Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Miami, FL ranks #186 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 667 patents from 404 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Miami, FL include Covidien Lp, Symbiosis, IBM. That works out to 1.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 404 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Matthew A. Palmer Covidien Lp 19
2 Thomas O. Bales, Jr. Symbiosis 18
3 Miguel A. Perez IBM 13
#4 Christopher V. Beckman Gula Consulting Limited Liability 12
#5 Leigh M. Rothschild Reagan Inventions 11
#5 Chunlei Wang BOE 11
#7 Wilson Theophilo Asfora Asfora Ip 10
#8 Leonard Pinchuk Corvita 9
#9 Korey Kline Syntheon 8
#10 Nick Joseph Apanovich Clarkwestern Dietrich Building Systems 6
#10 Erenio Reyes Clarkwestern Dietrich Building Systems 6
#10 Daniel Socek Intel 6
#10 Adam Carlson Amazon 6
#14 William Culbertson Optimedica 5
#14 Mark A. Casparian Dell Products 5
#14 Alberto Martin Perez Google 5
#14 Steven Geffin Avocent Huntsville 5
#18 Wendy W. Weston Vivex Biologics Group 4
#18 Naphtali Rishe Florida International University Board Of Trustees 4
#18 Brent Saiontz Teleport Med 4
#18 Eric Stepansky Teleport Med 4
#18 Dan Recio Vmr Products 4
#23 Michael Walter Kirk Edwards Lifesciences Cardiaq 3
#23 Peter Cabauy City Labs 3
#23 Alex Gonzalez The Henry Group 3
#23 Carlos Rodriguez Buehl Dadesystems 3
#23 Jasmin Cosic Crucial Apex Communications 3
#23 Robert Sixto, Jr. 3
#23 Gustavo Sapoznik Asapp 3
#23 Kevin William MacDonald Kit Check 3
#23 Bruce McCord Florida International University Board Of Trustees 3
#23 Ek Kia TAN Tissuetech 3
#23 Max Pierre Mendez Edwards Lifesciences Cardiaq 3
#23 Tan A. Ince Brigham and Women's Hospital 3
#23 Carlos L. Ross Dell Products 3
#23 Michael Page Motorola 3
#23 Bryan Pinchuk Surefire Medical 3
#23 Danae Sierra Dell Products 3
#23 Gaëtan Jean-Robert Delcroix Vivex Biologics Group 3
#23 Richard A. Marquis Heartware 3
#23 Harry Thomas Temple Vivex Biomedical 3
#23 Thomas H. Norman Skeletal Dynamics 3
#23 Stuart Oglesby Vivex Biologics Group 3
#23 Arthur J. Viani 3
#23 Juan Mantelle Noven Pharmaceuticals 3
#23 Douglas M. Hathaway Dadesystems 3
#23 Thomas D. Gross Tusker Medical 3
#23 Emilio Margolles-Clark Ceres 3
#23 Miguel Quevedo Vivex Biologics Group 3
#23 Sergio Rivera Verizon 3

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