Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Jacksonville, FL ranks #251 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 12,002 patents from 2,690 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Jacksonville, FL include Johnson & Johnson, Parkervision, Wistaria Trading. That works out to 12.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 2,690 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Randall B. Pugh Johnson & Johnson 264
2 David F. Sorrells Parkervision 202
3 Adam Toner Johnson & Johnson 138
#4 Michael J. Bultman Parkervision 113
#4 Robert W. Cook Parkervision 113
#6 Richard C. Looke Parkervision 109
#7 Scott A. Moskowitz Wistaria Trading 108
#8 Charley D. Moses, Jr. Parkervision 107
#9 David Turner Eaton 92
#10 Douglas G. Vanderlaan Johnson & Johnson 85
#11 Shivkumar Mahadevan Johnson & Johnson 82
#12 Azaam Alli Johnson & Johnson 79
#13 Jason E. Duff Middle Chart 73
#14 Michael F. Widman Johnson & Johnson 72
#15 Michael S. Santarone Middle Chart 71
#15 David C. Hacker Medtronic 71
#17 Michael Wodrich Middle Chart 69
#18 William E. Glenn New York Institute Of Technology 65
#18 Peter A. Rodriguez Sandar Industries 65
#20 Richard W. Sorenson Carlingswitch 62
#20 Edgar V. Menezes Johnson & Johnson 62
#22 Mark D. Shaw Ultratech International 60
#23 Richard W. Abrams Johnson & Johnson 58
#23 Daniel Tsu-Fang Wang Johnson & Johnson 58
#25 Vinod F. Patel Amgen 53
#26 Joseph R. Moody Grip Pod Systems 52
#27 Sean F. Scanlan Treace Medical Concepts 51
#27 William D. Meadow Locatorx 51
#27 John I. Shipp Apollo Camera, L.L.C. 51
#30 Larry C. Wilkins Electromechanical Research Laboratories 50
#30 James Britton Hissong Medtronic 50
#32 Mark L. Pomeranz Cardiac Pathways 47
#33 Phillip J. Berman Medtronic 46
#34 Dana A. Oliver Medtronic 43
#34 Fang Yuan Beifa Group Co. 43
#36 Norman E. Clifton, Jr. Safariland 42
#36 Stephen C. Arnold Johnson & Johnson 42
#36 J. Tad Heyman Ultratech International 42
#36 Victor Lust Johnson & Johnson 42
#40 Steven D. Gray Taylor Made Golf Company 40
#41 Joseph P. Heck Motorola 39
#42 Philippe F. Jubin Johnson & Johnson 38
#42 Aurelien Bruneau Warsaw Orthopedic 38
#42 Craig William Walker Johnson & Johnson 38
#45 Michael D. Newman Linde Gmbh 37
#46 Sidney E. Francies, III Dayton Superior 36
#47 Yong Zhang Johnson & Johnson 35
#47 Khaled Chehab Johnson & Johnson 35
#47 Amy E. Wright Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution 35
#50 John B. Enns Johnson & Johnson 34

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