Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Melbourne, FL ranks #489 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 254 patents from 135 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Melbourne, FL include GE, Lighting Science Group, Harris. That works out to 3.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 135 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Jared Klineman Cooper GE 18
2 Ricardo Romeu Lighting Science Group 10
3 Mark A. Trautman Harris 9
#4 David Michael Peltz GE 6
#4 Matthew D. Summer Harris 6
#6 Louis Joseph Rendek, Jr. Harris 5
#6 David Allen Eldredge GE 5
#6 Leonard P. Jean Marmon Utility 5
#6 Todd William Goodermuth GE 5
#10 William Chester Neeley Johnson & Johnson 4
#10 Li Chen Skycross Co. 4
#10 Mark Bradshaw Kraeling GE 4
#13 Valerie A. Bastien Lighting Science Group 3
#13 Jay Beever Embraer S.A. 3
#13 Eric Gelman E&T Horizons Limited Liability 3
#13 William R. Palmer Harris 3
#13 John White Harris 3
#13 Patrick J. Landy Apple 3
#13 Robert Palanti GE 3
#13 Jerry G. Dooley Apple 3
#13 Robert James Foy GE 3
#13 Tracy L. Gibson NASA 3
#13 Ashley M. Kopman Harris 3
#13 Lawrence W. Shacklette Harris 3
#13 Michael Goldenberg Freedom Scientific 3
#26 Frank Wawrzyniak GE 2
#26 Ralph C. Haddock, III GE 2
#26 Jason Thompson Thompson Brothers & Company 2
#26 Paul A. Tornatta, Jr. Skycross Co. 2
#26 Mark Rahmes Harris 2
#26 Steven Andrew Kellner GE 2
#26 John W. McElroy GE 2
#26 Stephen Shelton GE 2
#26 Matthew Regan Lighting Science Group 2
#26 Mark Wheeler GE 2
#26 Samuel William Golden GE 2
#26 Derek Kevin Woo GE 2
#26 Arthur Wilson Harris 2
#26 Glen Paul Peltonen GE 2
#26 Rainer Meinke Advanced Magnet Lab 2
#26 Nicholas David Nagrodsky Alstom Transport Technologies 2
#26 Julia Sharon Irvin Lighting Science Group 2
#26 Carlos Sabino Paulino GE 2
#26 Nick David Nagrodsky GE 2
#26 Dale Edward Meehl Cadence Design Systems 2
#26 Christopher T. Dowin Harris 2
#26 William Cherrick Schoonmaker GE 2
#26 Michael F. Finch GE 2
#26 Timothy Mohler Spectre Materials Sciences 2
#50 James Kiss Alstom Transport Technologies 1

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