Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Houston, TX ranks #27 worldwide for total patents filed in 2025, with 3,617 patents from 1,990 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Houston, TX include Samsung, Apple, Huawei. That works out to 1.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 1,990 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Aristides Papasakellariou Samsung 30
2 Aris Papasakellariou Samsung 27
3 Wei Zhang Apple 25
#4 Yinggang Du Huawei 22
#5 Michael F. Angelo Micro Focus 19
#6 Jared Oehring U.S. Well Services 17
#7 Armin Thomas Deutsch Moderno Porcelain Works 14
#7 Brandon N. Hinderliter U.S. Well Services 14
#9 Hui Zhou Halliburton Energy Services 12
#9 Roberto Contreras Moderno Porcelain Works 12
#9 Thomas Jason Pisklak Halliburton Energy Services 12
#12 Miao Pan Huaiyin Institute Of Technology 11
#12 John Franz Hewlett Packard Enterprise 11
#12 Varadarajan Dwarakanath Chevron 11
#12 Peter Boul Saudi Arabian Oil 11
#12 Jay Paul Deville Halliburton Energy Services 11
#12 Mikko Jaaskelainen Halliburton Energy Services 11
#18 Hasmukh A. Patel Saudi Arabian Oil 10
#18 Erik Mowery Simpson Circlesx 10
#18 Bin Dai Halliburton Energy Services 10
#18 Shashi Menon Schlumberger Technology 10
#18 Justin James Palazzo House Of Forgings 10
#18 Rod Shampine Schlumberger Technology 10
#18 Nader Salman Schlumberger Technology 10
#18 Samuel J. Lewis Halliburton Energy Services 10
#18 Mohamed Ibrahim Saraya Vertice Oil Tools 10
#18 Sangeetha L. Bangolae Intel 10
#28 Hemant Arora Schlumberger Technology 9
#28 Ahmed Elsayed Fouda Halliburton Energy Services 9
#28 Florence Binet Schlumberger Technology 9
#28 Feng Liang Ford 9
#32 Eyitayo James Owoeye GE 8
#32 Lonnie Carl Helms Halliburton Energy Services 8
#32 Peng Cheng Cnpc Usa 8
#32 Steven Zakharia G&H Diversified Manufacturing Lp 8
#32 Qi Liu Gilead Sciences 8
#32 Hans Eric Klumpen Schlumberger Technology 8
#32 Colin Wier Schlumberger Technology 8
#32 Taimur Malik Chevron 8
#40 Antonio Recio, III 7
#40 Julien Toniolo Schlumberger Technology 7
#40 Debasish Das American Express 7
#40 James Cook Honeywell 7
#40 John R. Grady Hewlett Packard Enterprise 7
#40 Tianzhu Fan Toyota 7
#40 Steven Zachary Newberg Vulcan Industrial Holdings 7
#40 Raymond E. Cline, Jr. Lancium 7
#48 Jing Zhang Schlumberger Technology 6
#48 Ketan C. Bhaidasna Halliburton Energy Services 6
#48 Tanya Malhotra Meta 6

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