Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Fort Worth, TX ranks #293 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 10,300 patents from 2,247 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Fort Worth, TX include IBM, Blackberry Limited, Bell Helicopter Textron. That works out to 11.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 2,247 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Kulvir S. Bhogal IBM 357
2 Jan Hendrik Lucas Bakker Blackberry Limited 119
3 Carlos Alexander Fenny Bell Helicopter Textron 105
#4 David S. Wesson Geodynamics 94
#5 Ahmad Robert Hadba Covidien Lp 83
#6 Jon Forrest Acton Paccar 64
#7 Michael Ruehle Edico Genome 63
#8 Kyle Brown 60
#9 David Veness Doskocil Manufacturing Company 57
#9 Werner Schmidt Dynamit Nobel Gmbh 57
#11 Xin Hong Novartis Ag 56
#12 Alexander K. Maghsadi Solo Brands 54
#13 Mutlu Karakelle Becton, Dickinson And 53
#14 Diana Rodriguez Corning Cable Systems 51
#15 Alireza Mirsepassi Alcon 50
#16 Peter G. Klimko Alcon Universal 49
#17 James W. Davis The Mead 48
#18 Robert L. Smith Inalfa Industries B.V. 47
#19 Kevin Harper Karsten Manufacturing 45
#20 Kaushik Josiam Samsung 41
#20 Thomas E. Drake, Jr. Lockheed Martin 41
#22 Ken Nguyen Micron 40
#22 George Ryan Decker Bell Helicopter Textron 40
#22 Walter R. Laredo Novartis Ag 40
#25 Dennis Roessler Geodynamics 39
#26 Abram Castro Texas Instruments 38
#27 Mark Kevin Addison Rg Delaware 37
#28 Jesse A. May Alcon 36
#28 Brian Edward Tucker Bell Helicopter Textron 36
#28 Eric Stephen Olson Textron Innovations 36
#28 Minh Tran Vertos Medical 36
#28 Andrew Paul Haldeman Textron Innovations 36
#33 Josiah Wilhelm Doskocil Manufacturing Company 35
#34 Nicholas Baker Doskocil Manufacturing Company 34
#34 Thomas P. Kelly Bnsf Railway 34
#36 Matthew Edward Louis Textron Innovations 33
#36 Douglas J. Streibich Robertson Intellectual Properties 33
#38 Daniel L. Bechtel Bsquare 32
#38 Yue Fan General Motors 32
#38 Charles L. Adams Pvi Industries 32
#41 Ahmet Tezel AbbVie 31
#41 Thomas C. Parham, Jr. Textron Innovations 31
#41 Louis DeSantis, Jr. Alcon Laboratories 31
#41 Billie M. York, Jr. Alcon Laboratories 31
#45 Jouyoung Jason Choi Textron Innovations 30
#45 Ronald D. Schoenwald University Of Iowa 30
#45 William R. Howell Mattel 30
#45 Kevin Edward Lindsey Appcelerator 30
#45 Jerry Steben Verizon 30
#45 Jared Mark Paulson Bell Helicopter Textron 30

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