Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Bellaire, TX ranks #1,412 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 98 patents from 45 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Bellaire, TX include Macorva, Sabic Global Technologies B.V., Tva Medical. That works out to 5.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–45 of 45 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Nathan Childress Macorva 11
2 David West Sabic Global Technologies B.V. 8
2 William E. Cohn Tva Medical 8
#4 Kevin W. Smith Johnson & Johnson 7
#5 James M. Tour William Marsh Rice University 5
#6 Robert D. Denton ExxonMobil 3
#6 Xueyong Yang Lyondell Chemical Technology 3
#6 Jacobo Bazbaz Polytex Fibers 3
#9 Erik James Welsh Octavo Systems 2
#9 Juan F. V. Valdes Baylor College Of Medicine 2
#9 James Versalovic Biogaia Ab 2
#9 Todd E. Detjen ExxonMobil 2
#9 Hanan Tuchshnieder Texas Fueling Services 2
#9 Charles Cox, Jr. University Of Texas System 2
#9 Jeffrey C. Munro Dow Global Technologies 2
#9 Lev Ring Shell Oil Compny 2
#9 Jan Schmedes ExxonMobil 2
#9 John Eastwood ExxonMobil 2
#9 Ana Tari Ashizawa Bio-Path Holdings 2
#9 Peter Nielsen Unknown 2
#9 Vemuri Balakotaiah Sabic Global Technologies B.V. 2
#22 Nigel Prior 1
#22 Dezhi Chu ExxonMobil 1
#22 Louis Lien Usa Sports 1
#22 Ron L. Moses Nanoear Corporation 1
#22 Timothy J. Harvey Cypress Semiconductor 1
#22 Garrett L. Nielsen Board Of Supervisors Of Louisiana State University And Agricultural And Mechanical College 1
#22 D. Williams Parsons The Johns Hopkins University 1
#22 Naveed Aslam Linde Gmbh 1
#22 George J. Hirasaki Vinegar Technologies 1
#22 Michael K. Lowe Orthoaccel Technologies 1
#22 Mingya Chen Chevron 1
#22 Kyle F Dickson 1
#22 MingJen Wang Halliburton Energy Services 1
#22 Clifford Dacso Baylor College Of Medicine 1
#22 Philip F. Sullivan Schlumberger Technology 1
#22 Dan Hu Graphsql 1
#22 Pedro Cosculluela Ortho Solutions Holdings Limited 1
#22 Thomas Vo Asml Netherlands B.V. 1
#22 Alison McDermott Università Degli Studi Di Roma “La Sapienza” 1
#22 Barry W. Raborn 1
#22 Jack T. Holladay Wavetec Vision Systems 1
#22 Scott Lee Wellington Shell Oil Compny 1
#22 Robert Lance Cook Shell Oil Compny 1
#22 Sam Hui 1

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