Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Torrance, CA ranks #270 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 11,284 patents from 2,137 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Torrance, CA include United Microelectronics, General Motors, Sf Motors. That works out to 76.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 2,137 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Yi-Wei Chen United Microelectronics 225
2 Steven E. Schulz General Motors 135
3 Tara Chand Singhal 110
3 Yifan Tang Sf Motors 110
#5 Eung San Cho 104
#6 Bon S. Ong 99
#7 Nitin Agarwal Texas Instruments 94
#8 Tomasz Jannson Physical Optics 89
#9 Di-Fong Chang Simplehuman 88
#10 Elliot Rudell Unknown 76
#11 Peter Ar-Fu Lam Nike 73
#12 Robert J. Mills Virco Mgmt. 70
#13 James M. Barker Halliburton Energy Services 65
#14 Robert Uyeki Honda Motor Co. 64
#15 Ian Richard Cartabiano Toyota 63
#15 Jianjun Cao Efficient Power Conversion 63
#17 Chuan Cheah International Rectifier 60
#18 Benjamin R. Davidson Honda Motor Co. 58
#19 Todd Oda Carefusion 303 55
#20 Aziz Umit Batur Texas Instruments 52
#20 Michael John Dean Consumerinfo.Com 52
#22 John Bernard Ardisana, II Snap 51
#23 Jeff Miller Apple 50
#24 Milun Perisic General Motors 48
#25 Damon Schell Honda Motor Co. 47
#25 Hyeon Jin Kim LG 47
#27 Dah-Weih Duan Intermec Ip 46
#28 Robert Lee Swift Health Systems 45
#28 Evgeni Ganev Honeywell 45
#28 Brian Reynolds Zynga 45
#31 Kar W. Yung Hughes Electronics Limited 44
#31 Daniel W. Ashcraft Savant Systems 44
#33 Mark Sterzick Samsung 42
#33 William W. Milroy Thinkom Solutions 42
#35 Joohee Lee LG 41
#35 Liwen L. Dai John Deere 41
#37 Rajeev Ramanath Texas Instruments 40
#37 Jeffrey Higashi 40
#39 Richard Mann Ess Tech 38
#39 Steven E. Schultz 38
#39 Ming Li Rivian Ip Holdings 38
#42 Bon Ho Bae General Motors 37
#42 Ljubo Radic Nxp Usa 37
#44 Paul E. Spencer Eastman Kodak 36
#44 Rodney V. Telford The Ergo Baby Carrier 36
#44 Charles P. Davis Dispensing Dynamics International 36
#44 Colin Huggett Honeywell 36
#44 Robert G. Batchko Holochip 36
#49 William E. Bounds 35
#50 Truc Nguyen Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha 34

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