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 Becton, Dickinson And, Shell Oil Compny, ExxonMobil. That works out to 47.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 10,051–10,100 of 21,073 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
#8651 Ann Saterbak Becton, Dickinson And 2
#8651 Werner Lilienthal Shell Oil Compny 2
#8651 Wisam Nahhas 2
#8651 Martin Watson-Levack 2
#8651 Z. Maria Oden Becton, Dickinson And 2
#8651 Jordan A. Freysteinson ExxonMobil 2
#8651 Blanca Estela Montoya Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations 2
#8651 Aaron Quintanilla Rohm And Haas 2
#8651 Soufiane Halily Schlumberger Technology 2
#8651 J. Thomas Hampton, III Core Laboratories Lp 2
#8651 Bertha Rostro William Marsh Rice University 2
#8651 Guo-Shi Li ExxonMobil 2
#8651 Jeffrey Garoon 2
#8651 Mason Panahi 2
#8651 Frank A. Karbarz Corex Materials 2
#8651 Jeffrey D. Reuben University Of Texas System 2
#8651 Terrence M. Smith Combustion Engineering 2
#8651 Yolanda Maria Rivas HP 2
#8651 William B. Cotten Unknown 2
#8651 Li Sun Vetco Gray 2
#8651 Jonathan Joubran Halliburton Energy Services 2
#8651 Jorge Lopez Air Liquide Advanced Technologies U.S. 2
#8651 Michelle Scerbo Boards Of Regents, The University Of Texas System 2
#8651 Matt Kuchta Univation Technologies 2
#8651 Divyanshu Vats William Marsh Rice University 2
#8651 Charles C. Juarez Houston Industrial 2
#8651 I. Ching Chiu Pennzoil Products 2
#8651 Paresh C. Mody Chevron 2
#8651 Elias Bernard Jackson, Jr. 2
#8651 Jennifer L. Engle Shell Oil Compny 2
#8651 Roger C. Leaf Slimdril International 2
#8651 Carla Ali-Napo HP 2
#8651 David Jekielek 2
#8651 Patrick M. Wong Conocophillips 2
#8651 Eric Edmond Swensen Amazon 2
#8651 Rebecca Ann Simonette 2
#8651 Jerry P. Christopher Haskel 2
#8651 Laura Peña-Paras William Marsh Rice University 2
#8651 Kevin L. Warner Baker Hughes Holdings 2
#8651 Clayton Schenk Cameron International 2
#8651 Zach Charlton Ingenia Polymers 2
#8651 Sydney C. Dittman 2
#8651 Richard C. Barnett Cooper Cameron 2
#8651 Sebastian Bredow 2
#8651 Michael Glombicki 2
#8651 Cheryl S. Shepherd Texas Instruments 2
#8651 William G. Gottenberg Shell Oil Compny 2
#8651 Mikhail A. Jirnov 2
#8651 Richard R. Paseman 2
#8651 Brian A. Bourgeois National Aeronautics And Space Administration 2

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