Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Tyler, TX ranks #2,020 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 64 patents from 51 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Tyler, TX include Axcess Instruments, Rambus, Trane International. That works out to 0.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 51 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Michael J. Norton Axcess Instruments 3
1 Noel D. Ischy Axcess Instruments 3
3 James E. Harris Rambus 2
3 Richard Lee Jameson Trane International 2
3 Bruce A. Schaefer Ca 2
3 Anosh Porus Wadia Marley Engineered Products 2
3 Donald LeRoy Smith Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 2
3 Ben L. Kirkpatrick Amazon 2
3 Raymond Walter Rite Trane International 2
3 Timothy Wayne Storm Trane International 2
3 Steven Idell University Of Texas System 2
#12 Lillian McGrath 1
#12 Gary Fox Keys Fitness Products 1
#12 Joe A. Hargis The Hillman Group 1
#12 Lawrence Valdez 1
#12 Shivakeshava Gaddam University Of Texas System 1
#12 Robert Stanley Chick 1
#12 Bradley Charles Watson 1
#12 Nicholas Shin Trane International 1
#12 Corey T. Harbold Flexuspine 1
#12 Sreerama SHETTY University Of Texas System 1
#12 Drew Whitehurst Trane International 1
#12 John Mark Hagan Trane International 1
#12 Chuan Yan Trane International 1
#12 Richard W. Muirhead IBM 1
#12 Bill Brandt Lavalley Industries 1
#12 Kirby N. Bicknell Trane International 1
#12 Rakesh K Srivastava Aurea Software 1
#12 Randal Matthew Gencore Candeo 1
#12 Weijia Su 1
#12 Ray Weaver Trane International 1
#12 Richard Craig St. Mars Trane International 1
#12 Billy E. Hibbs 1
#12 Christopher T. Lebl 1
#12 Carolyn C. Lebl 1
#12 Mark E. Groskreutz Trane International 1
#12 William C. Bliss General Motors 1
#12 John Bailey Trane International 1
#12 Bradley T. Wilson Hill-Rom Services 1
#12 Bryan Runyan 1
#12 P. Mark Lankford 1
#12 Kit W. Klein Trane International 1
#12 Joseph George Land, III Trane International 1
#12 Thomas B. Ramey, III Vu Ryte 1
#12 Arvind Chitrala Trane International 1
#12 Johnny Doyle Combs Lummus Technology 1
#12 Vijaya M. Lella University Of Texas System 1
#12 Usha R. Pendurthi University Of Texas System 1
#12 Michael Catherwood Microchip Technology Incorporated 1
#12 Shigeki Nagao Yamaha Motor 1

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