Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Austin, TX ranks #12 worldwide for total patents filed in 2018, with 6,377 patents from 2,852 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Austin, TX include Yeti Coolers, Via Technologies, IBM. That works out to 6.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 2,852 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Roy Joseph Seiders Yeti Coolers 87
2 Steve Charles Nichols Yeti Coolers 50
3 G. Glenn Henry Via Technologies 42
#4 Dung Q. Nguyen IBM 41
#5 Deeder M. Aurongzeb Dell Products 37
#6 Rhonda L. Childress IBM 36
#7 Su Liu Delta Electronics 31
#8 Sundeep Chadha IBM 27
#9 Colin Eddy Via Alliance Semiconductor Co. 26
#10 Derek G. Sullivan Yeti Coolers 25
#11 Guy L. Guthrie IBM 24
#12 Eric Zavesky AT&T 23
#12 Dustin Bullock Yeti Coolers 23
#14 Brian W. Thompto IBM 22
#14 Gerard M. Col Via Alliance Semiconductor Co. 22
#16 Mark Bradley Davis Amazon 20
#16 Mark Carlson Rane Yeti Coolers 20
#16 Thomas A. Volpe Amazon 20
#19 Hung Q. Le IBM 18
#19 Young Hoon Kwon Futurewei Technologies 18
#19 Kevin C. McConnell IBM 18
#22 Keith R. Walker IBM 17
#23 David R. Terry IBM 16
#23 Scott White AT&T 16
#23 Liam B. Quinn Dell Products 16
#26 Bruce Mealey IBM 15
#26 William J. Starke IBM 15
#26 Bernard Ku AT&T 15
#26 Stuart Allen Berke Dell Products 15
#26 Rodney E. Hooker Via Technologies 15
#31 Terry Parks Via Technologies 13
#31 Andy Bondhus Yeti Coolers 13
#31 Tobias Hotchkiss Yeti Coolers 13
#31 Erik Steven Larson Yeti Coolers 13
#31 Kevin A. Shelby Coherent Logix, Incorporated 13
#31 Christopher M. Keller Yeti Coolers 13
#31 Inseok Hwang IBM 13
#31 Sungho Moon Newracom 13
#31 Anirban Roy Medtronic 13
#40 Chin Ngai Sze IBM 12
#40 Chris Nickolas Kaschner Yeti Coolers 12
#40 Michael J. Genden IBM 12
#40 Matthew Joseph Petrillo Yeti Coolers 12
#40 Shakti Kapoor IBM 12
#40 Timothy M. Lambert Dell Products 12
#40 Tejasvi Das Cirrus Logic 12
#40 Andrew M. Bosway Yeti Coolers 12
#48 Kanak B. Agarwal IBM 11
#48 Syed M. Alam Everspin Technologies 11
#48 Yujin Noh Newracom 11

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