Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Bedford, TX ranks #2,289 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,382 patents from 336 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Bedford, TX include Blackberry Limited, Tecnol, Motorola. That works out to 27.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 336 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 James Earl Womack Blackberry Limited 178
2 Welton K. Brunson Tecnol 39
3 Thomas G. Beaumont Motorola 38
#4 Darrell Lee Morehouse, III Caterpillar 30
#5 Eric R. Schorman Motorola 26
#5 Douglas Brent Wensrich Alcon 26
#7 Charles N. Lynk, Jr. Motorola 16
#8 Scott Oren Smith Sikorsky Aircraft 15
#8 John S. Hogg, Jr. Securus Technologies 15
#8 Jason P. Wiant Siemens Industry 15
#11 John J. Coogan RTX (Raytheon) 14
#11 Robert M. McKinnon 14
#11 Brandon A. Grooters Gateway Consultants Group 14
#14 Jay Rasmussen 13
#14 Scott W. Noble Motorola 13
#16 William B. White National Oilwell Varco 12
#16 Gary W. Weddle Clark Equipment 12
#18 Timothy Mahoney Supermedia 11
#18 Jason Crawford Miller Rehrig Pacific 11
#18 James Anton Harder RTX (Raytheon) 11
#18 Mark I. Van Horn Motorola 11
#18 Kim Krumhar Metagenics 11
#18 Barry L. Jason Motorola 11
#18 Charles M. Pool Halliburton Energy Services 11
#25 Kenneth M. Ross Shure Acquisition Holdings 10
#25 John Langsdorf Transnorm System Gmbh 10
#25 Henry J. Stehling Hydra-Shield Mfg. 10
#25 Nicholas Miller Kyp (Holdings) Plc 10
#25 Andrew J. Sullivan Bnsf Logistics 10
#30 George R. Mondie Electrocom Automation 9
#30 Ajay Sehgal Bell Helicopter Textron 9
#30 Timothy J. Wolf IBM 9
#33 Allan D. Angus Weblink Wireless 8
#33 Charles D. Strand 8
#33 Barry L. Morrison 8
#33 Gerrard N. Vyse Stratoflex 8
#33 Anthony M. Peters IBM 8
#33 Michael Harris Xerox 8
#33 Robert Soule Barefoot Networks 8
#33 David B. Hildebrand Mostek 8
#33 Kendall J. Jefferson Ancestry.Com Operations 8
#33 Ronald J. Hill Cameron International 8
#33 Stephen P. Brennan Verizon 8
#33 Don W. Guthrie Aerospace Optics 8
#33 Michael Alfred Kultgen Linear Technology Holding 8
#46 Juan Carlos Menendez Sovereign Pharmaceuticals 7
#46 Matthew Carl VanBuskirk Bell Helicopter Textron 7
#46 Bogdan R. Krasnowski Bell Helicopter Textron 7
#46 Ronald E. Findley Illinois Tool Works 7
#46 John H. Chance Case Gmbh 7

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