Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Melbourne, FL ranks #509 worldwide for total patents filed in 2018, with 253 patents from 155 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Melbourne, FL include GE, Harris, Alcatel Lucent. 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 11
2 Matthew D. Summer Harris 7
2 Mark Bradshaw Kraeling GE 7
#4 Teck Hu Alcatel Lucent 5
#5 Mark A. Trautman Harris 4
#5 David Michael Peltz GE 4
#5 Daniel Ballesty GE 4
#5 Michael Goldenberg Freedom Scientific 4
#5 Catheryn D. Logan 4
#5 Patrick Helmer Force Dimension Sarl 4
#5 Todd William Goodermuth GE 4
#5 Nick David Nagrodsky GE 4
#5 Scott Daniel Nelson GE 4
#5 William Cherrick Schoonmaker GE 4
#15 Robert James Foy GE 3
#15 Tracy L. Gibson NASA 3
#15 Steven Andrew Kellner GE 3
#15 Brian William Schroeck GE 3
#15 Michael R. Lange Harris 3
#15 Michael Scott Miner GE 3
#15 Louis Joseph Rendek, Jr. Harris 3
#15 Roy J. Paleta, Jr. Speedcast International 3
#23 Lawrence W. Shacklette Harris 2
#23 Justin Mitchell Nxt-Id 2
#23 Jason Thompson Thompson Brothers & Company 2
#23 Brad Thomas Costa GE 2
#23 Samuel William Golden GE 2
#23 Mitchell L. Ahrendt Speedcast International 2
#23 James Glen Corry GE 2
#23 Robert Francis Meehan Harris 2
#23 Jason Aspiotis Booz Allen Hamilton 2
#23 Rainer Meinke Advanced Magnet Lab 2
#23 Nicholas David Nagrodsky Alstom Transport Technologies 2
#23 William Chester Neeley Johnson & Johnson 2
#23 James Kiss Alstom Transport Technologies 2
#23 Kristopher Ryan Smith GE 2
#23 Jerry Duncan John Deere 2
#23 Patrick J. Landy Apple 2
#23 Mitchell Scott Wills GE 2
#23 Matthew Regan Lighting Science Group 2
#23 Daniel Yates A.R.T. Furniture 2
#23 Craig R. Nelson Solicore 2
#23 Dale Martin DiDomenico GE 2
#23 David Allen Eldredge GE 2
#23 Trevor Fletcher GE 2
#23 Scott Alan Schoenly Transportation Ip Holdings 2
#23 Seneca Snyder Alstom Transport Technologies 2
#23 Ted J. Amundsen Mainstream Engineering 2
#49 George S. Wise, IV Harris 1
#49 Gregory S. Cole Mainstream Engineering 1

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