Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Clute, TX ranks #7,775 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 288 patents from 61 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Clute, TX include Dow Global Technologies, Stepan, MIT. That works out to 27.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 61 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Louis L. Walker 33
2 Michael E. Rowland 19
2 Thomas M. Knobel 19
#4 Dwight D. Latham Dow Global Technologies 17
#5 Hani Farah 14
#6 Mark B. Wilson Dow Global Technologies 13
#6 William V. Hayes 13
#8 Terry W. Glass 12
#9 Franz J. Luxem Stepan 11
#10 Thomas J. McKeand, Jr. 9
#10 Harry S. Burney, Jr. 9
#12 David W. Fuchs Dow Global Technologies 8
#12 Loren L. Swearingen 8
#14 Philip E. Alei MIT 7
#14 Drury Woodson, III Sulzer Intermedics 7
#16 Robert D. Swindoll Dow Global Technologies 6
#17 Gregory L. Dohrer Paragon Films 5
#17 Laura A. Kelly 5
#19 Laurance R. Thurman Basf Se 4
#19 Kenneth E. Springs 4
#19 Stephen L. Graham 4
#19 Stanley J. Morrow 4
#23 Earl E. Burt, III 3
#23 Earl K. Keith 3
#23 Marvin A. White 3
#23 Joenteny David Martinez Gutierrez Citibank, N.A. 3
#23 James E. Wheeler GE 3
#23 Kathryn Kobes Dohrer Eastman Chemical 3
#23 David J. Koranek 3
#30 Richard L. Poppe 2
#30 Kevin C. Seavey Dow Global Technologies 2
#30 Thomas J. McKeand 2
#30 Ellroy G. Fox 2
#34 Wenzel P. Bartlett Styron Europe Gmbh 1
#34 Sammy D. Tatum 1
#34 Justin Wehring 1
#34 Amilcar R. Collado Dow Global Technologies 1
#34 Donald J. Burchell, Jr. 1
#34 Sam Dunn, Jr. 1
#34 E. R. Higgs Badische 1
#34 James A. Martinsen 1
#34 Robert SWINDOLL 1
#34 Brian H. Schumann 1
#34 Steve R. Duffy Badische 1
#34 Jeanette K. Nunley Dow Global Technologies 1
#34 Anita L. Barclay Mallinckrodt Medical 1
#34 Roger G. Gagnon Dow Global Technologies 1
#34 Wilson Frank Stasney, Jr. 1
#34 Janice Annette Goodrum 1
#34 Mark Jasek Dow Global Technologies 1

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