Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Lubbock, TX ranks #1,206 worldwide for total patents filed in 2020, with 125 patents from 75 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Lubbock, TX include Rainlight Studio, Monsanto Technology, Henkel Limited. That works out to 0.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 75 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 James Bennett Rainlight Studio 12
2 Darren G Jones Monsanto Technology 7
3 Wei Li Henkel Limited 5
3 Zhenyu Sun Kyocera Document Solutions 5
3 Changzhan Gu Google 5
3 Shawn Michael Genenbacher 5
#7 Aaron Phillips Sitepro 4
#8 Thomas Mandry Edst 3
#8 Dave Marcinkowski Edst 3
#10 Siva A. Vanapalli Texas Tech University System 2
#10 C. Rinn Cleavelin Nantero 2
#10 Joe Bruce Scott 2
#10 Qiuying Gu Halliburton Energy Services 2
#10 Calder Hendrickson Aquasmart Enterprises 2
#10 Guochao Wang Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co. 2
#10 James S. Sidler Securus Technologies 2
#10 Raul Garcia Energizer Brands Ii 2
#10 James F. Lea, Jr. Amoco 2
#10 Burak Aksak Carnegie Mellon University 2
#20 Shashwati Atwe Texas Tech University System 1
#20 Vladimir Coltisor Texas Tech University System 1
#20 Vadivel Ganapathy Georgia Health Sciences University Rsearch Institute 1
#20 Marella Canny Sinai Health System 1
#20 Joseph Paul Batrice 1
#20 Samuel Levulis GE 1
#20 David Weindorf Texas Tech University System 1
#20 M. Dean Ethridge Indigo Mill Designs 1
#20 Hongxing Jiang Ac Led Lighting, L.L.C. 1
#20 Weile Yan Texas Tech University System 1
#20 Tony Arioli Bayer Cropscience N.V. 1
#20 Yunzhe Ma Texas Tech University System 1
#20 Stanley G. McCabe Finishtech 1
#20 Mark A. Deros 1
#20 Ayodele Aigbe 1
#20 Gregory Mark Hewett Microsoft 1
#20 Sam Grenadier Texas Tech University System 1
#20 Jeff Brehmer Basf Agro Trademarks Gmbh 1
#20 Kenneth Melton Basf Agro Trademarks Gmbh 1
#20 Beibei Ren Texas Tech University System 1
#20 Yeqin Wang Texas Tech University System 1
#20 Britt Wuensche Sitepro 1
#20 William A. Shaver PayPal 1
#20 Richard A. Rosen Vitec Videocom 1
#20 Frank Armstrong Texas Instruments 1
#20 Jordan Kutscherousky Sitepro 1
#20 Tom Wallis Airhart Skavis 1
#20 Luke Wayne Carpenter Monsanto Technology 1
#20 Steve Williams Eagle-Picher Industries 1
#20 Molla Hasan Texas Tech University System 1
#20 Aaron Phillips Sri International 1

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