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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Tomball, TX ranks #694 worldwide for total patents filed in 2020, with 218 patents from 109 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Tomball, TX include Geodynamics, HP, Hewlett Packard Enterprise. That works out to 17.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 109 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Philip M. Snider Geodynamics 8
1 Kent E. Biggs HP 8
3 YingQing Xu 7
#4 David F. Heinrich Hewlett Packard Enterprise 6
#4 David A. Moore HP 6
#6 Michael D. Johnson Becton, Dickinson And 5
#6 Duke VanLue Downhole Technology 5
#6 Dingding Chen Halliburton Energy Services 5
#6 Funian Zhao Multi-Chem Group 5
#6 Michael C. Romer ExxonMobil 5
#11 Terry D. Monroe 4
#11 Michael R. Durham HP 4
#11 Harold Grayson Walters Halliburton Energy Services 4
#11 Clark E. Robison Weatherford Technology Holdings 4
#11 Charles David Armstrong Baker Hughes Holdings 4
#11 Lam Arthur Campbell GE 4
#11 Scott P. Faasse Hewlett Packard Enterprise 4
#11 Yumei Tang Halliburton Energy Services 4
#11 Joseph R. Allen HP 4
#11 Lester Crudele Spin Memory 4
#21 Randy Vanberg Forum Us 3
#21 John Paul Kapla Sunpower 3
#21 Mark A. Piwonka HP 3
#21 Theodore F. Emerson HP 3
#21 Eric L. Pope Hewlett Packard Enterprise 3
#26 James Randolph Lovorn Halliburton Energy Services 2
#26 Kenneth M. Nevlud Smith International 2
#26 Kurt A. Manweiler HP 2
#26 Earl W. Moore HP 2
#26 Anand Prakash Halliburton Energy Services 2
#26 Jeffrey Lambert Cameron International 2
#26 Wesley J. Oliphant Exo Group 2
#26 Jonathan B. Kettelkamp Crc-Evans Pipeline International 2
#26 William Murray Smith International 2
#26 Richard David Peer Smith International 2
#26 Lambertus C. Joppe 2
#26 Louis B. Hobson HP 2
#26 Long Sam Hewlett Packard Enterprise 2
#26 Garett William Oliphant Exo Group 2
#26 Zachary J Oliphant Exo Group 2
#26 Xueyu Pang Halliburton Energy Services 2
#26 Robert A. Estes Baker Hughes Holdings 2
#26 Edward Hall Chromalloy American 2
#26 Brian T. Purcell Hewlett Packard Enterprise 2
#45 Cody Glenn Harris Halliburton Energy Services 1
#45 Alan L. Goodrum Compaq Computer 1
#45 Victor van Asperen 1
#45 Michael W Joacim 1
#45 Ryan Ward G&H Diversified Manufacturing Lp 1
#45 Chad Alan Hawkins 1

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