Highlands, TX ranks #22,971 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 52 patents from 24 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Highlands, TX include Baker Hughes Holdings, ExxonMobil, Lufkin Industries. That works out to 6.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–24 of 24 inventors
| Rank | Inventor | Primary Company | Patents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glenn R. Zadrapa | Baker Hughes Holdings | 8 |
| 2 | James R. Ayers | ExxonMobil | 5 |
| 3 | Bradley N. Vermillion | — | 4 |
| 3 | Byron Anderson | — | 4 |
| #5 | James J. Stipe | — | 3 |
| #5 | Schumann Rafizadeh | — | 3 |
| #5 | Roddy W. Simpson, Jr. | Lufkin Industries | 3 |
| #5 | Kenneth B. Vermillion | — | 3 |
| #9 | Oliver Wayne Lawler | — | 2 |
| #9 | Richard W Clutter | HP | 2 |
| #9 | Donald R. Petrash | Abb Vetco Gray | 2 |
| #12 | Thomas R. Rios | ExxonMobil | 1 |
| #12 | Trent A. Ferrill | — | 1 |
| #12 | Gregory L. McCullough | Bayer Materialscience Ag | 1 |
| #12 | John Walden | — | 1 |
| #12 | Ronald L. Rutzen | — | 1 |
| #12 | Russel B. Leibfreid | — | 1 |
| #12 | Jeff A. Higginbotham | Amoco | 1 |
| #12 | Terry G. White | Houston Industrial | 1 |
| #12 | Wallis W. Smith | — | 1 |
| #12 | Jerry Nowling | — | 1 |
| #12 | James E. Sager | Bayer Materialscience Ag | 1 |
| #12 | Marvin Earl Bilnoski, Jr. | — | 1 |
| #12 | Michael L. Larpenter | Halliburton Energy Services | 1 |
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