Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Galveston, TX ranks #2,399 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,306 patents from 342 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Galveston, TX include Motorola, ExxonMobil, AMD. That works out to 24.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 342 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Robert B. Davies Motorola 120
2 William J. Murphy ExxonMobil 93
3 Thomas W. Lynch AMD 32
#4 Jere W. McBride Research Development Foundation 30
#4 David H. Walker Research Development Foundation 30
#6 Erich Hoffmann St. Jude Children'S Research Hospital 26
#7 George C. Kramer University Of Texas System 22
#8 Jose Alejandro Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha 19
#8 Kenneth M. Johnson Baxter International 19
#10 William C. Nunnally Curators Of The University Of Missouri 18
#10 Mariano A. Garcia-Blanco Duke University 18
#12 Bruce A. Luxon University Of Texas System 16
#12 Donald S. Prough University Of Texas System 16
#12 Allan R. Brasier University Of Texas System 16
#15 Pei-Yong Shi University Of Texas System 14
#16 Jennifer C. Ellis International Flavors & Fragrances 13
#16 Michael B. Hancock Evac International Oy 13
#18 Thomas G. Ksiazek 11
#18 James F. Leary University Of Texas System 11
#18 Jeffrey Bruce Gomach Merichem 11
#18 Edward R. Kraft University Of Texas System 11
#22 Brian Andrew Hills Britannia Pharmaceuticals 10
#22 Richard A. Toberman Wm Intellectual Property Holdings, L.L.C. 10
#22 Yuriy Petrov University Of Texas System 10
#22 Scott C. Weaver University Of Texas System 10
#22 Carl A. Clark The Eastern 10
#27 Allan Green University Of Texas System 9
#27 Thomas Albrecht University Of Texas 9
#27 Thomas E. Farmer 9
#27 Irene Petrov University Of Texas System 9
#27 Robert Boyett The Boeing 9
#27 David A. Brown US Air Force 9
#33 Satish K. Srivastava University Of Texas System 8
#33 Kota V. Ramana University Of Texas System 8
#35 David Messinger Topcoder 7
#35 Alan Barrett University Of Texas System 7
#35 Allan F. Tencer Zimmer 7
#35 Rakez Kayed University Of Texas System 7
#35 Shelton S. Bradrick University Of Texas System 7
#35 Thomas K. Hughes, Jr. University Of Texas System 7
#41 Richard B. Pyles University Of Texas System 6
#41 Gaddiel Galarza-Munoz University Of Texas System 6
#41 Xuping Xie University Of Texas System 6
#41 John Papaconstantinou University Of Oklahoma 6
#41 Ngai H. Hong Texas Instruments 6
#41 Michael Warren Surface Oncology 6
#41 Creed W. Abell Research Development Foundation 6
#41 Alexandru T. Balaban Texas A&M University System 6
#49 Ken D. Hargett 5
#49 Shyam Ramakrishnan Bayer Healthcare 5

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