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 Uop, Stingray Offshore Solutions, Conoco. That works out to 47.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 10,701–10,750 of 21,073 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
#8651 Douglas Ragland 2
#8651 John P. Nolley, Jr. Uop 2
#8651 Matthew S. Elliott Stingray Offshore Solutions 2
#8651 James D. Bozeman Conoco 2
#8651 Angus Wilfong Gw Pharma 2
#8651 Jack Waddell 2
#8651 Adrian G. Barry ExxonMobil 2
#8651 MARSHAL HARRIS Abrado 2
#8651 Jonathan Bowman Chevron 2
#8651 John Frier Willis Pgs Americas 2
#8651 Zeki Demirbilek Conoco 2
#8651 Weems D. Turner Baker Oil Tools 2
#8651 Gary Wight Ford 2
#8651 Larry K. Lawrence 2
#8651 Jerry A. Gill Varco International 2
#8651 Michael Jon Large Coopersurgical 2
#8651 Renjian Roger Lu Aker Solutions Limited 2
#8651 Kevin Boos Microsoft 2
#8651 F. Hilton Lacy, Jr. 2
#8651 Brandon Michael Lin Lexmark International 2
#8651 David Van Camp Raptor Technologies 2
#8651 Nathan Kinert National Oilwell Varco 2
#8651 Robert D'Orazio The Boc Group Limited 2
#8651 Gerald S. Gau Halliburton 2
#8651 Nathan Fraser-Chanpong NASA 2
#8651 Lori L. Summa ExxonMobil 2
#8651 David W. Wakefield 2
#8651 Francisco C. Robles Hernandez Transportation Technology Center 2
#8651 Nathan Szanto Erdos Miller 2
#8651 R. Helene Knowlton Smith International 2
#8651 Pamela E. Constantinou New York University 2
#8651 Sruba De Mastercard 2
#8651 Bernhard Lochmann Fmc 2
#8651 Nicholas Kent Inaeris Technologies 2
#8651 Jaijith Sreekantan Schlumberger Technology 2
#8651 Vincent JONES 2
#8651 Keith E. Moline AT&T 2
#8651 Forest A. Scearce Nl Industries 2
#8651 Thomas Reed Cooper Technologies 2
#8651 Jack Webb Ameriforge Group 2
#8651 Glenn R. McCullough Shell Oil Compny 2
#8651 Albert Montgomery 2
#8651 Lawrence Ciscon 2
#8651 Oussama Hattab University Of Houston System 2
#8651 Tristan C. Moody The Boeing 2
#8651 Alfred J. Tricon Sperry-Sun 2
#8651 Ervin A. Buchta Fmc 2
#8651 Luke Alan Boyer Baker Hughes, A Ge Company 2
#8651 Lester L. Cain M-I L.L.C. 2
#8651 Christopher Aumaugher Schlumberger Technology 2

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