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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Tomball, TX ranks #572 worldwide for total patents filed in 2019, with 262 patents from 117 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Tomball, TX include Spin Memory, Halliburton Energy Services, ExxonMobil. That works out to 21.2 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 YingQing Xu 17
2 Lester Crudele Spin Memory 14
3 Dingding Chen Halliburton Energy Services 9
#4 Michael C. Romer ExxonMobil 8
#4 Clark E. Robison Weatherford Technology Holdings 8
#6 Kent E. Biggs HP 7
#6 Randy Vanberg Forum Us 7
#6 Duke VanLue Downhole Technology 7
#9 Philip M. Snider Geodynamics 6
#9 Harold Grayson Walters Halliburton Energy Services 6
#11 John Paul Kapla Sunpower 5
#11 Eric L. Pope Hewlett Packard Enterprise 5
#13 David A. Moore HP 4
#13 James Randolph Lovorn Halliburton Energy Services 4
#13 Anand Prakash Halliburton Energy Services 4
#16 Joseph R. Allen HP 3
#16 Xueyu Pang Halliburton Energy Services 3
#16 Hermanus J. Nieuwoudt Baker Hughes Holdings 3
#16 Terry D. Monroe 3
#16 Theodore F. Emerson HP 3
#16 Alan L. Goodrum Compaq Computer 3
#16 Michael S. Bunker Hewlett Packard Enterprise 3
#16 Edward C. Gaude Cameron International 3
#16 Michael D. Johnson Becton, Dickinson And 3
#16 Trevor Keith Charles Pugh Deep Imaging Technologies 3
#16 David F. Heinrich Hewlett Packard Enterprise 3
#16 Dallas M. Barlow HP 3
#28 Mark A. Piwonka HP 2
#28 Darren Philip Walters Halliburton Energy Services 2
#28 Robert Samuel Hurt 2
#28 Christopher Paul Buckley St9 Gas And Oil 2
#28 Charles David Armstrong Baker Hughes Holdings 2
#28 Khang V. Nguyen GE 2
#28 Brent Naizer Baker Hughes Holdings 2
#28 Lorri L Jefferson HP 2
#28 Beau R. Wright 2
#28 Funian Zhao Multi-Chem Group 2
#28 Brian T. Purcell Hewlett Packard Enterprise 2
#28 Michael R. Durham HP 2
#28 Matthew A. Crump Weatherford Technology Holdings 2
#28 Yumei Tang Halliburton Energy Services 2
#28 Brandon Schwarzburg N-Fab 2
#28 Blake C. Burnette Baker Hughes Holdings 2
#28 Wilfred Provost Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations 2
#28 Evan Williams Eveready Battery Company 2
#28 Andrew Brooks Rite-Hite Holding 2
#28 Satish Rajagopalan Halliburton Energy Services 2
#28 Mark J. Knebel 2
#28 Scott Johnson Ansys 2
#28 Lambertus C. Joppe 2

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