Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Ocala, FL ranks #1,882 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 64 patents from 29 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Ocala, FL include Qualcomm, U.S. Nutraceuticals, Pacesetter. That works out to 1.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–29 of 29 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Lawrence W. Yonge, III Qualcomm 15
2 W. Stephen Hill U.S. Nutraceuticals 8
3 Hassan Kaywan Afkhami Qualcomm 4
#4 Richard Williamson Pacesetter 3
#4 Edward S. Espinosa Espinosa Clairson 3
#4 Gregory Allen Magin Qualcomm 3
#7 Sidney B. Schrum, Jr. Qualcomm 2
#7 Celestino A. Corral Qualcomm 2
#7 Faisal Mahmood Shad Qualcomm 2
#7 Scott A. Smith Firestone Industrial Products Company 2
#7 Arthur Parkhurst Tidi Securement Products 2
#12 Robert J. McGuire 1
#12 Emily C. Burgoyne Clairson 1
#12 Francisco Javier Moreno Gaming Partners International 1
#12 Thomas Jones Clairson 1
#12 Emmanuel Ercole Clairson 1
#12 Anthony James Cowan Qualcomm 1
#12 Richard L. Reynolds 1
#12 Donald L. Wray Usai 1
#12 Howard S. Leary Noble Systems 1
#12 Mark Wormser 1
#12 John E. Thelen Flair 1
#12 Mara Rajput 1
#12 Daniel Wayne Brinton, Jr. Clairson 1
#12 Christopher Ryan Walrath 1
#12 Bryan K. Myers 1
#12 Mike Barnes Boydstun Metal Works 1
#12 John Gregory Shannon Xerox 1
#12 Hattie Williams 1

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