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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Naples, FL ranks #618 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 226 patents from 127 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Naples, FL include Pregis Innovative Packaging, Hayward Industries, Mcafee. That works out to 11.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 127 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Thomas D. Wetsch Pregis Innovative Packaging 14
2 Kevin Potucek Hayward Industries 10
3 Simon Hunt Mcafee 9
#4 Gary L. Sharpe Unknown 6
#5 Brandon L. Roller Arthrex 5
#6 Juan Lopez Vive Health 4
#6 James F. Chen Drfirst.Com 4
#6 Frank Fornari Biomech Sensor 4
#6 Jacob A. Jolly Arthrex 4
#6 Steven S. Goldberg Catalyst Orthoscience 4
#6 Robert B. Eveleigh Magarl 4
#6 Peter J. Dreyfuss Arthrex 4
#13 Nicholas Williams The Otis Patent Trust 3
#13 Ronald A. Beck Adc Telecommunications 3
#13 Eric S. Zajac Arthrex 3
#13 Lewis Hanna Cytonics 3
#13 Thomas Dooney, JR. Arthrex 3
#13 Gregory Joshua Karnes Arthrex 3
#13 Dwaine A. Parker Xidrone Systems 3
#13 Dirk Niedermann 3
#21 Ricardo Albertorio Arthrex 2
#21 Sammy Kayara 2
#21 Bruce Wayne Miller Unknown 2
#21 Christopher Bare Arthrex 2
#21 William Michael Karnes Arthrex 2
#21 Andrew K. Osika Arthrex 2
#21 John David Paterson Arthrex 2
#21 Abigail Nabors Arthrex 2
#21 Rudraksh Khosla Arthrex 2
#21 John M. Chenciner S9 2
#21 Parker Matthew Roth Unknown 2
#21 Michael Bruce Horowitz Retrieve Medical 2
#21 Roy W. Martin Truox 2
#21 Stephen M. Herrington Biomet 3I 2
#21 Roger Hastings Boston Scientific Scimed 2
#21 Timothy J. Thompson IBM 2
#21 Michael Hacikyan Technicor 2
#21 Nathan Williams Fina Technology 2
#21 Michael W. Mullaney Zimmer 2
#21 Kenneth T. Helenbolt Arthrex 2
#21 Lindes Roets 2
#21 Gaetano Savioli Vive Health 2
#21 Jocepascual Martinez Hm.Clause 2
#44 Joshua Wexelbaum Lucida 1
#44 Alan D. Henderson Srp 687 Pty. 1
#44 Mark Joseph Gordon 1
#44 Donald K. Shuler Arthrex 1
#44 James L. Coogan 1
#44 Gary D. Tucker, II Innovative Concepts 1
#44 Nick Williams Perimeter Solutions Lp 1

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