Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Bonham, TX ranks #9,293 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 222 patents from 45 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Bonham, TX include Apple, R&S Shaeffer Properties, Advanced Neuromodulation Systems. That works out to 21.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–45 of 45 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Brian T. Sudderth Apple 34
2 Ricky David Shaeffer R&S Shaeffer Properties 20
2 Timothy J. Cox Advanced Neuromodulation Systems 20
#4 Lendell Martin, Sr. 15
#5 Jared Tanner Shaeffer R&S Shaeffer Properties 14
#6 James A. Glaser Act Communications 11
#7 Danny L. McBroom Apple 10
#7 Gary Gustine Adc Telecommunications 10
#9 David Colby Microsemi Semiconductor Ulc 7
#9 Daniel Glaser Airbus Operations Limited 7
#11 Norman C. Derby Super Sack Mfg. 6
#12 Kenneth Stephens 5
#12 Kenneth Pechal Wilsonart 5
#12 Ben D. Hodge L-3 Communications Integrated Systems 5
#15 Justin R. Minchey Act Communications 4
#15 Kennon B. Porter GE 4
#17 Darrell Ray Grintz Alcatel Network Systems 3
#17 Steven Thomas Ivy Unknown 3
#19 L. Scott Hazlewood 2
#19 Shannon Glaser Department Of Veterans Affairs 2
#19 Fermin Baeza 2
#19 Austin J. Lewis Phononic 2
#19 JUDY BROWDER SHAW Texas Instruments 2
#19 Venkata Siva Varun Kumar Nandimandalam Intel 2
#19 Charles Edwin Ellisor, Jr. Ca 2
#19 Manuel R. Corte 2
#19 Jimmy Justiss General Cable 2
#19 Genevieve L. Tepera Premark Rwp Holdings 2
#19 Judith K. Clark RTX (Raytheon) 2
#19 L. Scott Hazelwood 2
#31 Greg Gopffarth Texas Instruments 1
#31 Glenn L. Odstrcil Premark Rwp Holdings 1
#31 Wayne A. Hoelscher Premark Rwp Holdings 1
#31 Michael R. Hance Schlumberger Industires, S.A. 1
#31 Alan B. Tarrant Unknown 1
#31 Joe W. Gilbert Texas Instruments 1
#31 Zachary Welsh 1
#31 Timothy R. Hawkins Emerson Process Management Regulator Technologies 1
#31 Jason Royse 1
#31 Richard Swindell Air Liquide America 1
#31 Kyle Alan Kacir 1
#31 Ronald Braxton 1
#31 James H. Glaser Lynch Communications Systems 1
#31 Joel B. Jones Texas Instruments 1
#31 Walter Strein Unknown 1

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