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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Blanco, TX ranks #20,555 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 63 patents from 16 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Blanco, TX include AMD, IBM, Avco. That works out to 37.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–16 of 16 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Steven C. Nettles AMD 17
1 Sebastian Hassinger IBM 17
3 Charles Taylor Avco 7
#4 Bryan J. Carlson Los Alamos National Security 4
#5 Chris Tooley Unwired Nation 3
#6 Marian Alice Hoy 2
#6 Blake Kennedy 2
#6 Traci L. Smith Freeescale Semiconductor 2
#6 Nelson W. White, II Philips 2
#10 Daniel Lee Alba 1
#10 James S. WILLIS 1
#10 Jim E. Little 1
#10 J. Roger Danz 1
#10 William W. Wicker NVIDIA 1
#10 Leslie A. Speck 1
#10 Jack Claflin 1

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