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 Conocophillips, ExxonMobil, Texas Instruments. That works out to 47.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 10,851–10,900 of 21,073 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
#8651 John Cochrane Leitch Conocophillips 2
#8651 Antonio Rafael da Costa Paiva ExxonMobil 2
#8651 Alvin S. Guggenheim, III 2
#8651 Shyam Bhatia Texas Instruments 2
#8651 John S. Stanczak Texas Instruments 2
#8651 Russ Gilleylen National Oilwell Varco 2
#8651 Paul J. Hauser University Of Texas System 2
#8651 David L. Gruller Smith International 2
#8651 Jose Portilla 2
#8651 Meera Iyer American Express 2
#8651 Brian Bibighaus Onesubsea Ip Uk Limited 2
#8651 Elmer C. Carroll, Jr. 2
#8651 Ray H. Morales NASA 2
#8651 Brian Bibens University Of Georgia 2
#8651 George W. Coffman 2
#8651 Samik SIL Conocophillips 2
#8651 Marion H. Gay Otis Engineering 2
#8651 John R. Faber ExxonMobil 2
#8651 Amrit Balgobin Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations 2
#8651 Neal Prescott Coflexip, Sa 2
#8651 Matthew Benham Accessesp Uk Limited 2
#8651 Keith WILHELM Cgg Services Sas 2
#8651 Georges Ishak Smith International 2
#8651 Kyle Allen King Weatherford Technology Holdings 2
#8651 Jose Luis Sanchez Flores Schlumberger Technology 2
#8651 Rory J. Mallard, Jr. Nabors Drilling Technologies Usa 2
#8651 Duane W. Wallace Reed Rock Bit 2
#8651 Billy E. Baker Hughes Tool Company 2
#8651 Arian Abbas Halliburton Energy Services 2
#8651 Justin R. Bucknell 2
#8651 Jayachandran Perumalsamy Halliburton Energy Services 2
#8651 Christopher Dibernardo GE 2
#8651 Paul Fontaine Unknown 2
#8651 Edward Brian Butler The Methodist Hospital System 2
#8651 Benjamin Kobe Onesubsea Ip Uk Limited 2
#8651 Beverly B. Slimp, Jr. Lyondell Petrochemical 2
#8651 Samuel W. Beaman 2
#8651 Gregory Au Schlumberger Technology 2
#8651 Lubomyr Taras Bryndzia Shell Oil Compny 2
#8651 Calum Ian Macaulay Shell Oil Compny 2
#8651 Laurent MAILLAUD Nitto Denko 2
#8651 Carmen C. Hinds Chevron 2
#8651 Russell L. Weber 2
#8651 Ayrat Dimiev William Marsh Rice University 2
#8651 James B. LeBleu, JR. ExxonMobil 2
#8651 Lydia Evans 2
#8651 Rustam Nizamutdinov University Of Louisiana At Lafayette 2
#8651 Robert Divis Schlumberger Technology 2
#8651 Catherine Anna Figler 2
#8651 Eisa A. Al-eisa Bmc Software 2

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