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 National Oilwell Varco, Chevron, Dresser Industries. That works out to 47.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 9,451–9,500 of 21,073 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
#8651 Paul Victor Oberlin National Oilwell Varco 2
#8651 Sean K. McLaughlin Chevron 2
#8651 Scott Woloson Dresser Industries 2
#8651 Sidney Yiu Kwok Chen 2
#8651 Vikrant Lakhanpal Halliburton Energy Services 2
#8651 Armando Faz Vetco Gray 2
#8651 Stuart Hecht Compaq Computer 2
#8651 Yang Jian Gapwaves Ab 2
#8651 Tracy Bowling 2
#8651 Daniel Antonio Halliburton Energy Services 2
#8651 Tristan Willfried Mackintosh 2
#8651 Leo Licon, Jr. Combustion Engineering 2
#8651 Federico Combis Lucas Halliburton Energy Services 2
#8651 Lance Cook Motorola 2
#8651 Edward Tian 2
#8651 Adewale Adelusi-Adeluyi 2
#8651 Olaiz A. Saenz 2
#8651 Frank B. Woodworth Baker Hughes Holdings 2
#8651 Ana Beatriz Korngold University Of Texas System 2
#8651 Enrico Stefani Baylor College Of Medicine 2
#8651 William R. Bratcher Abb Vetco Gray 2
#8651 Eoghan O'Neill Onesubsea Ip Uk Limited 2
#8651 Hugo Lopes Baker Hughes Energy Technology Uk Limited 2
#8651 David E. Francis Texas Instruments 2
#8651 Clayton B. Pedrick 2
#8651 Elizabeth R. Hall 2
#8651 Dianhui Zhu University Of Houston System 2
#8651 David Lund 2
#8651 Robert Jones Strategic Solutions Unlimited 2
#8651 Mark Douglas Ferrari Quanta Associates 2
#8651 David Lerohl Baker Hughes, A Ge Company 2
#8651 John R. Melcher 2
#8651 M. Harris Milam 2
#8651 William E. Fairbanks, Jr. 2
#8651 Shaji Samuel Abb Lummus Global 2
#8651 Nils-Erik Jacobsen 2
#8651 Rasika Prabhu Schlumberger Technology 2
#8651 Rosa Hall Fina Technology 2
#8651 Henrik Hauge Danfoss Power Solutions 2
#8651 Adnan Zaman Halliburton Energy Services 2
#8651 Beatrice Dee Pipes Compaq Computer 2
#8651 Ronald Lipman 2
#8651 Ryan Mogensen Weatherford Technology Holdings 2
#8651 Frederick E. Shipley Baker Hughes Holdings 2
#8651 Rashmi K Shah Shell Oil Compny 2
#8651 Jon L. Shafer 2
#8651 Alan G. Schroeder 2
#8651 Sylvia Longoria Dorsey 2
#8651 Tilman Hanstein Kjt Enterprises 2
#8651 Mark HARGROVE William Marsh Rice University 2

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