Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Houston, TX ranks #22 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 4,797 patents from 2,552 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Houston, TX include Samsung, Immatics Biotechnologies Gmbh, Halliburton Energy Services. That works out to 2.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 2,552 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Aris Papasakellariou Samsung 46
2 Chih-Chiang Tsou Immatics Biotechnologies Gmbh 33
2 Dale E. Jamison Halliburton Energy Services 33
#4 Wei Zhang Apple 27
#5 Feng Liang Ford 25
#6 Glenn Andrew Wilson Halliburton Energy Services 23
#7 William Walter Shumway Halliburton Energy Services 22
#8 John R. Hagadorn ExxonMobil 21
#8 Philip D. Nguyen Halliburton Energy Services 21
#8 Wei He Realtek Semiconductor 21
#8 Ilker R. Capoglu Halliburton Energy Services 21
#12 Samuel J. Lewis Halliburton Energy Services 20
#13 John L. Maida Halliburton Energy Services 19
#13 Yinggang Du Huawei 19
#15 Ahmed Elsayed Fouda Halliburton Energy Services 18
#15 Hui Zhou Halliburton Energy Services 18
#17 Luis Emilio San Martin Halliburton Energy Services 17
#17 Ronald Glen Dusterhoft Halliburton Energy Services 17
#17 Bin Dai Halliburton Energy Services 17
#20 Thomas Jason Pisklak Halliburton Energy Services 16
#20 John D. Wilson IBM 16
#20 Kevin B. Leigh Hewlett Packard Enterprise 16
#23 Jared Oehring U.S. Well Services 15
#23 Jian Yang ExxonMobil 15
#23 Jay Paul Deville Halliburton Energy Services 15
#26 Steffen Walter Immatics Biotechnologies Gmbh 14
#26 Lonnie Carl Helms Halliburton Energy Services 14
#28 Jo Ann M. Canich ExxonMobil 13
#28 Michel Joseph LeBlanc Halliburton Energy Services 13
#28 Mikko Jaaskelainen Halliburton Energy Services 13
#31 Michael T. Pelletier Halliburton Energy Services 12
#31 Kang-Huai Wang Capsovision 12
#31 Daniel Joshua Stark Halliburton Energy Services 12
#31 Brandon N. Hinderliter U.S. Well Services 12
#31 Philip Jones University Of Texas System 12
#31 Andy H. Tsou ExxonMobil 12
#37 Katherine Leigh Hull Saudi Arabian Oil 11
#37 John Norton Hewlett Packard Enterprise 11
#37 Darren George Gascooke Halliburton Energy Services 11
#40 Charles J. Harlan ExxonMobil 10
#40 David Todd National Service Alliance—Houston 10
#40 Enrique Antonio Reyes Halliburton Energy Services 10
#40 Tanya Malhotra Meta 10
#40 Jin Ma Halliburton Energy Services 10
#40 Raymond E. Cline, Jr. Lancium 10
#46 William Cecil Pearl, Jr. Halliburton Energy Services 9
#46 Zhicong Yu Accuray Incorporated 9
#46 Mohamed Ibrahim Saraya Vertice Oil Tools 9
#46 Tyler Nolen National Service Alliance—Houston 9
#46 Richard Cheatham National Service Alliance—Houston 9

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