Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Largo, FL ranks #1,881 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,734 patents from 491 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Largo, FL include Tipping Point Group, Apple, Conmed. That works out to 21.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 491 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Sam Johnson Tipping Point Group 86
2 Nicholas Zambetti Apple 69
3 Peter C. Miller Conmed 49
#4 Said I. Hakky Canox International 44
#5 P. Michael Henderson Conexant Systems 31
#6 Robert C. Baxter Hubbell Incorporated 30
#7 Richard E. Anderson IBM 29
#8 Andrew J. Cooper Depuy Synthes Products 28
#9 Edward S. Zuranski Paradyne 27
#10 Bradley S. Davis Freedom Scientific 25
#11 Darren Rubin Eton Pharmaceuticals 23
#12 Kenneth H. Heffner Honeywell 21
#13 John Bedingfield Baxter International 20
#14 Rance A. Winkler Proxima Therapeutics 19
#14 William S. Valentine Celerity 19
#16 Arthur F. Trott Concept Group 17
#16 Kevin S. Gerrish Corning Incorporated 17
#16 A. Frank Trott Linvatec 17
#19 Barry Nadler Binj Laboratories 16
#19 Dennis M. Kay Bioderm 16
#21 Karl Nordling Cirrus Logic 13
#21 Martin J. King Mcneil Ab 13
#21 Joseph Q. Chapman Paradyne 13
#21 Earl P. Brane Wm. R. Hague 13
#25 Edward A. Harrison Black & Decker 12
#26 John Bugel Viking Technologies, L.C. 11
#26 Thomas R. Armstrong Paradyne 11
#28 Kevin Holler Onicon Incorporated 10
#28 Randall D. Ross Linvatec 10
#28 Robert S. Gordy E-Systems 10
#31 William F. Acker Honeywell 9
#31 Michael Upham Onicon Incorporated 9
#31 Bryan Wiltzius Saint-Gobain Placo Sas 9
#31 John Head Unknown 9
#31 Jonathan W. Leach Honeywell 9
#36 Christopher L. Sagar 8
#36 David D. Blight Linvatec 8
#36 Scott Wilson The Nielsen Company (Us) 8
#36 Donald R. Parker American Superconductor 8
#36 Joepert R. Lim Linvatec 8
#36 Joseph Williams Trapeze Networks 8
#36 Jason Stell 8
#36 James Russell Ritter, III Mercury Enterprises 8
#36 William P. Hooper Square D 8
#36 Michael J. Diana Binks Manufacturing 8
#46 Tanya Rhodes Clyra Medical Technologies 7
#46 Charles B. Bradley, II RTX (Raytheon) 7
#46 Jerry L. Koenig, II Transitions Optical 7
#46 Joseph Kaufman Becton, Dickinson And 7
#46 Andrew D. Hopping Baxter International 7

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