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 IBM, AMD, Motorola. That works out to 152.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 16,151–16,200 of 18,064 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
#12140 Arno Pitzen 1
#12140 Andrew J. Schlosser 1
#12140 David Patterson Tuttle IBM 1
#12140 Ron Pelrine 1
#12140 Russ Apfel AMD 1
#12140 Chi-Ming Hong Motorola 1
#12140 Lloyd A. Wooldridge 1
#12140 Imin P. Chen IBM 1
#12140 Vincent J. Dowling IBM 1
#12140 Elmer D. Miller 1
#12140 David Senechalle 1
#12140 Mike Mallo IBM 1
#12140 Alex Moffat 1
#12140 W. Richards Thissell University Of Texas System 1
#12140 Kristine Saad 1
#12140 A. Bruce Buckman University Of Texas System 1
#12140 William H. Hooker, Jr. AMD 1
#12140 Thein-An Nguyen Orca Computing Limited 1
#12140 Erik Spencer Goodman 1
#12140 Lisa K. Armstrong IBM 1
#12140 V. Reddy Manukonda Sematech 1
#12140 Connie Y. Chung IBM 1
#12140 Chittamura Ramireddy Clairol Incorporated 1
#12140 Rama K. Lakamsani Motorola 1
#12140 Ozella Raymond IBM 1
#12140 Ronald E. Scharfe 1
#12140 Clint H. O.Connor Dell Products 1
#12140 Kammie L. Bull Nxp Usa 1
#12140 Zhengzhi He 1
#12140 Mark Rylander Motion Computing 1
#12140 Stanley T. Chapmond 1
#12140 Dean Dewulf Sachem 1
#12140 Joe H. Juren 1
#12140 Tracy Weston 1
#12140 Frank Philip Helms Samsung 1
#12140 Terry Ault Active Power 1
#12140 Stephen Edley Active Power 1
#12140 Harish C. Agarawal IBM 1
#12140 Jana Mallo IBM 1
#12140 David Mosely Nbgs International 1
#12140 Cindy H. Meier 1
#12140 J. David Meister 1
#12140 Kim P. Casper 1
#12140 Arturo M. de Nicholas IBM 1
#12140 Tony Hurson AMD 1
#12140 Michael Vincent Jekot Onesubsea Ip Uk Limited 1
#12140 Joseph F. Akins AMD 1
#12140 Tiasheng Feng Motorola 1
#12140 Stephen D. McIntyre AMD 1
#12140 Kenneth H. Stokoe, II University Of Texas System 1

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