Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Deerfield Beach, FL ranks #2,467 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,257 patents from 274 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Deerfield Beach, FL include IBM, Heartport, Pentair Water Pool And Spa. That works out to 14.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 274 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Peter Juergen Klim IBM 82
2 Alex T. Roth Heartport 77
3 Bruce Johnson Pentair Water Pool And Spa 63
#4 James Robert Walker Citrix Systems 62
#4 Michael M. Schechter Ford 62
#6 Carlos Hernan Marina PepsiCo 35
#7 Richard Carl Olson Olson Ip Technologies 29
#8 Brent L. Davis IBM 26
#9 Steven M. Lurcott Advanced Technology & Materials Co. 23
#10 Slobodan Stefanov Shl Medical Ag 22
#10 Robert C. Gray Abbott 22
#12 Joseph Nord Citrix Systems 21
#13 Louis L. Grube Gaf Building Materials 19
#14 Michael Kelly ExxonMobil 18
#15 Amir M. Mobini Oak Technology 17
#16 Vicki Colson IBM 14
#17 Timothy Michael Graboski I-Gloo 13
#17 Steven Else The Adt Security 13
#19 Constantinos S. Kyriakos 12
#19 Steve Waterford Octo Safety Devices 12
#19 David Guzman Sonny'S Enterprises 12
#19 Michael Mirt IBM 12
#23 John M. Loffredo IBM 11
#23 Linda Makhanlall Sunbeam Products 11
#25 Jose Reyes Citrix Systems 10
#25 Agustin Roca Pujol Y Tarrago S.A. 10
#25 James B. Jones Honeywell 10
#25 Challen Sullivan 10
#25 George Gregory Gruse IBM 10
#25 Jason Mondro Becton, Dickinson And 10
#25 Natalino Zanchetta Polyglass Usa 10
#32 Philip James Hipol University Of South Florida 9
#32 Roger Louie IBM 9
#32 James David Eller Mwi 9
#35 Robert Flippo Integrity Tracking 8
#35 James B. Martin 8
#35 Sonia Cheng IBM 8
#38 Steve Dillon Advanced Energy Industries 7
#38 J. David Eller 7
#38 Curtis Wicks Rosemount Aerospace 7
#38 Juan Plasencia Deco Lav 7
#42 Timothy A. Monahan-Mitchell Motorola 6
#42 Isidore Jokel 6
#42 Morgan Pepitone 6
#42 Vittorio Marinelli 6
#42 Melanie Williams Motorola 6
#47 Max F. Kilger Experian Marketing Solutions 5
#47 Darlene Diak/Ghanem Worry Free Inventions 5
#47 Roger Charland 5
#47 Scott Bourne Deco Lav 5

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