Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Boerne, TX ranks #1,933 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,674 patents from 232 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Boerne, TX include USAA, AT&T, Bionumerik Pharmaceuticals. That works out to 93.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 232 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Charles Lee Oakes, III USAA 183
2 Edward Walter AT&T 103
3 Frederick H. Hausheer Bionumerik Pharmaceuticals 87
#4 Stephen S. Burkhart Arthrex 79
#5 David Patrick Dixon USAA 63
#6 Rickey Dale Burks USAA 42
#7 Jonathan Paul Jaeb Kci Licensing 41
#8 Daniela Wheeler USAA 37
#9 Robert E. Lewis Autoliv Asp 33
#10 Hector J. Castillo USAA 31
#11 Jon D. McEachron USAA 27
#12 Eric A. Haddad Star Luminal 25
#13 David W. Schroeder Biomet Manufacturing 22
#13 Clay E. Williams IBM 22
#13 Ronald B. Hicks Kci Licensing 22
#16 David B. Spencer Spectramet 21
#17 Glynn R. Bartlett Southwest Research Institute 20
#17 Ric M. Pena USAA 20
#19 Gary D. Neely Southwest Research Institute 17
#19 Elmar Fischer Intermedics 17
#19 Richard R. Rohrbough USAA 17
#22 Elliot Waingold Microsoft 16
#22 Christina N. Nickel USAA 16
#24 John Weatherman Brady USAA 15
#24 John G. Bruno University Of Texas System 15
#24 Matthew Byrd Analog Photonics 15
#24 Jason Paul Larrew USAA 15
#24 Greg B. Kent Modular Wetland Systems 15
#29 George A. Gates Otonexus Medical Technologies 14
#30 Ronald Richard Watkins USAA 13
#30 Robert Jason Neel USAA 13
#30 Gina R. Smith USAA 13
#30 Stephen Adam Cone USAA 13
#30 Mark S. Malone Xeras Medical Technologies 13
#30 John C. Hedrick Southwest Research Institute 13
#36 David Lindley USAA 12
#36 Stephen Anthony Young USAA 12
#38 Melisa Izaguirre USAA 11
#38 Thomas J. Dodd Bionumerik Pharmaceuticals 11
#38 Richard Jarvis Applied Biosystems 11
#41 James Close Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V. 10
#42 Kevin Anthony Kossow USAA 9
#43 Jerry D. Harthcock 8
#43 John Haspil AT&T 8
#43 John Sweeney Louisiana Tech University Research Foundation, A Division Of Louisiana Tech University Foundation 8
#43 Sean Eric Drees Electrolab 8
#43 Michael Belko USAA 8
#48 Brad D. Moore Southwest Research Institute 7
#48 Barry Swartz Recon/Optical 7
#48 Charles E. Lawrence Datapoint 7

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