Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Conroe, TX ranks #525 worldwide for total patents filed in 2019, with 282 patents from 150 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Conroe, TX include Halliburton Energy Services, Evolution Engineering, Baker Hughes Holdings. That works out to 3.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 150 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Cato Russell McDaniel Halliburton Energy Services 15
2 David A. Switzer Evolution Engineering 14
3 Shilin Chen Halliburton Energy Services 12
#4 Danny E. Scott Baker Hughes Holdings 10
#5 Garrett T. Olsen Halliburton Energy Services 9
#6 Chaitanya K. Vempati Baker Hughes Holdings 6
#7 Jeffrey G. Thomas 5
#7 Bennett D. Marshall ExxonMobil 5
#7 Todd Anthony Stair Halliburton Energy Services 5
#7 William A. Moss, Jr. 5
#7 Kay Ann Galindo Halliburton Energy Services 5
#7 Kevin D. Conn Hewlett Packard Enterprise 5
#7 Gary E. Weaver Halliburton Energy Services 5
#14 Bradley David Dunbar Halliburton Energy Services 4
#14 Ronald van Petegem Weatherford Technology Holdings 4
#14 Jesse Clay Hampton Halliburton Energy Services 4
#14 Clifford Lee Hilpert Engip 4
#14 Jeffrey Hilpert Engip 4
#19 Robert W. Arfele Halliburton Energy Services 3
#19 Mark Patton Borgwarner 3
#19 Eric Schoppe Genesis Gaming Solutions 3
#19 Jerome Shields Dolby Laboratories Licensing 3
#23 David W. LeJeune, Jr. Satellite Tracking Of People 2
#23 Timothy R. Tips Halliburton Energy Services 2
#23 Malcolm Perschke Schlumberger Technology 2
#23 Clifford Westley Westwood 2
#23 Anne Marie Shough ExxonMobil 2
#23 Gregg CUNE Lord 2
#23 Richard M. Ward Dresser Industries 2
#23 Aaron M. Schlett ExxonMobil 2
#23 Matthew Scogin Halliburton Energy Services 2
#23 Charles P. Siess, III Linde Gmbh 2
#23 Jesse L. Henrikson Ka Group Ag 2
#23 Richard Berns Weatherford Technology Holdings 2
#23 Heeman Choe Baker Hughes Holdings 2
#23 Derrick W. Lewis Halliburton Energy Services 2
#23 Jay Richard Ray, II Cmpd Licensing 2
#23 Richard Rivera Tropitone Furniture Co. 2
#23 Patrick L. Yoder ExxonMobil 2
#23 Edward Beverly Moe Tri-Flo International 2
#23 Jeffrey Norris Cirrus Outdoors 2
#23 Rick Kimpel Aegion Coating Services 2
#23 Chad Feddema Turbo Drill Industries 2
#44 Roddy Harwell Halliburton Energy Services 1
#44 Maria Elizabeth Green Flotek Chemistry 1
#44 Ronald W. Chilton National Trench Safety 1
#44 Joseph Daniel Liles GE 1
#44 James C. Westhoff Baker Hughes Holdings 1
#44 Arnold Banegas 1
#44 Zachary Edward Gordon Halliburton Energy Services 1

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