Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Orange, CA ranks #645 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 5,195 patents from 1,105 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Orange, CA include Apple, Edwards Lifesciences, National Semiconductor. That works out to 37.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 1,105 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Billy Chen Apple 93
1 Brian S. Conklin Edwards Lifesciences 93
3 Robert C. Taft National Semiconductor 77
#4 Peter Piferi Mri Interventions 63
#5 Gregory A. Wright Edwards Lifesciences 57
#6 Cory O. Nykoluk Trg Accessories, L.L.C. 53
#7 Derrick Johnson Edwards Lifesciences 52
#8 Tommy Yu Broadcom 51
#9 Robert M. Giasolli Cagent Vascular 50
#10 David E. Lewis Discovision Associates 47
#10 Mark Allan Page Jetzero 47
#10 Ian Browne Enevate 47
#13 Mark M. Ensworth Rain Bird 46
#14 Chris E. Cawthorne Smith International 40
#15 Albert Kim Ford 39
#15 Richard Neil Braithwaite Powerwave Technologies 39
#17 Jefferson YS Yang Asia Pacific Fuel Cell Technologies 37
#18 Timothy H. Nelson Encore Packaging 36
#19 Milan Karunaratne GE 35
#20 John C. Vassberg The Boeing 34
#21 Henry Law AT&T 33
#22 Lynn Shimada Alsius 32
#22 Steven B. Alexander Interstate Electronics 32
#22 Terry Blansfield Vyaire Medical Capital 32
#22 Scott Bradley Om1 32
#26 Robert A. Kelley Google 30
#27 Thomas C. Tisone Biodot 29
#27 Cathy L. Boon Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems 29
#27 Michael K. Boudreau IBM 29
#27 Bumsuk Kim Samsung 29
#31 Ryan Mongan Tao Clean 28
#31 Marc Webb Behr Process 28
#31 Raphael Rahamim Conexant Systems 28
#34 Jason Corbett Gilley Fieldpiece Instruments 27
#34 Tim L. Truitt Carefusion 303 27
#36 Bruno Franz P. Mayer Critical Device 26
#36 Herbert D. Muise Weyerhaeuser Nr 26
#38 Christopher R. Cooper Roger Cleveland Golf Company 25
#38 Richard Philip Topf The Boeing 25
#38 James R. Campbell Unknown 25
#41 Timothy J. Taylor The Dial 24
#41 John F. Zumkehr Intel 24
#43 Chuong Anh Tran Semileds Optoelectronics Co. 23
#44 John W. Anhalt Itt 22
#45 Frank Moburg Honda Motor Co. 21
#45 Lawrence E. Tannas, Jr. 21
#45 Douglas R. Mongeon 3M 21
#45 Gerald L. Klein Beckman Instruments 21
#45 George Adams Sa Recycling 21
#50 Adolfo Jose Wurts Fieldpiece Instruments 20

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