Covidien Lp 31
#45 Nader Salessi S-Tec 31
#48 Ralph Kerns Doheny Eye Institute 30
#48 Neil Y. Kim Broadcom 30
#48 Robert A. Vaughan The Standard Products 30

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