Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Tomball, TX ranks #660 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 204 patents from 99 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Tomball, TX include Geodynamics, Downhole Technology, HP. That works out to 16.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 99 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 YingQing Xu 9
1 Philip M. Snider Geodynamics 9
3 Duke VanLue Downhole Technology 8
#4 Earl W. Moore HP 7
#5 Joseph R. Allen HP 6
#5 Charles David Armstrong Baker Hughes Holdings 6
#7 Kent E. Biggs HP 5
#7 James Randolph Lovorn Halliburton Energy Services 5
#7 David A. Moore HP 5
#7 Michael T. Hecker ExxonMobil 5
#7 Harold Grayson Walters Halliburton Energy Services 5
#7 Dingding Chen Halliburton Energy Services 5
#13 Terry D. Monroe 4
#13 Yumei Tang Halliburton Energy Services 4
#13 Blake C. Burnette Baker Hughes Holdings 4
#13 Clayton Plucheck Weatherford/Lamb 4
#13 Lam Arthur Campbell GE 4
#13 Michael D. Johnson Becton, Dickinson And 4
#13 James L. Overstreet Baker Hughes Holdings 4
#13 Jeff R. Anderson Dow Global Technologies 4
#21 Mark Lawrence Hunt GE 3
#21 Funian Zhao Multi-Chem Group 3
#23 Loyd East Halliburton Energy Services 2
#23 Robert A. Estes Baker Hughes Holdings 2
#23 David W. Sherrod HP 2
#23 Hermanus J. Nieuwoudt Baker Hughes Holdings 2
#23 Michael Lynn Betik Antelope Oil Tool & Mfg. 2
#23 Michael R. Durham HP 2
#23 Andrew Brooks Rite-Hite Holding 2
#23 Charles E. Jennings Vetco Gray 2
#23 Thomas Fink Airbus Operations Limited 2
#23 Stephen A. Noe Kellogg Brown & Root 2
#23 Norman P. Brown HP 2
#23 Alexander Kalish Deep Imaging Technologies 2
#23 Khang V. Nguyen GE 2
#23 Brian L. Anderson Lawrence Livermore National Security 2
#37 John Paul Kapla Sunpower 1
#37 Trevor Keith Charles Pugh Deep Imaging Technologies 1
#37 Mark A. Piwonka HP 1
#37 William Murray Smith International 1
#37 Richard David Peer Smith International 1
#37 Clark E. Robison Weatherford Technology Holdings 1
#37 Robert Samuel Hurt 1
#37 Robert P. Darbe Halliburton Energy Services 1
#37 Phi Nguyen Spx 1
#37 Jonathon B. Kettelkamp Crc-Evans Pipeline International 1
#37 Mark Griffin Purina Animal Nutrition 1
#37 Ahmed Jasser Baker Hughes Holdings 1
#37 William Barry Fisher ExxonMobil 1
#37 Daniel Vela Oceaneering International 1

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