Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

DeSoto, TX ranks #4,622 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 592 patents from 165 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in DeSoto, TX include Production Resource Group, L.L.C., ExxonMobil, Liz Claiborne. That works out to 10.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 165 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 James Bornhorst Production Resource Group, L.L.C. 58
2 James M. Paul ExxonMobil 36
3 John L. Allen Liz Claiborne 34
#4 John Wayne Baker Johns Manville 33
#5 Gregory Clark Copeland Texas Instruments 29
#6 Billy Joe Steiger, Jr. Moneygram International 21
#7 James Wylde 1St Detect 13
#7 Wilton F. Espenscheid ExxonMobil 13
#9 Jesse Sanchez Lennox Industries 12
#10 James Steele Novinium 11
#11 Harry M. O'Sullivan Spectrum Information Technologies 10
#12 Leslie Bernard Moore AT&T 8
#12 Justin Drummond Paccar 8
#12 Jonathan Edmund James Motio 8
#12 Raymond Michael Dikun Research In Motion Limited 8
#16 Joel L. Staehs Bae Automated Systems 6
#16 Gerald R. Bradley Paxar 6
#16 Herschel McDonald Jet-Lube 6
#16 Ernest W. Schumacher Virginia Chemicals 6
#16 Carl L. Goodzeit Advanced Magnet Lab 6
#16 Hermon Alan Boyd Lennox Industries 6
#16 Lloyd M. Schmelzle Sms Schloemann-Siemag 6
#23 Keith B. Wiley Quality Aspirators 5
#23 Jesse Green Los Alamos National Security 5
#23 Lynn D. Mullins ExxonMobil 5
#26 Glenn M. Ihde, II Unknown 4
#26 Bradley M. Kanack Texas Instruments 4
#26 Fred William Ware, JR. Texas Instruments 4
#26 David A. Conley Visteon Global Technologies 4
#26 Robert C. Mouch Mag-Lok Tools 4
#26 Millicent J. Ball 4
#26 Samuel H. Collins ExxonMobil 4
#26 William D. Taliaferro 4
#26 Stephen H. Parker Avigenics 4
#26 David Saliger 4Front Engineered Solutions 4
#26 Ingbert E. Fuchs University Of Texas System 4
#26 George D. Chappell Mwi 4
#26 Kenneth O. McDowell Dresser Industries 4
#39 Timothy D. Herum Biotex 3
#39 Michael Gordon Avo Multi-Amp 3
#39 Vonn A. Zauber Lockheed Martin 3
#39 Venkatarao Ganni Jefferson Science Associates 3
#39 Rajesh B. Amin Nortel Networks Limited 3
#39 Terry McWilliams Hydra-Shield Mfg. 3
#39 Dalton W. Davis 3
#39 David A. Fournie Sms Schloemann-Siemag 3
#39 Thomas Youngblood Dresser Industries 3
#39 James Bornhorst Valco Cincinnati 3
#39 Delbert J. Larson Science Applications International 3
#39 Patsy A. Jenner Halliburton Energy Services 3

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