Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Winter Haven, FL ranks #3,933 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 734 patents from 248 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Winter Haven, FL include Florida Foundation Seed Producers, Tree Defender, Synergy Research Group. That works out to 14.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 248 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Jude W. Grosser Florida Foundation Seed Producers 24
2 Scott K. Thompson Tree Defender 23
2 Allen Charkey Synergy Research Group 23
#4 Zane E. Schwenk Mastercraft Boat Company 20
#5 William O. Dawson University of Florida 18
#6 Daryl Lee Thompson Global Biolife 16
#6 Richard L. Robertson Rockwell Collins 16
#8 George D. Wolff Hughes Aircraft 15
#9 John R. Derrick, Jr. Agrimond, L.L.C. 14
#10 James A. Harrison Bae Systems Plc 13
#11 John Bentley ICI 12
#11 Michael W. Sakko 12
#13 Richard W. Stettler Wolff Controls 10
#13 Thomas A. Thayer, Jr. Tree Defender 10
#13 Dale Steven Arand The Procter & Gamble 10
#13 Ralph E. Worthington Products Unlimited 10
#17 Jack D. Coulter Certainteed 8
#17 Peter U. Wolff Wolff Controls 8
#19 Susan S. Thayer 7
#19 Gary O. Niemann 7
#19 William V. Cook Chep Technology Pty Limited 7
#19 Peter Marvin Weldon 7
#19 Svetlana Y. Folimonova University of Florida 7
#24 Patrick J. Dugas 6
#24 Sean H. Frielich Google 6
#24 Daryl T. Brown John Deere 6
#24 Tony S. Piotrowski Certainteed 6
#24 James Bagley Lam Research 6
#24 Paul Vincent Starbile A.W. Chesterton 6
#24 Stuart Patterson Wright Medical Technology 6
#24 Mark R. Jackson 6
#24 John A. Manthey USDA 6
#24 Kenneth H. Angstadt 6
#24 Jeffrey Bynum 6
#24 Leslie G. Bromwell Consolidated Minerals 6
#36 Michael S. Ziemacki Wolff Controls 5
#36 Solon G. Whitney American Petro Mart 5
#36 Gregory Arnold Level 3 Communications 5
#36 Daniel T. Lynch Bose 5
#36 James D. Rice 5
#36 James H. Campbell, IV Protel 5
#36 Shi-Chiang Pao Florida Department Of Citrus 5
#36 Michael Mulville Key Safety Systems 5
#44 Wilbur Widmer USDA 4
#44 Howard D. Harley 4
#44 Robert Martin Reedy University Of Central Florida 4
#44 Henry S. Zibelin 4
#44 Elizabeth A Baldwin USDA 4
#44 Deborah Thompson Convergys Customer Management Group 4
#44 Hanceford L. Allen International Minerals & Chemical 4

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