Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Houston, TX ranks #20 worldwide for total patents filed in 2022, with 4,914 patents from 2,705 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Houston, TX include Samsung, Halliburton Energy Services, Apple. That works out to 2.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 2,705 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Aris Papasakellariou Samsung 47
2 Dale E. Jamison Halliburton Energy Services 33
3 Bin Dai Halliburton Energy Services 25
3 Lonnie Carl Helms Halliburton Energy Services 25
#5 Hui Zhou Halliburton Energy Services 24
#5 Wei Zhang Apple 24
#7 Philip D. Nguyen Halliburton Energy Services 23
#8 Ronald Glen Dusterhoft Halliburton Energy Services 22
#9 William Walter Shumway Halliburton Energy Services 21
#10 Samuel J. Lewis Halliburton Energy Services 20
#11 Jay Paul Deville Halliburton Energy Services 19
#12 Preston Andrew May Halliburton Energy Services 17
#13 Kevin B. Leigh Hewlett Packard Enterprise 16
#14 Wei He Realtek Semiconductor 15
#14 John L. Maida Halliburton Energy Services 15
#14 Thomas Jason Pisklak Halliburton Energy Services 15
#14 Feng Liang Ford 15
#18 Peter Boul Saudi Arabian Oil 14
#18 Paul Joseph Jones Halliburton Energy Services 14
#18 Srinath Madasu Landmark Graphics 14
#18 Mikko Jaaskelainen Halliburton Energy Services 14
#22 Daniel Joshua Stark Halliburton Energy Services 13
#22 Antonio Recio, III 13
#24 William Cecil Pearl, Jr. Halliburton Energy Services 12
#24 Mathew Dennis Rowe Halliburton Energy Services 12
#26 Enrique Antonio Reyes Halliburton Energy Services 11
#26 Jeffrey Kevin Jeansonne HP 11
#26 Glenn Andrew Wilson Halliburton Energy Services 11
#26 Ahmed Elsayed Fouda Halliburton Energy Services 11
#26 Jo Ann M. Canich ExxonMobil 11
#26 Katherine Leigh Hull Saudi Arabian Oil 11
#26 John R. Hagadorn ExxonMobil 11
#33 Luke Smith Jaguar Land Rover Limited 10
#33 Dimitre Mehandjiysky Nokia 10
#33 Loan K. Vo Multi-Chem Group 10
#33 Anthony Herman Van Zuilekom Halliburton Energy Services 10
#33 Larry S. Eoff Halliburton Energy Services 10
#33 Hasmukh A. Patel Saudi Arabian Oil 10
#33 Sudhir Gupta Halliburton Energy Services 10
#33 Rajesh Parameshwaraiah Halliburton Energy Services 10
#41 Jian Yang ExxonMobil 9
#41 John D. Wilson IBM 9
#41 Baris Guner Halliburton Energy Services 9
#41 Denise Nicole Benoit Halliburton Energy Services 9
#41 David Todd National Service Alliance—Houston 9
#41 Qi Liu Gilead Sciences 9
#41 Nicholas Tew Bj Energy Solutions 9
#48 Jared Oehring U.S. Well Services 8
#48 Supratik Bose Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare Co. 8
#48 Mohamed Ibrahim Saraya Vertice Oil Tools 8

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