Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Sept 30, 2025

Houston, TX ranks #48 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 109,516 patents from 21,073 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Houston, TX include Biogaia Ab, Thoratec, Waveworks. That works out to 47.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 9,151–9,200 of 21,073 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
#8651 Ali Unes 2
#8651 Carissa Michelle Thomas Biogaia Ab 2
#8651 Marcus Cook 2
#8651 Igor Gregoric Thoratec 2
#8651 Maurice P. Lebourg 2
#8651 Damir Ismailov Waveworks 2
#8651 Mohammed-Tarek Al-Fahl 2
#8651 Jaime E. Llinas HP 2
#8651 Ramchandra M. Reddy Schlumberger Technology 2
#8651 Michael J. Patrick Bae Systems Information And Electronic Systems Integration 2
#8651 Khodabakhsh Irani 2
#8651 Kenneth Alan Totz 2
#8651 Lance M. Garton Continental Carbon 2
#8651 Brian Greet Baylor College Of Medicine 2
#8651 Yin Wu Gse Environmental 2
#8651 Roberto Carlos Longoria Shell Oil Compny 2
#8651 Raymond W. DerMott Schlumberger Technology 2
#8651 Felipe Klein Schlumberger Technology 2
#8651 James Todd, III R.W. Beckett 2
#8651 Thomas Glen Cobb GE 2
#8651 Benjamin Karl Bussey Shell Oil Compny 2
#8651 Darryl DiMaggio 2
#8651 David Burkland Baylor College Of Medicine 2
#8651 Anand Moodley Marathon Gtf Technology 2
#8651 Eric Willmott Baker Hughes, A Ge Company 2
#8651 Nam Thanh Tran GE 2
#8651 Micah Thomas Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations 2
#8651 Robert Scott Menard Weatherford Technology Holdings 2
#8651 Alvie E. Howard, Jr. 2
#8651 Peter Lieber Hewlett Packard Enterprise 2
#8651 Ignacio Marquez Schlumberger Technology 2
#8651 Larry E. Harrison ExxonMobil 2
#8651 Klaus-Dieter Lange Hewlett Packard Enterprise 2
#8651 Renato M. Mallari 2
#8651 Jiemiao HU University Of Texas System 2
#8651 James SHIH Fluor Technologies 2
#8651 Kelsey Shogren Inaeris Technologies 2
#8651 Gerry E. Pate 2
#8651 Ronald L. Mullinax 2
#8651 Michael J. Marsden Western Atlas International 2
#8651 Urban C. Conkle Baker Hughes Holdings 2
#8651 Chris Moehring HP 2
#8651 Robert F. Sliva 2
#8651 David J. Stavish Chevron 2
#8651 Horace Mitchell Us Spine 2
#8651 M. Anthony Villarreal 2
#8651 Veravong J. Chanaratsopon 2
#8651 Jerry McNaughton Unknown 2
#8651 John Troncoso National Oilwell Dht 2
#8651 H. Dean Cubley 2

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