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, Unknown, Kellogg Brown & Root. That works out to 47.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 9,351–9,400 of 21,073 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
#8651 Zachary McCathran Schlumberger Technology 2
#8651 Gerard C. Murphy Unknown 2
#8651 Steven O Vanden Heuvel 2
#8651 Xueqian Lin Kellogg Brown & Root 2
#8651 Wai Sum Wilson Yip Schlumberger Technology 2
#8651 Albert Van Roodselaar Chevron 2
#8651 Edwin Rubio 2
#8651 Matthew A. Brzostowski Pgs Tensor 2
#8651 Daniel W. Curtis Texas Instruments 2
#8651 Ramon Deluna Hydril Usa Distribution 2
#8651 Rudolf R. Schoen Fmc 2
#8651 Eduardo Garcia-Rameau Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology 2
#8651 Bryan Burt Baylor College Of Medicine 2
#8651 Eric J. Bahorich Apache 2
#8651 Benjamin L. Bahorich Apache 2
#8651 Jason Skufca Baker Hughes Holdings 2
#8651 Peter Hyung-Kyun Ahn 2
#8651 William Q. Walker 2
#8651 L. Curtis Lehmann, Jr. 2
#8651 Ching Lo Elite Material Co. 2
#8651 Mark Christian Ausborn ExxonMobil 2
#8651 Tony Alan Rodgers Abb Offshore Systems Limited 2
#8651 Omar Durrani 2
#8651 Huw Glynne Pierce 2
#8651 Jackie Tappan Baker Hughes Holdings 2
#8651 Stephen Richards Crowdstrike 2
#8651 Paul Yon-Hin Nalco/Exxon Energy Chemicals 2
#8651 Ignacio C. Bincaz Merichem 2
#8651 Shiva Paramhans Baker Hughes, A Ge Company 2
#8651 Joyce G. Sage The Coca-Cola 2
#8651 Thomas S. Laird 2
#8651 Aparna Raman Schlumberger Technology 2
#8651 Jeff Kurthy 2
#8651 Robert W. Fontaine ExxonMobil 2
#8651 Patrick Dennis Chesnutt Halliburton Energy Services 2
#8651 Shruti Hariyani University Of Houston System 2
#8651 Guruswami Navin Baker Hughes Holdings 2
#8651 Don Baugh Chicago Bridge & Iron 2
#8651 Lawrence Pace Doherty 2
#8651 Degui Zhi University Of Texas System 2
#8651 Frank Mayo Halliburton Geophysical Services 2
#8651 Fabrice Levassor Schlumberger Technology 2
#8651 Peite Bao 2
#8651 Raymond Barber RTX (Raytheon) 2
#8651 Sara N Riddle Bp Corporation North America 2
#8651 Kerry A. Hanson Texas Instruments 2
#8651 Edmund M. Mouret Fmc 2
#8651 Chisato TSUCHIKAMA University Of Texas System 2
#8651 Doyle Harrington 2
#8651 Christopher Vincer 2

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