Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Pasadena, TX ranks #4,263 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 26 patents from 20 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Pasadena, TX include HP, Bently Nevada, Catalytic Distillation Technologies. That works out to 0.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–20 of 20 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Everett R. Salinas HP 3
2 Stephen Edward Plaisance Bently Nevada 2
2 Willibrord A. Groten Catalytic Distillation Technologies 2
2 Jia Wei Chew Nanyang Technological University 2
2 Vinh Q. Nguyen US Air Force 2
#6 Raquel B. De La Rosa 1
#6 Biju Pillai Kumar National Oilwell Dht 1
#6 Sayanti Basu Berry Global 1
#6 Frank C. Adamek Vetco Gray 1
#6 Henry Cooper 1
#6 Milton Lee Sellman 1
#6 Margarito Sanchez 1
#6 Margarito Lopez Fina Technology 1
#6 Robert D. HOFF, JR. Air Liquide Large Industries U.S. Lp 1
#6 Takeshi Omata Jx Nippon Oil & Energy 1
#6 Henry B. Polston 1
#6 Chip L. Imel Halliburton Energy Services 1
#6 Patrick J. Palafox ExxonMobil 1
#6 Shinji Tai Kuraray Co. 1
#6 Gregory S. Day ExxonMobil 1

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