Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Placentia, CA ranks #1,931 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,676 patents from 422 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Placentia, CA include Gatekeeper Systems, Cilag Gmbh International, AbbVie. That works out to 32.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 422 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Stephen E. Hannah Gatekeeper Systems 62
2 Matthew S. Corbin Cilag Gmbh International 61
3 Phong X. Nguyen AbbVie 50
#4 Ana Paul 39
#5 Peter Regla Vesta Medical 35
#6 John Biale Union Oil Company Of California 23
#7 Ronald L. Johnson University of California 20
#7 Steve LanPing Huang Comcast 20
#7 Dennis D. Delaney Union Oil Company Of California 20
#10 Thomas M. Heyman Bausch & Lomb Incorporated 18
#11 Robert A. Carmo Pacific Electricord 17
#11 Burton B. Sandiford Union Oil Company Of California 17
#11 Tung-Liang Huang Insert Enterprise Co. 17
#14 Teresa H. Kuan AbbVie 16
#14 Timothy S. Rozema Hartwell 16
#16 John C. McKay Gatekeeper Systems 15
#16 Kalu K. Vasoya Stablcor Technology 15
#18 Sibgat Ulla Vyaire Medical Consumables 14
#18 Norbert L. Moulin Hughes Aircraft 14
#18 Jay A. Switzer Union Oil Company Of California 14
#21 Jonny Yuan Targus International 13
#22 Daniel Kenney Terahop Networks 12
#22 Thomas Folda Basf Se 12
#22 John N. Harman, III Beckman Instruments 12
#22 Keith Thomas Gateway Consultants Group 12
#22 Richard Snyder National Label Company 12
#22 Tieming Zhao Siemens Medical Solutions Usa 12
#28 Mark J. Boyer The Boeing 11
#28 Mark Core Broadcom 11
#28 Kameron Kam-Wai Jung Western Digital Technologies 11
#31 Thomas J. Helsley Hartwell 10
#31 Brett D. Riggs Aamp Of Florida 10
#33 Lee C. Yick 3M 9
#33 Richard Ramos Uop 9
#33 Cecil L. Hayes 9
#33 William A. Gurske Beckman Instruments 9
#33 Ram S. Ronen Xerox 9
#33 Gustavo F. Duenas Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co. 9
#33 Timothy Carlson Union Oil Company Of California 9
#33 Jeffrey Donald Stai 9
#33 Craig E. Borden Silicon Laboratories 9
#33 Robert Lusinsky Broadcom 9
#33 Robert J. Rothaus Directv 9
#44 John G. Himes The Boeing 8
#44 James L. Shapiro Eastman Kodak 8
#44 Peter Bai Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne (Epfl) 8
#44 Mayssa Attar AbbVie 8
#44 Scott Alfred Rogers Cytec Technology 8
#44 Robert L. Caswell 8
#44 Gregory H. Smith 8

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