Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Cocoa Beach, FL ranks #2,938 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,038 patents from 111 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Cocoa Beach, FL include Lighting Science Group, Vero Biotech, Jentek Sensors. That works out to 91.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 111 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Fredric S. Maxik Lighting Science Group 203
2 David H. Fine Vero Biotech 114
3 Robert R. Soler Lighting Science Group 113
#4 Neil J. Goldfine Jentek Sensors 89
#5 Karl Nicholas Murphy Robotic Research Opco 66
#6 James Lynn Schellack Lighting Science Group 35
#7 Danny S. Parker University Of Central Florida 33
#8 Pankaj Topiwala Fastvdo 27
#9 Thomas C. Edwards The Rovac 25
#10 Robert Mueller Sidus Space 21
#10 Jason White Cardiomems 21
#12 John DeSalvo Harris 19
#13 Joseph Mitola, III Federated Wireless 14
#14 Robert J. Cavalleri RTX (Raytheon) 13
#15 Robert J. Knazik Harris 11
#16 Oscar Michener Fell 10
#16 Avron I. Bryan Adapco 10
#16 Robert M. Sullivan Ciba-Geigy 10
#16 John Sherwin Research Foundation Of The University Of Central Florida 10
#20 Elliot Kornberg 9
#20 Roger W. Heinig Westinghouse Electric 9
#22 Charles R. Buhler ExxonMobil 8
#22 John May Motorola 8
#24 John P. Kallestad 7
#25 Frederick Charles Herrington Brunswick 6
#25 Donald Edward Williams, Jr. Cbros Technologies 6
#25 Kristin M. McGinnis Brunswick 6
#28 Charles J. Cromer University Of Central Florida 5
#28 Avron L. Bryan Adapco 5
#30 Stephen D. Aboud Roswell Canada 4
#30 Gerald N. Fish 4
#30 Thomas C. Woodbridge Aqua Magnetics 4
#30 Jay Saul Silver 4
#30 Kurt Wilson Hyperform 4
#35 Robert Waterhouse Amtek Research International 3
#35 Karl Leslie Polk D & D Manufacturing 3
#35 Logan C. Arlov Milwaukee Electric Tool 3
#35 James Ferguson 3
#39 Kenneth William Jongebloed 2
#39 William L. Holt Harris-Exigent 2
#39 Mark Cann 2
#39 Peter F. Collett 2
#39 Charles Billias 2
#39 Phuong-Anh Vu BMW 2
#39 Karl L. Vancil 2
#39 Alan Weston Lta Research And Exploration 2
#39 Darrell Miracle 2
#39 Dustin Scabarozi 2
#39 Antonio Lauretta 2
#39 Edward Victor Roos Harris 2

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