Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Leander, TX ranks #898 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 3,682 patents from 487 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Leander, TX include Sigmasense, Llc., Dell Products, Samsung. That works out to 62.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 487 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Daniel Keith Van Ostrand Sigmasense, Llc. 291
2 Andrew T. Sultenfuss Dell Products 161
3 Ricardo L. Martinez Dell Products 103
#4 Borna J. Obradovic Samsung 82
#5 Brad P. Pohl Fallbrook Intellectual Property Company 77
#6 James A. Pafumi IBM 69
#7 Manuel Novoa HP 51
#8 Gregory C. Brown Rosemount 50
#8 John M. Green Microport Orthopedics Holdings 50
#10 Henry Fieglein Wayne Fueling Systems 48
#11 Michael David Shepherd Xerox 46
#12 Fernand A. Thomassy Fallbrook Intellectual Property Company 44
#12 Douglas J. Joseph IBM 44
#14 Lawrence E. Knepper Dell Products 40
#15 Howard N. Anglin IBM 35
#15 Pierre Costa AT&T 35
#17 Michael Brendan Rodgers ExxonMobil 34
#17 Tao Liu IBM 34
#19 Douglas J. Resnick Motorola 33
#20 Donald R. DeSota IBM 32
#21 Henry H. McDonald Unknown 31
#22 Louis M. Galie Sturm, Ruger & Company 30
#22 Troy Cline IBM 30
#24 Klas Magnus Bruce NVIDIA 29
#24 Wayne D. Roth Luminex 29
#24 Richard L. Simmons 3M 29
#24 Stephen James Watt IBM 29
#24 Weijing Chen AT&T 29
#29 Peter J. Wilson Nxp Usa 28
#29 Preston Ellis Hennrich Chatsworth Products 28
#29 Timothy J. Juhlke Exfluor Research 28
#32 William Winstrom Advanced Neuromodulation Systems 27
#33 Raphael P. Chancey IBM 26
#33 David A. Schroter IBM 26
#35 Thomas Alexander Shows Dell Products 25
#36 Dirie N. Herzi Dell Products 24
#36 Jared Keith Davis Chatsworth Products 24
#38 Steven L. Pratt IBM 23
#38 Gary L. Whisenhunt Freeescale Semiconductor 23
#40 Qingyun Liu Emc Ip Holding Company 22
#41 Nikhil Sreenath Scorpcast 21
#41 Norman K. James IBM 21
#43 Marcus K. DaSilva 20
#43 Roger Richter Hyliion 20
#45 James A. Welker Freeescale Semiconductor 19
#45 Mark C. Larue 19
#45 Troy Jungmann Epic Tech 19
#45 Yongook Guack Dell Products 19
#49 David B. Clifton Active Power 18
#49 David Russell Tipple Nxp Usa 18

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