Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Azle, TX ranks #4,484 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 614 patents from 100 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Azle, TX include Textron Innovations, Kerr Machine, Doskocil Manufacturing Company. That works out to 45.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 100 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Paul K. Oldroyd Textron Innovations 92
2 Micheal Cole Thomas Kerr Machine 85
3 Jack W. Renforth Doskocil Manufacturing Company 77
#4 William Julius McPhil Giraud Corning Cable Systems 42
#5 Douglas C. Schlueter Alcon 38
#6 Jerry L. Walker Halliburton Energy Services 28
#7 Steven C. Kennedy Avery Dennison 26
#7 Erik John Oltheten Textron Innovations 26
#9 Andrei Popov Linear Labs 13
#9 David Holt ExxonMobil 13
#11 Rick Wallace Geodynamics 10
#11 David A. Elliott Textron Innovations 10
#13 William C. Rogers Rb Holding Gmbh 9
#14 Marcos Rente Braz Walmart Apollo 6
#14 David Arnoldy S.P.M. Flow Control 6
#16 Dwayne Gates 5
#16 James A. Jennings Dayco Products 5
#18 Kenneth Ward World Factory 4
#18 Bryan Davis Microscan Systems 4
#18 Kevin Beckerdite The Esab Group 4
#18 Howard T. Russell, Jr. National Semiconductor 4
#18 James A. Cordell Bell Helicopter Textron 4
#23 Claude Giroux 3
#23 Coleman Barkley Bnsf Railway 3
#23 Pat William Price Vizio 3
#23 Anthony Ray Harbor, Sr. Lockheed Martin 3
#23 William Luetkemeyer Vari-Lite 3
#23 John D. Chambers 3
#29 Kelsey Martin Medical Designs 2
#29 Nicholas Bryditzki Unknown 2
#29 Allan K. Nilsson The Heil 2
#29 William Julius McPhil Giraud Corning Optical Communications 2
#29 David Cleveland Daimlerchrysler Ag 2
#29 Roger Paul Gandee Motorola 2
#29 Akram M. Malik 2
#29 Charles Benjamin Shuck Spm Oil & Gas 2
#29 Clark Burkhart 2
#29 Billy E. Buller, Jr. HP 2
#29 Russell Paxton Standard Motor Products 2
#29 Corbett Jennings 2
#29 Roger B. Reed Lockheed Martin 2
#42 Cody Armstrong 1
#42 Frederick Pigg Vettec 1
#42 Dwayne Ray Hopkins 1
#42 Albert Garcia 1
#42 Charles Martin Petrek 1
#42 Shane M. Guldbransen 1
#42 Timothy Lee Erwin 1
#42 Marshall G. Walls 1
#42 David Gregory Gill Unknown 1

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