Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Clearwater, FL ranks #974 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 3,455 patents from 932 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Clearwater, FL include Paradyne, Baxter Healthcare Sa, Hsni. That works out to 29.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 932 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Gordon Bremer Paradyne 89
2 Rodolfo Roger Baxter Healthcare Sa 76
2 John McDevitt Hsni 76
#4 Alin Irimie Knowbe4 72
#5 Eric Sites Knowbe4 48
#6 Kenneth D. Ko AT&T 39
#7 James L. Tucker Honeywell 38
#8 Lubomir L. Jastrzebski Rca 37
#8 Fred H. Holmes Shotspotter 37
#10 Michael A. Wyatt Itt Manufacturing Enterprises 32
#10 John T. Livoti The Nielsen Company (Us) 32
#10 Robert E. Scott Paradyne 32
#13 Brian Lauman Baxter Healthcare Sa 30
#13 Michael Alan Hicks The Nielsen Company (Us) 30
#15 David R. Walker Dx Resources 28
#16 Robert M. Grace Macgregor Golf 26
#17 Charles Brian Rogers Rocomp Global, L.L.C. 24
#18 Michael R. Johnson RTX (Raytheon) 23
#18 Michael J. Scaggs Haas Laser Technologies 23
#18 Akiko Tanaka Tampa Bay Research Institute 23
#18 James J. Curtin IBM 23
#22 Morton S. Kircher Olin 22
#22 Josselyn L. Boudett T-Central 22
#24 Robert E. Gray Cairns & Brother 21
#24 Gregory A. Schurig 21
#24 Gary Leegate Arcachon Holdings 21
#24 John Czipri Accon Marine 21
#24 John E. Nohren, Jr. Innova Pure Water 21
#29 John P. Barrett Unknown 17
#30 John L. Harris IBM 16
#30 John W. Irwin IBM 16
#30 Robert S. Fuller Elster Electricity 16
#30 Scott Brown Solvay Interox Gmbh 16
#30 Mark William Patton Knowbe4 16
#35 Thomas P. Hartranft Baxter International 15
#35 Rafael Martinez Paradyne 15
#35 Michael E. Londrigan Celotex 15
#35 Marcia Baldwin Arcachon Holdings 15
#35 Robert S. Cymbalski International Data Matrix 15
#35 David Swain Paragon Water Systems 15
#35 Michael J. Skowronski Celotex 15
#42 Norman D. Knoth Qem 14
#42 Andrey Kopychev Baxter Healthcare Sa 14
#42 Austi Critchfield Scientia Potentia Est. 14
#42 John D. Walker GE 14
#42 Chad A. Hage The Nielsen Company (Us) 14
#42 John H. Lauterbach Amp 14
#48 Boudewijn Gabriël Van Rompay 13
#48 Joseph W. Cochran Pmi Ash Technologies 13
#48 James A. Boucher Arthrotek 13

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