Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Tallahassee, FL ranks #857 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 3,876 patents from 1,073 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Tallahassee, FL include Florida State University, Telcom Ventures, Pioneer (Corteva). That works out to 19.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 1,073 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Robert A. Holton Florida State University 125
2 Rajendra Singh Telcom Ventures 94
3 Daniel Preston Gorman Pioneer (Corteva) 88
#4 Charles E. Benedict Benedict Engineering Co. 70
#5 John R. Lewis Microvision 67
#6 John R. Helland Pacesetter 63
#7 Bret Michael Berry Warsaw Orthopedic 62
#8 Joseph B. Schlenoff Florida State University 43
#9 Jill Renee Lennon Pioneer (Corteva) 42
#10 Zhiyong Liang Florida State University 41
#11 David S. Hutton IBM 36
#11 Arthur J. Nonni Gp Cellulose Gmbh 36
#13 Eric H. Holmes Florida State University 28
#14 Yan Li City University Of Hong Kong 26
#14 Biwu Ma Florida State University 26
#16 Wanjun Cao Baker Hughes Holdings 25
#16 Hedi Mattoussi US Air Force 25
#16 Adrian Barbu Siemens Medical Solutions Usa 25
#19 Kathleen Melanie Amm GE 22
#19 Sudhir Aggarwal Nokia Technologies Oy 22
#21 David Kyle Whitmire Pioneer (Corteva) 21
#22 Michael Blaber Florida State University 20
#22 Carmen Somoza Florida State University 20
#24 James F. Walton, III Mohawk Innovative Technology 19
#25 Hossain Nadizadeh Florida State University 18
#25 Krishna Murthi Florida State University 18
#25 Qian Xie Nanjing University Of Aeronautics And Astronautics 18
#25 Philip J. Fleming Motorola 18
#25 Dean Mason Superior Transmission Parts 18
#30 Mei Zhang University Of Texas System 17
#30 Changchun Zeng Florida State University 17
#30 Michael Steurer Florida State University 17
#30 Igor Alabugin Florida State University 17
#34 Mandip Sachdeva Florida A&M University 16
#34 Yan-Yan Hu Florida State University 16
#34 Hengli Tang Florida State University 16
#37 Kenneth Hanson Florida State University 15
#37 Passinam Tatcho Florida State University 15
#37 Mitsuru Shindo Florida State University 15
#37 Chengying Xu Florida State University 15
#37 Jeffrey R. Mitchell Chicago Mercantile Exchange 15
#37 Feng Liang Florida State University 15
#43 Chikai J. Ohazama Google 14
#43 Michael Shatruk Florida State University 14
#45 F. Bruce Thigpen Eminent Technology Incorporated 13
#45 Mark D. Bird Coneqtec 13
#45 Esmé Manandise IBM 13
#45 David V. Kerns, Jr. Vanderbilt University 13
#45 Farrukh Alvi Florida State University 13
#45 Daniel Adams Creatv Microtech 13

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