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 National Instruments, Torc Robotics, Cirrus Logic. That works out to 152.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 17,101–17,150 of 18,064 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
#12140 Evan W. Cone National Instruments 1
#12140 Savio Pereira Torc Robotics 1
#12140 David M. BIVEN Cirrus Logic 1
#12140 William Randall Cisco 1
#12140 David Ingle 1
#12140 Beju Ekperigin IBM 1
#12140 Dave Shippy IBM 1
#12140 Garrett MADSEN Torc Robotics 1
#12140 Shahar Dor Oracle 1
#12140 Nadeem Mirza Cirrus Logic 1
#12140 Gregory Boshant 1
#12140 Trevor Ba{hacek over (c)}a 1
#12140 Victor A. Liu Texas Instruments 1
#12140 Michael V. Leoni Freeescale Semiconductor 1
#12140 Mark Vincent D'Agostino 1
#12140 Joseph Desautelle Research Development Foundation 1
#12140 Elizabeth A. Rowland Dell Products 1
#12140 Karen M. Bolin 1
#12140 Jon W. Cloutier Standard Microsystems 1
#12140 JOHN R. BOYD, IV 1
#12140 Younas Abdul Salam Silicon Laboratories 1
#12140 Julie M. Nadeau Motorola 1
#12140 Matthew Tate Dougan National Instruments 1
#12140 Kunal Chitre Siemens Industry 1
#12140 Sumant Sathe Cirrus Logic 1
#12140 Sijiam Chen Cirrus Logic 1
#12140 Alan J. Frazier Dell Usa 1
#12140 Thach G. Troung 1
#12140 Mohammad H. Teimourpour Omega Optics 1
#12140 Lesley Smith Freeescale Semiconductor 1
#12140 Kumara Guru Palaniswamy NVIDIA 1
#12140 Phillip J. Tobin Motorola 1
#12140 Dan Barret Clearcube Technology 1
#12140 Christopher Antenesse 1
#12140 Matthew J. Szynal 1
#12140 Jeffrey Jussel 1
#12140 Andre Abriol Schlumberger Technology 1
#12140 Kanai Pathak Schlumberger Technology 1
#12140 Michael D. Brunsman Freeescale Semiconductor 1
#12140 Ajay Tulsyan Torc Robotics 1
#12140 Dhaval Patel HP 1
#12140 Joshua Raglin HP 1
#12140 Karankumar Hiteshbha Patel Visa 1
#12140 Karen DeMartini 1
#12140 Misti Leigh Faykus Dell Products 1
#12140 Jo Thornton 1
#12140 Elena Topolskaia The Boston Consulting Group 1
#12140 Stacy Braden Vu IBM 1
#12140 Xiachuan Guo Nxp B.V. 1
#12140 Zhong-Yu Zhou IBM 1

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