Florida — Patent Inventors 1997

Top Cities in Florida 1997

Rank	City	Patents	Inventors
#1	Miami, FL	285	192
#2	Boca Raton, FL	280	182
#3	Jacksonville, FL	277	168
#4	Orlando, FL	174	132
#5	Sunrise, FL	172	119
#6	Boynton Beach, FL	152	114
#7	Gainesville, FL	152	108
#8	Tampa, FL	127	101
#9	Coral Springs, FL	122	74
#10	North Palm Beach, FL	113	95
#11	Melbourne, FL	99	57
#12	Delray Beach, FL	85	47
#13	Fort Lauderdale, FL	84	60
#14	Oviedo, FL	77	62
#15	Palm Bay, FL	71	53
#16	Tallahassee, FL	66	49
#17	St. Petersburg, FL	65	60
#18	Clearwater, FL	64	45
#19	Pembroke Pines, FL	64	45
#20	Naples, FL	62	43
#21	West Palm Beach, FL	61	51
#22	Sarasota, FL	57	48
#23	Pompano Beach, FL	51	34
#24	Fort Myers, FL	49	26
#25	Hialeah, FL	46	38

Rank	Inventor	City	Company	Patents
1	Cornelis P. VandenBerg	Fort Myers	Yoder Brother	16
2	Wallace Anthony Martin	Orange Park	Johnson & Johnson	14
3	Edward P. Coleman	Salt Springs	Psc	13
3	Daniel Tsu-Fang Wang	Jacksonville	Johnson & Johnson	13
#5	Peter M. Bonutti	Manalapan	P-Tech Co.	12
#6	Bernard Cohen	Miami	—	11
#6	Claude L. Bertin	Venice	Nantero	11
#6	Ronald G. Lax	Holiday	Vidamed	11
#6	Richard W. Abrams	Jacksonville	Johnson & Johnson	11
#6	James D. Beasom	Melbourne	Harris	11
#6	Barbara Haviland Minor	The Villages	E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And	11
#12	Joseph P. Errico	Monet	Electrocore	10
#12	Michael C. Scott	Panama City	Symetrix	10
#14	Joseph Patino	Miramar	Motorola	9
#14	Allen LeRoy Limberg	Port Charlotte	Samsung	9
#14	Scott H. Richards	Sunrise	Motorola	9
#14	Warren S. Daansen	Summerland Key	—	9
#14	Jean-Marie Parel	Miami	The University Of Miami	9
#19	Charles R. Slater	Fort Lauderdale	Symbiosis	8
#19	Darren S. Keene	Jacksonville	Johnson & Johnson	8
#19	Keith D. Beaty	West Palm Beach	Implant Innovations	8
#19	William Edward Holley	Ponte Vedra	Johnson & Johnson	8
#23	Stephen Joseph Gaul	Melbourne Village	Harris	7
#23	Florence Eschbach	Sunrise	Motorola	7
#23	Frank D. Ferraiolo	Naples	IBM	7