Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Tulsa, OK ranks #474 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 262 patents from 163 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Tulsa, OK include Advanced Charging Technologies, Chevron, United Video Properties. That works out to 0.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 163 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Michael H. Freeman Advanced Charging Technologies 9
2 Mark L. Hlavinka Chevron 8
2 W. J. “Jim” Weaver, Jr. Advanced Charging Technologies 8
#4 David M. Berezowski United Video Properties 6
#4 Brian Santee Advanced Charging Technologies 6
#6 Albert P. Masino Chevron 5
#6 Jeffrey F. Greco Chevron 5
#8 Christopher Hozumi Miyata Bluefin Payment Systems 4
#8 Ketankumar Kantilal Sheth Halliburton Energy Services 4
#8 H. Lynn Tomlinson Reg Synthetic Fuels 4
#8 M. Scott Reichardt Rovi Guides 4
#8 Ryan Eric Gursky Valeris Medical 4
#8 Bradford Lee Boone Valeris Medical 4
#14 Sean A. Cain Baker Hughes Holdings 3
#14 Peter Z. Havlik Reg Synthetic Fuels 3
#14 Brian C. Smith Amazon 3
#14 David S. Jordan Itool Equipment Holding 3
#14 Matthew Martin Honeywell 3
#14 Scott A. Wilson Dayco Ip Holdings 3
#14 Donald W. Allison United Video Properties 3
#14 Toby DeWeese Rovi Guides 3
#14 Michael R. Brown Sensus Spectrum 3
#23 Austen Laur Unitherm Food Systems 2
#23 Paige L. Johnson Hheli 2
#23 Timothy M. Thoman Mcelroy Manufacturing 2
#23 Christopher Ferguson Focal Point 2
#23 Dewayne G. Vogt Woolslayer Companies 2
#23 James N. Russell Verizon 2
#23 Brian L. Launder H&L Tooth 2
#23 Kenny M. Hawkins Verizon 2
#23 Grant A. Young Amoco 2
#23 Kevin R. Bierig Baker Hughes Holdings 2
#23 Robert L. Studebaker, Jr. Unknown 2
#23 Johnny Thao Dayco Ip Holdings 2
#23 Kenneth L. Agee Emerging Fuels Technology 2
#23 William B. Johnson Lanxide Technology 2
#23 Bryan Santangelo Time Warner Cable 2
#23 Kensha M. Clark Chevron 2
#23 Johnny Bowyer Emerson Process Management Regulator Technologies 2
#23 William B. Beaulieu Chevron 2
#23 Michael James Letney Unknown 2
#23 L. Joe Hedges United Video Properties 2
#23 James R. Perrault Mcelroy Manufacturing 2
#23 David Barber Rovi Technologies 2
#23 Jeffery Ronald Clausen National Oilwell Varco 2
#46 Bernard Justin King Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 1
#46 Mark Greenhaw American Airlines 1
#46 Garrison Evan Haning 1
#46 Lawrence James Losoncy 1
#46 Adam Barantz Dentsply International 1

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