Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Spring, TX ranks #243 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 475 patents from 291 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Spring, TX include Smith International, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, HP. That works out to 7.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 291 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Youhe Zhang Smith International 9
2 George D. Megason Hewlett Packard Enterprise 8
2 Valiuddin Y. Ali HP 8
2 Richard Thomas Hay Halliburton Energy Services 8
#5 Yuri Burhan Smith International 7
#6 Ronald Johannes Dirksen Halliburton Energy Services 6
#6 Craig A. Walrath HP 6
#6 Dragan B. Stojkovic Ford 6
#6 Gary W. Sams 6
#10 Pauline Akinyi Otieno Halliburton Energy Services 5
#10 Rabah S. Hamdi Dell Products 5
#10 Kevin L. Massaro HP 5
#13 Yuelin Shen Smith International 4
#13 Robert A. Grigsby, Jr. Huntsman Petrochemical 4
#13 Eric M. Twardowski Weatherford Technology Holdings 4
#13 Rory D. Daussin Halliburton Energy Services 4
#13 Jibin Shi Smith International 4
#13 Keith J. Orgeron T&T Engineering Services 4
#13 Isaac Lagnado HP 4
#13 Beat Kuttel Canrig Drilling Technology 4
#13 Thomas J. Flynn HP 4
#22 Elizabeth A. Benham Phillips Petroleum 3
#22 Robert Martin Baker Hughes Holdings 3
#22 Balaji Natrajan HP 3
#22 Donald L. Crawford Halliburton Energy Services 3
#22 Kelly K. Smith HP 3
#22 Stephen Hekelaar Smith International 3
#22 William G. Conner Saudi Arabian Oil 3
#22 Frank Benjamin Springett National Oilwell Varco 3
#22 Charles S. Yeh ExxonMobil 3
#22 Aaron Michael Beuterbaugh Halliburton Energy Services 3
#22 John A. Landry Compaq Computer 3
#22 Khoi Q. Trinh Baker Hughes Holdings 3
#22 Randy C. Tolman ExxonMobil 3
#22 Yu-Chun Huang Huawei 3
#22 Thorsten Schwefe Baker Hughes Holdings 3
#22 John E. Hey National Oilwell Varco 3
#22 James S. Sanchez Baker Hughes, A Ge Company 3
#22 Billy L. Griffith Asset Integrity Management Solutions, L.L.C. 3
#22 George Givens Baker Hughes Holdings 3
#22 Paul F. Rodney Halliburton Energy Services 3
#22 Charles J. Stocker, IV IBM 3
#22 David Quijano HP 3
#22 Daniel Winslow Halliburton Energy Services 3
#45 Robert Nipper Ncs Multistage 2
#45 Rafay Z. Ansari Baker Hughes Holdings 2
#45 Randall V. Guest Baker Hughes Holdings 2
#45 Reza Talabi Tetra Technologies 2
#45 Clement D. van der Riet Baker Hughes Holdings 2
#45 Yen-Loan Nguyen Huntsman Advanced Materials Americas 2

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