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Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Richardson, TX ranks #294 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 406 patents from 209 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Richardson, TX include Texas Instruments, Fujitsu Limited, University Of Texas System. That works out to 3.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 209 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Tarkesh Pande Texas Instruments 17
2 Motoyoshi Sekiya Fujitsu Limited 14
2 Michael P. Kilgard University Of Texas System 14
#4 David Zhi Chen Verizon 12
#5 Hong-Seon Yang Sk Hynix 7
#5 Paparao Palacharla Fujitsu Limited 7
#7 Ahmad Muhanna Apple 6
#7 Sam Eric McMurry Oracle 6
#7 Tiejun J. Xia Verizon 6
#7 Sudhanshu Khanna Texas Instruments 6
#7 Mahalingam Nandakumar Texas Instruments 6
#12 Eli M. Wallace Array Biopharma 5
#12 Mohamed Mansour Texas Instruments 5
#12 Russell C. McKown Open Invention Network Llc Nc 5
#12 Seetharaman Sridhar Texas Instruments 5
#16 Athena Ann Smyros Intel 4
#16 Constantine John Smyros Intel 4
#16 Amer Atrash Triune Systems 4
#16 Shaoli Fang University Of Texas System 4
#16 Gabriel E. Cardona Menara Networks 4
#16 John P. Curtin Netscout Systems Texas 4
#16 Wah Kit Loh Texas Instruments 4
#16 Matti Kiik Building Materials Investment 4
#24 Tuan Dao JPMorgan Chase 3
#24 Palanivel Subramaniam Lennox Industries 3
#24 Jeffrey H Roddy 3
#24 Alan Gatherer Texas Instruments 3
#24 James Walter Blatchford Texas Instruments 3
#24 Krishnakant M. Patel Kodiak Networks 3
#24 Walter West Riley Bell Helicopter Textron 3
#24 Dominic Anh Tran Halliburton Energy Services 3
#24 Albert Smith Fujitsu Limited 3
#24 Jose Luis Flores Texas Instruments 3
#24 Adam R. Hotchkiss Plume Design 3
#24 Cesar Aragon 3
#24 Qhalid Fareed Nitek 3
#24 Jeffrey C. Wehnes Vucomp 3
#24 Donald E. Steiss Texas Instruments 3
#24 Walter Mark Hendrix Commscope Technologies 3
#40 Ibrahim Itani Verizon 2
#40 Michael U. Bencheck Verizon 2
#40 Xavier N. Lepro-Chavez University Of Texas System 2
#40 Charles L. Abraham Ora Metrix 2
#40 Richard L. Antley Texas Instruments 2
#40 Michelle Andrea Boston Bank of America 2
#40 Shanmuganand Chellamuthu Texas Instruments 2
#40 Siraj Akhtar Texas Instruments 2
#40 Yousuf Saifullah Nokia 2
#40 Stacy K. Kniffen Innovative Signal Analysis 2
#40 Gregory William Hoell PepsiCo 2

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