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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Decatur, TX ranks #12,279 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 146 patents from 51 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Decatur, TX include Halliburton Energy Services, Displaylink (Uk) Limited, Reliance Com/Tec. That works out to 22.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 51 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Thomas Owen Roane Halliburton Energy Services 15
2 Douglas Morse Displaylink (Uk) Limited 12
3 Joseph Whitehead Reliance Com/Tec 8
3 Rex Gerald Sheppard Entegris 8
3 John Hasselbach Owens Corning Intellectual Capital 8
#6 Erik R. Piatt En Rx Chemical 7
#7 Mark Fleckenstein 6
#7 William Garrett Archa Libert Lift Solutions 6
#9 Ronald E. Plummer Poco Graphite 4
#9 Patrick Wilde Borgwarner Esslingen Gmbh 4
#9 Carl Randall Harrison Corning Cable Systems 4
#12 Charles Espinoza Pioneer Natural Resources Usa 3
#12 Robert O. Isham 3
#12 James E. Sweetland Union Oil Company Of California 3
#12 William Griffith, Jr. Dow Global Technologies 3
#12 Jacob Wendt 3
#12 Larry D. Fiel Union Oil Company Of California 3
#12 Richard Chuck Rhoades AT&T 3
#19 David F. Dingus Poco Graphite 2
#19 Richard D. Sides, Jr. 2
#19 Traci Pettit 2
#19 Brenda Blaylock 2
#19 Danny Payne Airbus Operations Limited 2
#19 Vallon E. Dunning Northrop Grumman 2
#19 Militza Jordaan Bishop Dell Products 2
#19 Steven Richard Hubbard Union Oil Company Of California 2
#19 Herbert J. Wright 2
#19 Leland A. Hardcastle Poco Graphite 2
#29 Robert L. Pasciak Union Oil Company Of California 1
#29 Micah Daniel McKinney Playmakar 1
#29 Rod Bonham Affinity Tool Works 1
#29 Brent Bruner 1
#29 David H. Dodson Union Oil Company Of California 1
#29 Michael V. Ostrom Victor Equipment 1
#29 Craig D. Hutson 1
#29 Steve Rainey Paccar 1
#29 Albert Caraway 1
#29 C. Harrison Corning Cable Systems 1
#29 Jimmy L. Wright 1
#29 Jason M. Melton 1
#29 Robert Joseph Saylor Bnsf Railway 1
#29 Henry J. Hasselbach 1
#29 Robert G. Snow 1
#29 Royce Moore Textron Innovations 1
#29 Robert K. Carlson Union Oil Company Of California 1
#29 Larry J. Wallace Union Oil Company Of California 1
#29 Charles A. Bible, Jr. 1
#29 Kimberly C. Dunlap 1
#29 Robert B. Cotham, III Unknown 1
#29 Franklin D. Jackson Union Oil Company Of California 1

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