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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Hereford, TX ranks #10,967 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 174 patents from 39 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Hereford, TX include IBM, Curators Of The University Of Missouri, Medical College Of Wisconsin. That works out to 11.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–39 of 39 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 David Craft IBM 53
2 David J. Craft IBM 33
3 James McNeel Keller Curators Of The University Of Missouri 15
#4 Charles E. Brown Medical College Of Wisconsin 12
#5 Lewis J. Dutel M. I. Co. 9
#6 Tom Saunders Schlumberger Technology 5
#7 Troy R. Waddell 4
#7 Stephen Grupinski NVIDIA 4
#9 James Douglas Pell Mayhew Steel Products 2
#9 Kenneth Walser Case Gmbh 2
#9 Walter G. Stierhoff Comant Industries 2
#9 Charles Cobb 2
#9 Daniel Alberto Lemus Purdue Research Foundation 2
#9 Charles P. Anderson Cargill, Incorporated 2
#9 Shirley Royce Green 2
#9 Nathan Betzen Dow Global Technologies 2
#17 Ken Walser 1
#17 David Mack Duncan 1
#17 Kevin Betzen 1
#17 Keith Simnacher 1
#17 Jon D. Hendrix Cirrus Logic 1
#17 Arvel L. Black Case Gmbh 1
#17 Miguel Carrillo 1
#17 Garth Merrick 1
#17 Wesley Harkins 1
#17 Jimmy D. Taylor 1
#17 James M. Paetzold 1
#17 Richard L. Cardinal 1
#17 Eli J. Turner 1
#17 Donna R. MacLeod 1
#17 Thomas M. Fulkerson 1
#17 Cheryl S. Turner 1
#17 James D. Bodkin 1
#17 Timothy A. Gearn 1
#17 Lester A. Stevenson 1
#17 Kerry L. Struve 1
#17 Kennard D. Gearn, Jr. 1
#17 James M. Hiatt AMD 1
#17 Robin C. Palmer Daniel Measurement And Control 1

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