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 Agere Systems, Apple, Unknown. That works out to 152.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 16,751–16,800 of 18,064 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
#12140 Christopher Brian Walton Agere Systems 1
#12140 Michael Alan Kahl Apple 1
#12140 Neil Thomas Tarrant Unknown 1
#12140 Philip Dhingra 1
#12140 Jon Riehl 1
#12140 Douglas R. Reynolds AT&T 1
#12140 Constantine J. Sasaridis General Motors 1
#12140 Stacy Davis Tarrant Unknown 1
#12140 Salih Hamid AMD 1
#12140 Timothy W. Lam Weed Instrument Company 1
#12140 Zhao Kan Cirrus Logic 1
#12140 Eng-Shien Wu IBM 1
#12140 Marc Willibeek-LeMair HP 1
#12140 David C. Worboys 3M 1
#12140 Joan M. Hamilton Motorola 1
#12140 Vaughn E. Akins Motorola 1
#12140 Janitha Karunaratne Broadcom 1
#12140 William O'Beirne 1
#12140 Rex Elmore 1
#12140 Raymond E. Prime IBM 1
#12140 Alvin D. Nguyen IBM 1
#12140 Neal Chamberlin Nolan IBM 1
#12140 Douglas J. Ham 1
#12140 Clayton D. English AMD 1
#12140 Christopher Genzardi USAA 1
#12140 Steve Redfield Microelectronic & Computer Technology 1
#12140 Dean Redman 3M 1
#12140 Harold S. Mindlin, II Audiotoniq 1
#12140 Claude H. Feistel IBM 1
#12140 Shruthi Rajashekar Broadcom 1
#12140 Juan M. Neito 1
#12140 Laura J. Henderson MIT 1
#12140 Arnold G. Trevino 1
#12140 Geoffrey E. Berhmer AMD 1
#12140 Mamata Misra IBM 1
#12140 Wallon Walusayi 1
#12140 Robert Haskell Microelectronic & Computer Technology 1
#12140 Augustine Tucker 1
#12140 Larry A. Halliday IBM 1
#12140 Kantesh Doss Microelectronic & Computer Technology 1
#12140 Chris Walz 1
#12140 A. L. DeLozanne Motorola 1
#12140 Robbie Gallagher 1
#12140 Mary A. Wesling Microelectronic & Computer Technology 1
#12140 Daniel M. Greikspoor 1
#12140 Justin L. Schwartz Cisco 1
#12140 Robert P. Harkabus 1
#12140 Stephen C. Steinbach IBM 1
#12140 Alvin D. Nguyne IBM 1
#12140 J. T. Waugh Cjc Holdings 1

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