Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Gainesville, TX ranks #11,767 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 156 patents from 69 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Gainesville, TX include Weber Aircraft, Safran Seats Usa, PepsiCo. That works out to 9.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 69 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Paul Bentley Weber Aircraft 14
2 Robert W. Trimble Safran Seats Usa 11
3 Kenneth A. Fomby 10
#4 Scott G. Richardson PepsiCo 9
#5 Daniel L. Klement 8
#6 Nahum Madrid Safran Seats Usa 6
#6 Paul Kirch 6
#8 Jasper E. Cobb, III National Oilwell 4
#8 Robert K. LaSalle Thermotek 4
#8 Michael Beavers Comcast 4
#11 Ronald S. Montgomery 3
#11 Gerardo Terriquez Safran Seats Usa 3
#13 Robert D. Kiser Abi Attachments 2
#13 Keith H. Porter Unknown 2
#13 Kenneth A. McDonald 2
#13 Thomas L. Yoast Petroflex, N.A. 2
#13 Kyle Nap Unknown 2
#13 Jimmy E. Moore Weber Aircraft 2
#13 Rhett Shellenberger 2
#13 Douglas Edwards 2
#13 Frank R. Keith 2
#13 Tyler James Whiting 2
#13 Mitchell Earl Shauf, Sr. Petroflex, N.A. 2
#13 James Ailey Boot Royalty Company 2
#13 Ronald L. Ross Petroflex, N.A. 2
#13 William A. Bezner National Oilwell 2
#13 Rajendra Polu E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 2
#13 Monique Le Roux Weber Aircraft 2
#13 Herman Paul Price National-Oilwell 2
#30 William E. Goudy, deceased NVIDIA 1
#30 Russell W. Etter 1
#30 James M. Briggs 1
#30 Dale G. Aycox 1
#30 Wayne L. Matus National Oilwell 1
#30 Layton Kitterman Glitsch 1
#30 Christopher K. Hinzman 1
#30 Arthur L. Tolbert 1
#30 Raul Daniel Flores Zodiac Seats Us 1
#30 Nathan John Hermes 1
#30 Hollie C. Driscoll Zodiac Seats Us 1
#30 Richard Pendergast 1
#30 Larry G. Beck 1
#30 August O. Hinzman 1
#30 Robert Bernal Zodiac Seats Us 1
#30 Ronald Ortowski 1
#30 Rudolph Hiebsch Safran Seats Usa 1
#30 Cory Enderby 1
#30 Matthew D. Oliver Safran Seats Usa 1
#30 Scotty G. Richardson Applied Spectra 1
#30 Brad Franklin Metzler 1

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