Florida — Patent Inventors 1989

Top Cities in Florida 1989

Rank	City	Patents	Inventors
#1	Miami, FL	216	156
#2	Orlando, FL	127	106
#3	Jacksonville, FL	125	99
#4	Boca Raton, FL	113	78
#5	Gainesville, FL	103	77
#6	North Palm Beach, FL	91	74
#7	Clearwater, FL	77	55
#8	Fort Myers, FL	76	21
#9	St. Petersburg, FL	75	62
#10	Coral Springs, FL	73	51
#11	Tampa, FL	69	49
#12	Oviedo, FL	69	49
#13	Sunrise, FL	68	52
#14	Sarasota, FL	60	48
#15	Boynton Beach, FL	59	44
#16	Melbourne, FL	50	33
#17	Palm Bay, FL	49	38
#18	Fort Lauderdale, FL	49	40
#19	Pompano Beach, FL	45	32
#20	Hollywood, FL	43	28
#21	Pensacola, FL	43	34
#22	West Palm Beach, FL	41	32
#23	Bradenton, FL	39	28
#24	Pembroke Pines, FL	34	20
#25	Miami Beach, FL	33	29

Rank	Inventor	City	Company	Patents
1	Cornelis P. VandenBerg	Fort Myers	Yoder Brother	40
2	Duke Kraai	Miami	Rally Manufacturing	14
3	Bruce Ancona	Miami	M. Kamenstein	12
#4	Michael Twerdochlib	Oviedo	Westinghouse Electric	11
#5	Nicholas S. Bodor	Bal Harbour Village	University of Florida Foundation	10
#5	Marc Iacovelli	Miami	Rally Manufacturing	10
#7	Jerry F. Butler	Gainesville	International Flavors & Fragrances	9
#8	Gerold J. Harbeke	Boynton Beach	—	8
#8	Kevin D. Hunter	Fort Myers	Pitney Bowes	8
#8	Henry S. Wolfe	Loxahatchee Groves	Aqua-Leisure Industries	8
#8	William J. Scheid	Coral Springs	Motorola	8
#12	Warwick M. Whitley, II	Panama City	AT&T	7
#12	Craig F. Siddoway	Pembroke Pines	Motorola	7
#12	Joshua Rokach	Indian Harbour Beach	Merck	7
#12	Richard J. Toth	Boca Raton	Motorola	7
#16	Peter B. Roemer	Tampa	GE	6
#16	Larry L. Hench	Lake Wales	University of Florida Foundation	6
#16	Richard T. Schneider	Gainesville	US Air Force	6
#16	John Music	Melbourne	Comcast	6
#16	Eric R. George	St. Augustine	Shell Oil Compny	6
#16	James E. Harris	Miami Shores	Amoco	6
#16	Frank P. Dola	Port Richey	Amp	6
#23	Edward B. Thayer	Hobe Sound	RTX (Raytheon)	5
#23	Paul J. Forsberg	Naples	Keystone Retaining Wall Systems	5
#23	James D. Beasom	Melbourne	Harris	5