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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Tomball, TX ranks #646 worldwide for total patents filed in 2018, with 205 patents from 117 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Tomball, TX include Halliburton Energy Services, ExxonMobil, Downhole Technology. That works out to 16.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 117 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Dingding Chen Halliburton Energy Services 9
2 Michael C. Romer ExxonMobil 8
2 YingQing Xu 8
2 Duke VanLue Downhole Technology 8
#5 Anand Prakash Halliburton Energy Services 7
#6 Philip M. Snider Geodynamics 5
#6 Funian Zhao Multi-Chem Group 5
#8 Gary Kainer Halliburton Energy Services 4
#8 James Randolph Lovorn Halliburton Energy Services 4
#8 Andrew Brooks Rite-Hite Holding 4
#11 Edward C. Gaude Cameron International 3
#11 Lam Arthur Campbell GE 3
#11 Charles David Armstrong Baker Hughes Holdings 3
#11 Cody Glenn Harris Halliburton Energy Services 3
#11 Michael R. Durham HP 3
#11 Earl W. Moore HP 3
#11 Blake C. Burnette Baker Hughes Holdings 3
#11 David A. Moore HP 3
#19 Michael T. Hecker ExxonMobil 2
#19 Joseph R. Allen HP 2
#19 Jeffrey Lambert Cameron International 2
#19 Paul E. Westphall HP 2
#19 Jeff Lambert 2
#19 Thomas Fink Airbus Operations Limited 2
#19 Kent E. Biggs HP 2
#19 Mark A. Piwonka HP 2
#19 Clark E. Robison Weatherford Technology Holdings 2
#19 Robert P. Darbe Halliburton Energy Services 2
#19 Michael Macklin W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn. 2
#19 Andrew J. Downing Halliburton Energy Services 2
#19 Austin Mohrfeld 2
#19 Randy Vanberg Forum Us 2
#19 James L. Overstreet Baker Hughes Holdings 2
#19 Robert A. Estes Baker Hughes Holdings 2
#19 Edward Hall Chromalloy American 2
#19 Theodore F. Emerson HP 2
#19 Harold Grayson Walters Halliburton Energy Services 2
#19 Terry D. Monroe 2
#39 Reed Jeffrey Holland Led Inspirations 1
#39 James R. Howard Zycon 1
#39 Chad Alan Hawkins 1
#39 Loyd East Halliburton Energy Services 1
#39 Michael S. Manera 1
#39 Weiting Tang 1
#39 Michael Bourg Hewlett Packard Enterprise 1
#39 Xueyu Pang Halliburton Energy Services 1
#39 Beau R. Wright 1
#39 Brian T. Purcell Hewlett Packard Enterprise 1
#39 Jennifer Hernandez Bj Services 1
#39 Michael J. Levchak Halliburton Energy Services 1

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