Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Sept 30, 2025

Austin, TX ranks #31 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 146,494 patents from 18,064 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Austin, TX include Cirrus Logic, University Of Texas System, IBM. That works out to 152.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 15,951–16,000 of 18,064 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
#12140 Peter FOSKEY Cirrus Logic 1
#12140 Gregory Phillip Behrens 1
#12140 Sheila Gerardo University Of Texas System 1
#12140 Matt Herpin University Of Texas System 1
#12140 Lester Singleton 1
#12140 Damon Anton Permezel IBM 1
#12140 Ravikumar Paramasivam Igt Global Soulutions 1
#12140 Georgios Alexandros Dimakis Sparkcognition 1
#12140 Jim Girardeau Motorola 1
#12140 Dave Burton Veritas Operating 1
#12140 Jacob Kriegel 1
#12140 Juan Rincón 1
#12140 Adam D. Bryant Thermo Finnigan 1
#12140 Joe Chayachinda Freeescale Semiconductor 1
#12140 Christi Lane Unknown 1
#12140 Ananya Markandeya Icon Technology 1
#12140 Alvin C. Storvik II Silicon Labs Cp 1
#12140 Gerald L. Manning Dtm 1
#12140 Elan Tsvi Yaniv IBM 1
#12140 Roberto Urista Flowbelow Aero 1
#12140 Kenneth G. Grove Bae Systems Information And Electronic Systems Integration 1
#12140 Darwin G. Davis The Universty Of Texas System,Board Of Regents 1
#12140 Tom D. Vo Freeescale Semiconductor 1
#12140 Martin Wiedenmeier Sulzer Carbomedics 1
#12140 Jayarama Marks 1
#12140 O. L. Lassig, Jr. 1
#12140 Sonemaly Phrasavath AMD 1
#12140 Mike L. Kempel Extreme Devices 1
#12140 Nikhil Tull AMD 1
#12140 Fadi M. Kassem IBM 1
#12140 Larry Bernard Roessler Barco Lighting Systems 1
#12140 Mat Hamlin Salesforce 1
#12140 Terry Tanner 1
#12140 James M. Hutten Dell Products 1
#12140 Andres Mendez Loop Commerce 1
#12140 Mehul Marolia Cirrus Logic 1
#12140 Erica Bono National Instruments 1
#12140 Jeffrey SKARZYNSKI Cirrus Logic 1
#12140 James Balling, Jr. Troux Technologies 1
#12140 Cory Berendez 1
#12140 Jonathan Villareal Blancco Technology Group Ip Oy 1
#12140 Yash Gandhi Sparkcognition 1
#12140 Betty J. Simpson 1
#12140 Visweswaya Rao Kodali IBM 1
#12140 John W. Archambeault Legerity 1
#12140 Zhibiao Pan 1
#12140 Morgan Kimble 1
#12140 Yanwu Zhu University Of Texas System 1
#12140 Russ B. Ernst Blancco Technology Group Ip Oy 1
#12140 Lyubomir Metodiev Marinov Atlassian Pty 1

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