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 Schlumberger Technology, Cognizant Technology Solutions U.S., Chevron. That works out to 47.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 9,301–9,350 of 21,073 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
#8651 Herve Chapellat Schlumberger Technology 2
#8651 Alon Raskin Cognizant Technology Solutions U.S. 2
#8651 Paul Bireta Chevron 2
#8651 Suraj Maharjan University Of Houston System 2
#8651 Roy Robinson 2
#8651 Alan Benson HP 2
#8651 Bill Griffith Viv Suppression 2
#8651 Cintia Lapilli Schlumberger Technology 2
#8651 Georg Engelmann 2
#8651 Jack N. McCrary 2
#8651 Stuart John Harbert Viv Suppression 2
#8651 Robert Ziegler Weatherford Technology Holdings 2
#8651 Jane T. Malin NASA 2
#8651 Edwin F. Lavin, Jr. My Core Control Development 2
#8651 Luke Edwin 2
#8651 Kevin P. Hannon 2
#8651 Randolph Dharamchan Depoo Halliburton Energy Services 2
#8651 Onezieme R. Mouton 2
#8651 Leroy Thomas 2
#8651 Christopher M. Barnes Apache 2
#8651 Norman J. Nolasco 2
#8651 Ben Luke Butler Halliburton Energy Services 2
#8651 James B. Coglin 2
#8651 Thamar Solorio University Of Houston System 2
#8651 Sally A. Zehnal 2
#8651 Irina V. Prestwood Chevron 2
#8651 Shiliang Zhan Kellogg Brown & Root 2
#8651 John Spence Stephens, Jr. JPMorgan Chase 2
#8651 Evan Corl 2
#8651 Ray Allen Jack Epps 2
#8651 Jamie Hsu 2
#8651 Michael L. Sher 2
#8651 Gary Conner Quova 2
#8651 Glenn F. Cunningham 2
#8651 Terry J. Theisen 2
#8651 Norman Brinkman Unknown 2
#8651 Joe R. De Leon The Coca-Cola 2
#8651 Nimish Tambe Baker Hughes Holdings 2
#8651 Alan Greenberg 2
#8651 Kyte H. Terhune Chemical Research & Licensing 2
#8651 Steve G. Villareal Schlumberger Technology 2
#8651 Jyothy Anie John Texas Southern University 2
#8651 Rick W. Womack Lynntech 2
#8651 Elie Amram Bengio 2
#8651 Stephen D. Vaughn ExxonMobil 2
#8651 Oliver Alan Ring Whitewater West Industries 2
#8651 Scott D. Soltis Amoco 2
#8651 Cynthia W. Hermann Amoco 2
#8651 Sudipta Kar University Of Houston System 2
#8651 Clifton Ray Taylor 2

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