Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Newport Beach, CA ranks #271 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 11,256 patents from 1,653 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Newport Beach, CA include Broadcom, AbbVie, Vizio. That works out to 132.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 1,653 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Ahmadreza (Reza) Rofougaran Broadcom 747
2 Ahmadreza Rofougaran Broadcom 245
3 Michael E. Garst AbbVie 212
#4 Scott McManigal Vizio 165
#5 Douglas Patton Luminara Worldwide 153
#6 Richard L. Beard AbbVie 146
#7 Peter Tanoury P&P Imports 143
#8 Peter Engler P&P Imports 139
#9 Joseph Sandor Simplehuman 134
#10 Andy Fathollahi Incipio 125
#11 Lawrence Kates Google 117
#12 Samuel M. Shaolian Valcare 107
#13 Daniel W. Gil AbbVie 90
#14 Jonathan A. Barney Mq Gaming 85
#15 David A. Whelan The Boeing 81
#16 Craig A. Provost Shavelogic 76
#16 Henry Samueli Broadcom 76
#18 James N. Chang AbbVie 72
#19 Dennis Stamires Akzo Nobel N.V. 68
#20 Neil Woodall Pixelworks 66
#20 Sverrir Olafsson Conexant Systems 66
#22 Yehuda Ivri Aerogen 65
#22 Craig S. Etchegoyen Uniloc Luxembourg S.A. 65
#24 William Jack MacNeish, III Jabil 63
#25 Azad Sabounjian Pro Mart Industries 59
#26 Lee A. Shaw Lithocrete 56
#27 Kaitlyn M. Benoit Whirlpool 55
#28 Justin Smyers Snapware 53
#28 Michael T. McNamara Lancium 53
#30 Ronald B. Luther Luther Medical Products 52
#30 Gary B. Jabara ExxonMobil 52
#32 Robert W. Warren Lsi 51
#32 Stephen Joseph Kovacic Skyworks Solutions 51
#34 G. Gerry Schmidt Pacific Handy Cutter 50
#35 Ardeen Dubow Epic Products 49
#36 Christopher A. Wood Cisco 48
#37 Alan L. True True Seating Concepts 45
#37 Harry H. Arzouman Safe-T-Jack 45
#39 Luke James Mack Rivian Ip Holdings 44
#39 Stuart B. Berman Jeda Networks 44
#41 Earl Votolato Spellbound Development Group 42
#42 Wayne Scott Comcast 41
#43 Jeff D. Brunski Sumitomo Rubber Industries 40
#44 Timothy W. Brown Intel 39
#45 David J. Cline Balboa Instruments 38
#45 Alan G. Barbour University Of Texas System 38
#47 Ye Zhao Samsung 37
#48 David Michael Masarik N2 Imaging Systems 36
#49 Ronald L. Anderson J. I. Case 35
#49 David L. Hauser Edwards Lifesciences 35

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