Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Conroe, TX ranks #480 worldwide for total patents filed in 2018, with 267 patents from 125 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Conroe, TX include Evolution Engineering, Baker Hughes Holdings, Halliburton Energy Services. That works out to 3.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 125 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 David A. Switzer Evolution Engineering 21
2 Danny E. Scott Baker Hughes Holdings 16
3 Garrett T. Olsen Halliburton Energy Services 14
#4 Shilin Chen Halliburton Energy Services 12
#5 Jeffrey G. Thomas 11
#6 Chaitanya K. Vempati Baker Hughes Holdings 9
#6 Cato Russell McDaniel Halliburton Energy Services 9
#8 Gary E. Weaver Halliburton Energy Services 8
#9 Jay Richard Ray, II Cmpd Licensing 6
#10 Jesse Clay Hampton Halliburton Energy Services 5
#10 Kay Ann Galindo Halliburton Energy Services 5
#12 David P. Duckworth Halliburton Energy Services 4
#12 Jeffrey Hilpert Engip 4
#12 Sami Eyuboglu Halliburton Energy Services 4
#15 Maria Elizabeth Green Flotek Chemistry 3
#15 Cliff Westwood Rockbestos Surprenant Cable 3
#15 Barry Kent Holder Superior Energy Services 3
#15 Marcel A. Grubert ExxonMobil 3
#15 Clifford Lee Hilpert Engip 3
#15 Robert I. Richie Tetra Technologies 3
#21 Egor Dudochkin Weatherford Technology Holdings 2
#21 Duane Shotwell Hughes Tool Company 2
#21 Brandon James Hinz Halliburton Energy Services 2
#21 Do Van Do Baker Hughes Holdings 2
#21 Larisa V. Branets ExxonMobil 2
#21 David W. LeJeune, Jr. Satellite Tracking Of People 2
#21 Jerome Shields Dolby Laboratories Licensing 2
#21 Kenneth D. Swatzel 2
#21 Micheal Burl Crawford Halliburton Energy Services 2
#21 Mark Patton Borgwarner 2
#21 Avis Lloyd McCrary Preferred Technology 2
#21 Emily Hanson Baker Hughes, A Ge Company 2
#21 Venkkateesh Parthasarathi Padmarekha Halliburton Energy Services 2
#21 Frank Rodriguez Aristocrat Technologies 2
#21 Russell Wayne Koenig Workover Solutions 2
#21 Eric Schoppe Genesis Gaming Solutions 2
#37 Christopher Ennis Williams 1
#37 Thomas Robert Larson National Oilwell Varco 1
#37 Marc C. Stout L.B. Foster 1
#37 Westley D. Brenton 1
#37 Kenneth Whiteside 1
#37 Danney E. Sweeten 1
#37 Curtis Conkle Multi-Chem Group 1
#37 Heinrich Lang Lang-Mekra North America 1
#37 Dee Adedotun Moronkeji Baker Hughes, A Ge Company 1
#37 Floyd C. Felderhoff Baker Hughes Holdings 1
#37 James Kendall Warren Tubel Energy 1
#37 William A. Moss, Jr. Baker Hughes, A Ge Company 1
#37 Alamzeb Hafeez Khan National Oilwell Dht 1
#37 David P. Gerrard Baker Hughes Holdings 1

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