Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Conroe, TX ranks #567 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 219 patents from 115 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Conroe, TX include Baker Hughes Holdings, ExxonMobil, Evolution Engineering. That works out to 2.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 115 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Danny E. Scott Baker Hughes Holdings 14
2 Terry E. Helton ExxonMobil 12
3 David A. Switzer Evolution Engineering 10
#4 Shilin Chen Halliburton Energy Services 9
#5 Cato Russell McDaniel Halliburton Energy Services 7
#6 Michael Jones Advantest 6
#7 Mark Patton Borgwarner 5
#8 Ronald van Petegem Weatherford Technology Holdings 4
#8 Kevin D. Conn Hewlett Packard Enterprise 4
#10 Thomas Robert Larson National Oilwell Varco 3
#10 Claude E. Cooke, Jr. ExxonMobil 3
#10 Rebecca A. Gonzales Chevron 3
#10 Ivan Van der Walt Apple 3
#10 Jay Richard Ray, II Cmpd Licensing 3
#10 Derrick W. Lewis Halliburton Energy Services 3
#10 Arthur Marais IBM 3
#10 Timothy R. Tips Halliburton Energy Services 3
#10 Chaitanya K. Vempati Baker Hughes Holdings 3
#19 David P. Duckworth Halliburton Energy Services 2
#19 Abbas Sami Eyuboglu Halliburton Energy Services 2
#19 Todd Anthony Stair Halliburton Energy Services 2
#19 Jeffrey Scott Dupont The Procter & Gamble 2
#19 David P. Gerrard Baker Hughes Holdings 2
#19 Christopher Steven Adams Medivators 2
#19 James R. Ashby Halliburton Energy Services 2
#19 Floyd C. Felderhoff Baker Hughes Holdings 2
#19 Joseph James Liotta National Oilwell Varco 2
#19 Robert R. Arcykiewicz Amphenol 2
#19 Robert W. Arfele Halliburton Energy Services 2
#19 Richard Rivera Tropitone Furniture Co. 2
#19 Maria Elizabeth Green Flotek Chemistry 2
#19 Tyler James Hobson Rogers Athletic Company 2
#19 Charles D. Hodge Cmpd Licensing 2
#19 Avis Lloyd McCrary Preferred Technology 2
#19 Ronnie D. Hughes Baker Hughes Holdings 2
#19 Don Byrne Medivators 2
#19 Gregg W. Stout Baker Oil Tools 2
#19 Dennis L. Holtermann Chevron 2
#19 Harold A. Sreshta National Oilwell Dht 2
#19 Travis S. Bayer Caltech 2
#19 Robert I. Richie Tetra Technologies 2
#19 Sameer Bhoite Smith International 2
#43 Rodney M. Wingerter Quantum Energy Technologies 1
#43 Vishwas Gupta ExxonMobil 1
#43 Doug Heermann Invocon 1
#43 Christipher Shannan Barnes 1
#43 Claudie Wayne Parker Hunting Energy Services 1
#43 Eleanor Fieler ExxonMobil 1
#43 William J. Jackson Medco Health Solutions 1
#43 Dan E. Scott Baker Hughes Holdings 1

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