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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Magnolia, TX ranks #1,568 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 87 patents from 48 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Magnolia, TX include Us Synthetic, Caltech, Halliburton Energy Services. That works out to 36.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–48 of 48 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 David P. Miess Us Synthetic 13
2 Anton Toutov Caltech 5
3 Gregory Christopher Grosz Halliburton Energy Services 4
3 Melvin K. Benedict Hewlett Packard Enterprise 4
#5 James W. Gleeson ExxonMobil 3
#5 Brandon C. Epperson 3
#5 Harold Dean Brannon Baker Hughes Holdings 3
#5 Gregory C. Franke HP 3
#9 James S. Trahan Baker Hughes Holdings 2
#9 Carter R. Waugh 2
#9 Clint Adam Brown Halliburton Energy Services 2
#9 Richard E. Hodges HP 2
#9 Wade D. Vinson HP 2
#9 Richard Wayne Bradley Hunting Titan 2
#9 Jason R. Habernal Baker Hughes Holdings 2
#9 Sterling Kidd COMBS 2
#9 Angus Fursdon-Welsh Flotek Chemistry 2
#18 John C. Colborn Cybersonics 1
#18 Alan Doerr HP 1
#18 Matthew S. Farny Halliburton Energy Services 1
#18 Robert Joseph Smith Halliburton Energy Services 1
#18 Patricia A. Brown University of Pennsylvania 1
#18 David James Elms Haven Technology Solutions 1
#18 Steven D. McLawchlin Evolution Engineering 1
#18 Thomas Lee Groshans Unknown 1
#18 Donald Ray Botting 1
#18 Shayne Edward Babich 1
#18 James Andy Oxford Baker Hughes Holdings 1
#18 Harold Eiermann 1
#18 Alan J. Stern Huntsman Petrochemical 1
#18 Jeffrey G. Thomas Halliburton Energy Services 1
#18 Daniel Joseph Abshire 1
#18 Carl Wilhelm Aften Kemira Chemicals 1
#18 Richard Whitehead Moogsoft 1
#18 Ron Hersche Seaboard International 1
#18 Mark C. Dille Forum Us 1
#18 Eugence J. Linyaev Foro Energy 1
#18 Christopher John Keller Halliburton Energy Services 1
#18 William Christian Herben Rival Downhole Tools Lc 1
#18 Keith J. Kuehn HP 1
#18 Kevin O. Trahan Weatherford/Lamb 1
#18 Stan Mason 1
#18 James Newgent 1
#18 Charles I. McAndrew Btu Research 1
#18 Kevin J. Brusky Compaq Computer 1
#18 Tammy Newgent 1
#18 LaTonia Monique Fontenot 1
#18 Bradley Allan Brooks 1

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