Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Fredericksburg, TX ranks #5,793 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 439 patents from 55 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Fredericksburg, TX include Lyve Minds, USAA, Fmc. That works out to 40.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 55 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Peter Schmidt Lyve Minds 145
2 Arthur Quentin Smith USAA 76
3 Michael R. Williams Fmc 58
#4 Donald Taylor Denovus 21
#5 John Jeremy Cantwell Motive Drilling Technologies 9
#5 Michael Williams Puridify 9
#5 Matthew Futtere 9
#5 Daniel Earl Fisher Kns Precision 9
#9 Larry R. Webber Cummins Electronics Company 8
#10 Kim Melvin Hicks Battenfeld Technologies 6
#10 Daniel Fisher Machine Gun Armory, L.L.C. 6
#10 Vernon Patrick Keating Lehigh Technologies 6
#13 Christian Kager Welch Kns Precision 5
#13 William Allen Nance Teledyne Instruments 5
#15 Mary Jean Bush Brica 4
#15 John W. Nigh 4
#15 Laird W. Laurence 4
#18 Mehmet Cilingiroglu Research Development Foundation 3
#18 John David Windham USAA 3
#18 Emily Ledder Ledder High Risk Capital Ventures, Lp 3
#18 Allen Nance Input/Output 3
#18 Harvey O. Mohr Technip France 3
#23 Terry W. Hartcraft Barnett Outdoors, Llc. 2
#23 Daniel Sechrist Restaurant Services 2
#23 Edwin Lowell Gibson 2
#23 Janice S. Walker Huntsman Petrochemical 2
#23 Daniel R. Woerner 2
#23 Glen G. Wienecke Freeescale Semiconductor 2
#23 Jason Maurer 2
#30 Jason N. Peet 1
#30 Gene Leonard 1
#30 Christian A. McDonald Unknown 1
#30 Colby Friday 1
#30 Edward J. Ledder Ledder High Risk Capital Ventures, Lp 1
#30 Robert Feuge 1
#30 James Alan Estes 1
#30 Everett B. Ballard 1
#30 Susa Glenn 1
#30 Rodney D. Zabreznik 1
#30 Catherine M. Wambach 1
#30 Alex A. Wambach, deceased 1
#30 Jerry R. Bean 1
#30 William Pointer 1
#30 Charles J Trois 1
#30 Patrick Keating 1
#30 Jack C. Gardner Endress+Hauser Wetzer Gmbh+Co. Kg 1
#30 Logan H. Stollenwerck, III 1
#30 Christopher Harty 1
#30 Garland Black Unknown 1
#30 Scott R. Burlison University Of Texas System 1

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