Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Roanoke, TX ranks #3,802 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 30 patents from 10 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Roanoke, TX include Textron Innovations, IBM, Paccar. That works out to 3.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–10 of 10 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Colton Gilliland Textron Innovations 7
2 Matthew M. Lobbes IBM 5
2 Jordan Christopher Brewer Paccar 5
#4 Robert Avanes Verizon 4
#5 James Whitney Wilson Innovation First 3
#6 Chad Stroike Hilti Aktiengesellschaft 2
#7 Chris Fields Capital One Services 1
#7 Harley Schild 1
#7 Samuel Austin Smith Intuit 1
#7 John P. Hely Weber Orthopedic 1

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