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 Lockheed Martin, University Of Houston System, Hewlett Packard Enterprise. That works out to 47.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 11,001–11,050 of 21,073 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
#8651 William Klein Lockheed Martin 2
#8651 Francisco C. Robles University Of Houston System 2
#8651 Sangita Prajapati Hewlett Packard Enterprise 2
#8651 Paul Wentzler Sercel 2
#8651 Tatavarty Rameshwar Korea University Research And Business Foundation 2
#8651 Jenneye L. Shugar 2
#8651 Jose Menchaca Enventure Global Technology 2
#8651 You Sun Li Shell Oil Compny 2
#8651 Dyung Tien Vo Chevron 2
#8651 Vladimir Spirin 2
#8651 Marvin L. Wolf Fmc 2
#8651 Joe E. Figard Chevron 2
#8651 Steven D. Sehnert Dresser Industries 2
#8651 Ingvar G. Anderson 2
#8651 Seongjin Yoon Itomography 2
#8651 Joshua Carpman Air Liquide Large Industries U.S. Lp 2
#8651 Alexei Ivlev 2
#8651 Mary CRUM University Of Houston System 2
#8651 Finn Christensen Unknown 2
#8651 Adam Roark 2
#8651 Valluddin Y. Ali HP 2
#8651 Denis Medvedev 2
#8651 Gary L. Hurta Combustion Engineering 2
#8651 Andrew Cappello 2
#8651 Jerry T. Rains 2
#8651 Nancy V. Boynton 2
#8651 Raymond Bishop 2
#8651 Blake Ducharme 2
#8651 Steve R. Jaggard Tcg Partners, Llc—Intellectual Property Series 2
#8651 Larry Caldwell 2
#8651 Tronown V. Thomas 2
#8651 Jeffrey D. Musselwhite Davis-Lynch 2
#8651 Esha Rau Sackett Solutions & Innovations 2
#8651 Baldwin H. Tom Northwestern University 2
#8651 Michael Firmian Subsea 7 (Us) 2
#8651 Raymond A. Todd, Jr. Drilex Systems 2
#8651 Sobitha Gunatilleke 2
#8651 George J. Montgomery, IV Mcdermott International 2
#8651 Ian Savaya Daily Instruments 2
#8651 Pamela N. Luna IBM 2
#8651 Rachel Pollock Hewlett Packard Enterprise 2
#8651 Li Guo Children'S Hospital & Research Center At Oakland 2
#8651 David Esteban Paniagua Gonzalez 2
#8651 Alfredo F. Gei 2
#8651 Ariel Fernandez University Of Texas System 2
#8651 Myra C. Cobb 2
#8651 Michelle Geppert Hewlett Packard Enterprise 2
#8651 Jamie Sookprasong HP 2
#8651 Amin Mehrabian Halliburton Energy Services 2
#8651 Joao Paulo Juliao Matsuura Shell Oil Compny 2

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