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 Applied Materials, IBM, Gemalto Sa. That works out to 152.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 16,701–16,750 of 18,064 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
#12140 Zoltan C. Bardos 1
#12140 Klaus P. Uehlecke 1
#12140 Jacob Corder Currence 1
#12140 Jeffrey P. Koch Applied Materials 1
#12140 Silvia Giacone IBM 1
#12140 Olivier Perrinot Gemalto Sa 1
#12140 Deepa Desai IBM 1
#12140 Salomon STAVCHANSKY University Of Texas System 1
#12140 William M. Buros IBM 1
#12140 Jennifer Schulze Multimedia Games 1
#12140 Randal C. Thompson 1
#12140 Xiaoying Xiao University Of Texas System 1
#12140 Karen Denise Kirk University Of Texas System 1
#12140 Lingzhe Cai NVIDIA 1
#12140 Allison Hyden Multimedia Games 1
#12140 Zrinka Puljiz Qualcomm 1
#12140 Arinzechukwu Winston Oko 1
#12140 Darrell Thornley Shaw Intellectual Property Holdings 1
#12140 Cassidy Phillips Implus Footcare 1
#12140 Jayanta Bahadra Freeescale Semiconductor 1
#12140 Maria Joanna Kermath 1
#12140 Robert K. Sur IBM 1
#12140 Michael G. McKinney Verizon 1
#12140 Jack Malinowski 1
#12140 Paul H Tompkins Unknown 1
#12140 Eui Soung Jang University Of Texas System 1
#12140 Frank Calcagni 1
#12140 Johnathan A. Christena IBM 1
#12140 Steve Meosky 1
#12140 Samson Abimbola Adejokun University Of Texas System 1
#12140 Shashank Kumat University Of Texas System 1
#12140 Sharadha Parthasarathy Dell Products 1
#12140 N Edward White 1
#12140 Matt STOREY 1
#12140 Michael M. Eriksen Smith & Nephew 1
#12140 Charles Bartol Vallely Waste Repurposing International 1
#12140 April Marie Clark 1
#12140 Alan S. Rudnai G&H Diversified Manufacturing Lp 1
#12140 Zack Tran Mai Samsung 1
#12140 Piriya K. Hall IBM 1
#12140 Edward Emile Richardson 1
#12140 Deborah T. Wilkins 1
#12140 Reddiah B. Mummaneni 1
#12140 William L. Bowers I2 Technologies Us 1
#12140 Bob Wiggins Fisher-Rosemount Systems 1
#12140 Aaron Benz 1
#12140 Reed Devany 1
#12140 Lawrence R. Maturo 1
#12140 Paul A Bogucki Freeescale Semiconductor 1
#12140 Matthew McClain 21Ct 1

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