Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Waco, TX ranks #4,596 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 22 patents from 22 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Waco, TX include L-3 Communications Integrated Systems, Caterpillar, Marathonnorco Aerospace. That works out to 0.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–22 of 22 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Albert W. Ruggles L-3 Communications Integrated Systems 1
1 Richard R. Pardun L-3 Communications Integrated Systems 1
1 Gerald Eugene Dixon 1
1 Rakesh Jagdale Caterpillar 1
1 Ben Dyer Marathonnorco Aerospace 1
1 Jose Gonzalez-Miranda AbbVie 1
1 Brian Star Marathonnorco Aerospace 1
1 Jeff Shultz Early Warning Services 1
1 David W. Tenberg, Jr. Unknown 1
1 Jason Sulak Taylor Made Golf Company 1
1 Paul H. Peterson L-3 Communications Integrated Systems 1
1 Jiangli Song Baylor University 1
1 Del Latham Marathonnorco Aerospace 1
1 Robert R. Kane Baylor University 1
1 Brian A. Garner Baylor University 1
1 Erica Parker Baylor University 1
1 Mark DiCorte 1
1 Lauritz Pillers Caterpillar 1
1 Suzanna Rhoda Summers 1
1 James R. Grimes L-3 Communications Integrated Systems 1
1 Christopher M. Jackson L-3 Communications Integrated Systems 1
1 Brian C. Giedt 1

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