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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Tomball, TX ranks #759 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 190 patents from 95 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Tomball, TX include Baker Hughes, A Ge Company, Weatherford Technology Holdings, Baker Hughes Holdings. That works out to 15.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 95 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 YingQing Xu Baker Hughes, A Ge Company 11
2 Clark E. Robison Weatherford Technology Holdings 8
3 Charles David Armstrong Baker Hughes Holdings 7
#4 Kent E. Biggs HP 6
#4 Dingding Chen Halliburton Energy Services 6
#6 Lorenzzo Breda Minassa Halliburton Energy Services 4
#6 Michael C. Romer ExxonMobil 4
#6 Samir Nath Seth Bj Energy Solutions 4
#6 Duke VanLue Downhole Technology 4
#6 Lester Crudele Spin Memory 4
#6 Satish Rajagopalan Halliburton Energy Services 4
#12 Scott Johnson Ansys 3
#12 Wilfred Provost Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations 3
#12 Anand Prakash Halliburton Energy Services 3
#12 David F. Heinrich Hewlett Packard Enterprise 3
#12 John Paul Kapla Sunpower 3
#12 Christopher Paul Buckley St9 Gas And Oil 3
#12 Mark A. Piwonka HP 3
#12 Michael D. Johnson Becton, Dickinson And 3
#12 Mark Lawrence Hunt GE 3
#12 Michael R. Durham HP 3
#12 Michael J. Levchak Halliburton Energy Services 3
#12 Roman Chirko 3
#24 Brian T. Purcell Hewlett Packard Enterprise 2
#24 Harold Grayson Walters Halliburton Energy Services 2
#24 Xueyu Pang Halliburton Energy Services 2
#24 Theodore F. Emerson HP 2
#24 Hermanus J. Nieuwoudt Baker Hughes Holdings 2
#24 Edward Hall Chromalloy American 2
#24 Darren Philip Walters Halliburton Energy Services 2
#24 Philip M. Snider Geodynamics 2
#24 Sandra L. Berry Bj Services 2
#24 Jenny L. Phan Championx Usa 2
#24 Kevin J. Rudy Workover Solutions 2
#24 Patrick V. Illingworth Dell Products 2
#24 Michael S. Bunker Hewlett Packard Enterprise 2
#24 Andrew Brooks Rite-Hite Holding 2
#24 John Walker Unknown 2
#24 Mac M. Kennedy Cameron International 2
#24 Heber Martinez-Barron Bj Energy Solutions 2
#24 Bertrom Ballard, Jr. Cudd Pressure Control 2
#24 Michael Brendt Wilson Baker Hughes, A Ge Company 2
#24 James Randolph Lovorn Halliburton Energy Services 2
#44 Wesley J. Oliphant Exo Group 1
#44 Scotty M. Wiginton HP 1
#44 Anisha Anand Ventana Medical Systems 1
#44 Eric L. Pope Hewlett Packard Enterprise 1
#44 Peter Angia Pham Unknown 1
#44 Joseph R. Allen HP 1
#44 Matthew S. Mettler ExxonMobil 1

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