Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Daytona Beach, FL ranks #4,465 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 618 patents from 236 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Daytona Beach, FL include National Semiconductor, Samsung, Axon Enterprise. That works out to 8.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 236 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Richard W. Foote National Semiconductor 37
2 Young Ae Kim Samsung 26
3 Jonathan R. Hatcher Axon Enterprise 19
3 Carthel C. Baker Woodward 19
#5 Rohit Khanna Unknown 18
#6 Scott M. Martin Siemens Energy 16
#7 George A. Thompson RTX (Raytheon) 12
#7 Christopher J. Howard Copyright Clearance Center 12
#9 Mark Santus Unknown 11
#9 Gregory C. Buchner Silicon Graphics 11
#11 Jacqueline S. Upson Metra Electronics 10
#12 Patricia Koestner Costa Del Mar 9
#12 John F. Mendes, Jr. Bob'S Space Racers 9
#12 Kenneth B. Donovan Lockheed Martin 9
#15 Nancy Tedeschi 8
#15 Henry Yunick Motortech Gmbh 8
#15 Richard G. Fadden GE 8
#18 George W. Alford 7
#18 Eric Olsen 7
#18 Matthew T. Banker Capo 7
#18 Edwin D. Davis 7
#22 Brian S. Sibson Hunter Fan 6
#22 David L. Cameron Unknown 6
#22 Danny Ringer 6
#22 Omar Vargas IBM 6
#26 Robert Johannes van Winkel Amazon 5
#26 Sharon Lay Raydon 5
#26 Robert J. Caesar, Jr. Philips 5
#26 Joseph Dunn Performance Packaging Of Nevada 5
#26 Theodore F. Bell 5
#31 N. Rick Dawson 4
#31 Richard Sickenberger US Army 4
#31 Paul A. Simoncic Star Technologies 4
#34 Chadd Collins 3
#34 Sherry D. Johnson 3
#34 Claudette Y. McDonough 3
#34 Kendall Scott Hopkins Raydon 3
#34 William H. Harty 3
#34 David A. Painter Teledyne Instruments 3
#34 John E. Cronk 3
#34 Frank C. Druzynski 3
#34 Anthony Ruocco US Army 3
#34 Kristina Yevseyeva Baxter Corporation Englewood 3
#34 Friedrich H. Oettel Eltec Instruments 3
#34 Charles Eastlake Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 3
#34 Perry R Sperber 3
#34 Aaron Glafenhein Technetics Group 3
#34 Reamonn Soto Florida State University 3
#34 Balaji Sivasubramanian Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 3
#34 Kenneth R. Pint 3

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