Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Westminster, CA ranks #1,393 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,412 patents from 520 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Westminster, CA include Surefire, Power Integrations, Sri Sports Limited. That works out to 26.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 520 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Paul Y. Kim Surefire 83
2 Kent Wong Power Integrations 63
3 John J. Rae Sri Sports Limited 60
#4 Jeffrey Kohanek Comcast 49
#4 Don Tran Medtronic 49
#6 Peter Steven Bui Osi Optoelectronics 46
#6 Christopher Chambers Comcast 46
#8 Raul Tomuta The Boeing 43
#9 Thomas Vu Topgolf Callaway Brands 38
#10 Larry D. Maddux Cambro Manufacturing 35
#10 Hoai Nguyen Covidien Lp 35
#12 Dean Tran Trw Limited 33
#13 Tadeusz Olewicz Jet Sew Technologies 31
#14 Eric Anderfaas Millenworks 28
#15 Hung P. Tran Sequent Medical 25
#15 Andy Mok Bsh Home Appliances 25
#17 Hap Nguyen Cell Command 23
#18 Andy Huynh Covidien Lp 22
#19 Dipak M. Shah Directv 21
#19 Sonny Tran Edwards Lifesciences 21
#21 Kesse Ho Directv 19
#22 Andyanhdzung Huynh Covidien Lp 18
#22 Robert S. Howland Advanced Spine Fixation Systems 18
#22 Trinh Van Pham Venus Medtech (Hangzhou) 18
#22 Clarence W. Padgett Creative Integrated Systems 18
#26 Wajdie M. Ahmad AbbVie 17
#26 David Eric Daws Northrop Grumman 17
#28 Terrance Tran Microvention 16
#29 Hieu Dang Covidien Lp 15
#29 Igor P. Prikhodko Analog Devices 15
#29 Vernon C. Lenz Golden West Communications 15
#32 Richard Quintana Niccole Family Trust 14
#32 Tam Van Nguyen Rb Distribution 14
#32 John R. Coleman General Motors 14
#32 Eric Weaver West 14
#32 Hieu Minh Luong Edwards Lifesciences 14
#37 Mark Levine Albany International 13
#37 Alfred Langer Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft Fur Elektrische Gluhlampen Mbh 13
#37 William D. Brigham Zwick Energy Research Organization 13
#40 Dat Minh Dang Mophie 12
#40 Mark A. Cleveland The Boeing 12
#40 Bich Nguyen Gopro 12
#40 Iwao P. Adachi Minolta Co. 12
#40 Eric Mabry I-Flow 12
#40 Christian Carter Noterman 12
#40 Orlando G. Molina 12
#47 Minh Nguyen Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha 11
#47 Natalia Pokrovskaia Novartis Ag 11
#47 James A. Bent Bent Manufacturing 11
#47 Gee L. Lui The Aerospace 11

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