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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Naples, FL ranks #638 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 198 patents from 115 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Naples, FL include Geofeedia, Arthrex, IBM. That works out to 10.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 115 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Scott K. Mitchell Geofeedia 9
2 Thomas Dooney, JR. Arthrex 8
2 Frank D. Ferraiolo IBM 8
2 Peter J. Dreyfuss Arthrex 8
#5 Roger Hastings Boston Scientific Scimed 5
#5 Jeffrey Wyman Smith & Nephew 5
#7 Gary L. Sharpe Unknown 4
#7 Thomas D. Wetsch Pregis Innovative Packaging 4
#7 Reinhold Schmieding Arthrex 4
#7 Nicholas Williams The Otis Patent Trust 4
#7 Kevin Potucek Hayward Industries 4
#7 Kenneth M. Adams Medtronic 4
#7 Brandon L. Roller Arthrex 4
#14 Gregory A. Guederian Arthrex 3
#14 Christopher P. Ausschnitt IBM 3
#14 Steven S. Goldberg Catalyst Orthoscience 3
#14 Simon Hunt Mcafee 3
#14 Timothy J. McIntyre Ut-Battelle 3
#14 Derek C. Sullivan Arthrex 3
#14 Timothy J. Thompson IBM 3
#21 Maxwell Lowther Spike'S Tactical 2
#21 Alan D. Henderson Srp 687 Pty. 2
#21 Michael Hacikyan Technicor 2
#21 Mark D. Hedstrom Numat Technologies 2
#21 Timothy R. Hoover Arthrex 2
#21 Charles Wayne Fowler Seminis Vegetable Seeds 2
#21 Benjamin Chan Medos International Sarl 2
#21 Thomas Uttley 2
#21 Kevin Cook Monsanto Technology 2
#21 Allen E. Holowecky Arthrex 2
#21 Lewis Hanna Cytonics 2
#32 Hubert P. Scherer 1
#32 Steven John Czaplewski Syngenta Participations Ag 1
#32 Susan Smallman 1
#32 Derek Smallman 1
#32 Stephen O. Slatter Taco Metals 1
#32 Frank Meak Unknown 1
#32 Harry David Precheur Asian Express Holdings Limited 1
#32 Donna L. E. Lehtonen 1
#32 David Pyron Biggers, Jr. 1
#32 Paul R. Chalifoux Wellesley Research Associates 1
#32 Robert Florentine 1
#32 Jeff Julkowski 1
#32 Steve Czaplewski Syngenta Participations Ag 1
#32 Mark Friedman Datacore Software 1
#32 Thomas W. Davison Zimmer Spine 1
#32 Dean M. Acker Zimmer 1
#32 Thomas M. Anderson Schwing America 1
#32 John-Paul McGovern Alpine Electronics 1
#32 Larkin Hill Lowrey Hti Ip 1

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