Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Conroe, TX ranks #556 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 241 patents from 116 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Conroe, TX include Evolution Engineering, Baker Hughes Holdings, Halliburton Energy Services. That works out to 2.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 116 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 David A. Switzer Evolution Engineering 22
2 Danny E. Scott Baker Hughes Holdings 21
3 Shilin Chen Halliburton Energy Services 10
#4 Kevin D. Conn Hewlett Packard Enterprise 6
#5 Terry E. Helton ExxonMobil 5
#5 Joshua Cayne Fisher 5
#5 Jay Richard Ray, II Cmpd Licensing 5
#8 Don Byrne Medivators 4
#8 Kay Ann Galindo Halliburton Energy Services 4
#8 Cato Russell McDaniel Halliburton Energy Services 4
#8 Christopher Steven Adams Medivators 4
#8 Chaitanya K. Vempati Baker Hughes Holdings 4
#13 Joe Marzouk Halliburton Energy Services 3
#13 Avis Lloyd McCrary Preferred Technology 3
#13 Gary E. Weaver Halliburton Energy Services 3
#13 Richard Rivera Tropitone Furniture Co. 3
#13 Charles D. Hodge Cmpd Licensing 3
#13 David P. Gerrard Baker Hughes Holdings 3
#13 Barry Kent Holder Superior Energy Services 3
#13 Travis Henry Bendele Medivators 3
#21 Ajay V. Kulkarni Baker Hughes Holdings 2
#21 Roger Fincher Baker Hughes Holdings 2
#21 James Mathieson Reme Technologies 2
#21 Harold A. Sreshta National Oilwell Dht 2
#21 Michael P. Murphy General Motors 2
#21 Leon Russ Smith Medivators 2
#21 Arthur Marais IBM 2
#21 Joshua David Carter Goodrich 2
#21 Kevin W. Clark National Oilwell Dht 2
#21 Jerome Shields Dolby Laboratories Licensing 2
#21 Nathan Darrell Davis Multi-Chem Group 2
#21 Curtis Lanning Halliburton Energy Services 2
#21 David R. Underdown Chevron 2
#21 James R. Ashby Halliburton Energy Services 2
#21 Thomas Robert Larson National Oilwell Varco 2
#21 Curtis Conkle Multi-Chem Group 2
#21 L. Allen Sinor Baker Hughes Holdings 2
#21 Sidney K. Smith, Jr. Baker Hughes Holdings 2
#21 Aaron Schen National Oilwell Varco 2
#21 Rebecca A. Gonzales Chevron 2
#21 Jeffrey B. Norris Bnr Technology Development 2
#21 Derrick W. Lewis Halliburton Energy Services 2
#21 Ronald W. Chilton National Trench Safety 2
#21 Jeremy Ramirez Halliburton Energy Services 2
#21 Robert W. Arfele Halliburton Energy Services 2
#21 Joseph James Liotta National Oilwell Varco 2
#21 Garrett T. Olsen Halliburton Energy Services 2
#48 Carter Erwin Cameron International 1
#48 Maria Elizabeth Green Flotek Chemistry 1
#48 Deon Kellerman 1

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