Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Melbourne, FL ranks #520 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 255 patents from 155 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Melbourne, FL include GE, Alcatel Lucent, Harris. That works out to 3.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 155 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Jared Klineman Cooper GE 10
2 Teck Hu Alcatel Lucent 7
2 Shawn H. Gallagher Harris 7
#4 Matthew Regan Lighting Science Group 6
#4 Samuel William Golden GE 6
#6 Rainer Meinke Advanced Magnet Lab 5
#6 Louis Joseph Rendek, Jr. Harris 5
#8 Todd William Goodermuth GE 4
#8 Thomas P. Warwick R & D Circuits 4
#8 Ken Bantoft Satcom Direct 4
#8 David Michael Peltz GE 4
#8 David Allen Eldredge GE 4
#13 Ricardo Romeu Lighting Science Group 3
#13 Kyle D. Harris 3
#13 Mark Bradshaw Kraeling GE 3
#13 Randolph Cruz Intersil Americas 3
#13 Scott F. Bauler Rockwell Collins 3
#13 Matthew D. Collins Harris 3
#13 Mark A. Trautman Harris 3
#13 Kevin Kapp GE 3
#13 William Chester Neeley Johnson & Johnson 3
#13 Carlos A. Rodriguez Rivera 3
#13 Carl H. Patten, III 3
#13 Kenneth D. Lemp 3
#13 Julia Sharon Irvin Lighting Science Group 3
#13 Thomas M. Lasko Mainstream Engineering 3
#27 Angelo J. Joseph Rockwell Collins 2
#27 Vipin Patel Harris 2
#27 Joshua R. De La Nuez 2
#27 Timothy Mohler Spectre Materials Sciences 2
#27 Nick David Nagrodsky GE 2
#27 Dale Edward Meehl Cadence Design Systems 2
#27 Michael Althar Intersil Americas 2
#27 Paul A. Tornatta, Jr. Skycross Co. 2
#27 Ted J. Amundsen Mainstream Engineering 2
#27 William R. Palmer Harris 2
#27 Daniel Yates A.R.T. Furniture 2
#27 Li Chen Skycross Co. 2
#27 Robert James Foy GE 2
#27 Jason Funderburk Livetv 2
#27 Steven D. Halford Harris 2
#27 Norman McCollough Hendrix Wire & Cable 2
#27 Michael Goldenberg Freedom Scientific 2
#27 Allan M. Weiner Harris 2
#45 Gregory J Shoultz Advanced Magnet Lab 1
#45 Michael W. Steffen, II GE 1
#45 Gerald Eric Clendaniel 1
#45 Andrew David Easler 1
#45 Brian Lail 1
#45 Jeffrey J. Cyr Rockwell Collins 1

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