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 Stress Engineering Services, Ascend Performance Materials Operations, Tanknology Corporation International. That works out to 47.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 9,901–9,950 of 21,073 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
#8651 Mehdi Ali Pour Kallehbasti 2
#8651 Frederick G. Weiser 2
#8651 Walter Lane Alexander, Jr. Stress Engineering Services 2
#8651 Ali Akhavan Ascend Performance Materials Operations 2
#8651 John M Jameson 2
#8651 Tom G. Bogle Tanknology Corporation International 2
#8651 Kuanwei Sheng Baylor College Of Medicine 2
#8651 Mark Macleod Chevron 2
#8651 George Doland Rsa Protective Technologies 2
#8651 H. Michael Von Seebach 2
#8651 Chrismal R. Panditharathne HP 2
#8651 Alp A. Kocaman J. Ray Mcdermott, S.A. 2
#8651 Robert Duran 2
#8651 Daniel J. Pesek Syntron 2
#8651 Uday Idnani Vetco Gray 2
#8651 Chung-Nan T. Wu Chevron 2
#8651 Pedro Vergel Nearshore Natural Gas 2
#8651 Arthur G. Gorneau Chevron 2
#8651 Frank Vinicio Acosta Villarreal 2
#8651 Mostafa M. Ebeid 2
#8651 George E. Piers Schlumberger Technology 2
#8651 Kolar L. Seshasai Nearshore Natural Gas 2
#8651 Henry Ray Midcon Pipeline Equipment 2
#8651 Porcia E. West Nalco Chemical 2
#8651 Kyle Householder Dignity Health 2
#8651 Philip Kokel Schlumberger Technology 2
#8651 Paul R. Paslay Atlantic Richfield 2
#8651 Being-Tang Zhong 2
#8651 Bruce Schuster Unknown 2
#8651 Cole Wong National Oilwell Varco 2
#8651 Clements A. Helbling, Jr. Chevron 2
#8651 Anuja Jhingran University Of Texas System 2
#8651 Kelly Ramey Unknown 2
#8651 John E. Kotrla Baroid Technology 2
#8651 Babak Jamali University of California 2
#8651 Lui Wang NASA 2
#8651 Arthur Loginov Tam International 2
#8651 Goetz Benndorf Baylor College Of Medicine 2
#8651 Tak Siang Kho Shell Oil Compny 2
#8651 Geoffrey C. Leonard Baker Hughes Holdings 2
#8651 Isidro Tamez, Jr. 2
#8651 Antonio Manocchio Varco I/P 2
#8651 Gerardo Haro-Valdez 2
#8651 Luis Russo Baker Hughes, A Ge Company 2
#8651 Jerry A. Montgomery 2
#8651 Hans-Peter Brecht 2
#8651 Phillip E. Hazen Accenture Global Solutions Limited 2
#8651 Lionel S. Galstaun Bechtel International 2
#8651 Sandra Jameson Viking Cold Solutons 2
#8651 George F. Hofer Rockwell Automation 2

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