Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Arlington, TX ranks #479 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 6,803 patents from 1,708 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Arlington, TX include Johnson & Johnson, Alcon Laboratories, Karsten Manufacturing. That works out to 17.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 1,708 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Szu-Min Lin Johnson & Johnson 100
2 Mark R. Hellberg Alcon Laboratories 89
3 Eric A. Larson Karsten Manufacturing 70
#4 Paul Taylor Jacobs Johnson & Johnson 69
#5 John D. Reed Motorola 65
#6 Abbot F. Clark Alcon Laboratories 58
#7 Purnendu K. Dasgupta University Of Texas System 47
#8 Kyle Thomas Cravener Textron Innovations 46
#8 Scott David Poster Textron Innovations 46
#10 Masood A. Chowhan Alcon Laboratories 41
#10 Michael F. Mattes Medtronic 41
#10 Masaru Tokiyama Motorola 41
#13 Michael D. Carpenter Siemens Industry 40
#14 Ralph VanSkiver Doskocil Manufacturing Company 39
#14 Daniel A. Gamache Alcon Research 39
#16 Bryan Kenneth Baskin Sikorsky Aircraft 37
#17 Bahram Asgharian Alcon Laboratories 35
#18 Daniel A. Henderson Intel 34
#18 David E. Heverly, II Textron Innovations 34
#20 David L. Miller Micron 33
#20 Robert Magnusson University Of Texas System 33
#22 Christopher C. Hoelscher Halliburton Energy Services 32
#22 Richard Rees Schering 32
#22 Patrick Hogan Sullins Creative Manufacturing 32
#25 Jun Liao Emisphere Technologies 30
#26 Steven T. Miller Alcon Research 29
#26 Gilberto Morales Honeywell 29
#28 Sunil Pinto Doskocil Manufacturing Company 28
#28 Daniel W. Armstrong Sigma-Aldrich Co. 28
#28 Babak Fahimi University Of Texas System 28
#31 Joseph D. Wert National Semiconductor 27
#31 Michael J. Simpson Alcon 27
#33 Sydney W. Poland Texas Instruments 26
#33 James Swanzy Mary Kay 26
#35 Rajendra Kumar Joshi Biogen Idec International Gmbh 25
#35 George W. Peppel Lockheed Martin 25
#35 Antony F. Grattan Robertson Intellectual Properties 25
#38 Najam A. Sharif Alcon Manufacturing 24
#38 Scott Hunter S.P.M. Flow Control 24
#38 L. Blake Whitley Assa Abloy Entrance Systems Ab 24
#38 James M. McCollough Bell Helicopter Textron 24
#42 Mike Harper Doskocil Manufacturing Company 23
#42 Pablo Tacconi Isco International 23
#42 Brett A. Williams Lockheed Martin 23
#42 Christopher Johnson General Motors 23
#46 Perry C. Shy Halliburton Energy Services 22
#46 Myoung-Taek Choi Alcon 22
#46 Danny T. Pinckley Motorola 22
#46 Marvin Bryce Traweek Bj Services 22
#46 Daniel Leyva, Jr. Corning Cable Systems 22

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