Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Whittier, CA ranks #1,619 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,069 patents from 578 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Whittier, CA include Adrian Rivera Maynez Enterprises, The Boeing, Surtec Industries. That works out to 23.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 578 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Adrian Rivera Adrian Rivera Maynez Enterprises 97
2 Robert J. Atmur The Boeing 71
3 Michael Chen Surtec Industries 55
#4 Hugo X. Gonzalez Spiration 50
#5 Darryl M. Boeltl Acorn Engineering 42
#6 Simon C. Jones Caltech 35
#7 Bradley A. Flanders RTX (Raytheon) 33
#8 Rodolfo Linares S.P.E.P. Acquisition 31
#8 John D. Young GE 31
#10 Mark A. Payne Ormco 29
#11 Joseph Kinman Lee IBM 26
#11 Richard Nicholas IBM 26
#13 Craig M. Loud Jb Research 20
#13 Lenard E. Moen 20
#15 Ronald F. Johnson Applied Materials 19
#15 Richard A. Holstedt Union Oil Company Of California 19
#15 William B. Crouch Chevron 19
#15 Carlos Del Toro Incipio 19
#19 V. Walter Hafner Acorn Engineering 17
#19 Tom Christiansen S-Rain Control A/S 17
#21 Wilfried Krone-Schmidt Hughes Aircraft 16
#22 Gary D Reece Xerox 15
#22 Donald G. Saurenman Consan Pacific Incorporated 15
#22 Christopher Lawrence Brown Cryovac 15
#22 Earl L. Morris Acorn Engineering 15
#26 Aragorn Zolno General Motors 14
#26 Ricardo Astorga Peninsula Packaging 14
#26 Joseph J. Vodhanel, Jr. 14
#29 Eric Whinnem The Boeing 12
#30 Brendon Woirhaye Broadcom 11
#30 Cecilia F. Locsin Inseat Solutions 11
#30 William E. Osborne The Marlin Firearms 11
#33 Anthony J. Rotondi Tre 10
#33 Michael Courtney Comcast 10
#33 Ryden L. Richardson Union Oil Company Of California 10
#33 Jack R. Farrar Pachmayr Gun Works 10
#37 Ken Bagdasarian 9
#37 Stephen L. White Honeywell 9
#37 Kirby J. Mead 9
#37 Michael Longo Stealthbits Technologies 9
#37 George N. Alvarado S.P.E.P. Acquisition 9
#42 Maximilian Lee 8
#42 Steve Kliewer Waterstone 8
#42 Clark S. Boster Bw/Ip International 8
#42 Travis L. Onofrio The Toro 8
#42 Daniel Lee Intuit 8
#42 Timothy W. Sousamian Performance Marketing 8
#48 Theodore J. Sally Acorn Engineering 7
#48 Michael T. Sailer Honda Motor Co. 7
#48 Virgil Marvin Bernard Cannon Intel 7

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