Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Longview, TX ranks #1,811 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,832 patents from 381 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Longview, TX include Eastman Chemical, Fina Technology, Star Co Scientific Technologies Advanced Research. That works out to 22.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 381 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Alan George Wonders Eastman Chemical 77
2 David Rauscher Fina Technology 66
3 Thoi H. Ho 62
#4 Jerome Leonard Stavinoha, Jr. Eastman Chemical 54
#5 Thomas Allen Puckette Eastman Chemical 49
#6 Thomas E. Coverstone Star Co Scientific Technologies Advanced Research 40
#7 Thomas J. Devon Eastman Kodak 37
#8 Marc Stacey Somers Eastman Chemical 32
#9 Terry Young Puritan Medical Products Company 26
#10 Xianchun Wu Eastman Chemical 25
#10 Brandon T. Johnson Boston Microfluidics 25
#12 Damon Ray Billodeaux Eastman Chemical 24
#13 Randal Ray Ford Eastman Chemical 23
#13 Richard K. Stuart, Jr. Westlake Longview 23
#13 Ronald A Johnston Majen Tech 23
#13 Daryl Bitting Eastman Chemical 23
#17 William A. Beavers Eastman Chemical 22
#18 Christopher Davies Affymetrix 20
#18 John Inzer Inzer Advance Designs 20
#20 Arthur W. Johnson, III Hayward Industries 19
#20 Jason Montgomery Star Co Scientific Technologies Advanced Research 19
#20 James S. Watson Calcomp 19
#23 George Fedorovich Jm Clipper 18
#23 Gerald W. Phillips Eastman Kodak 18
#23 Joseph A Cerrato Majen Tech 18
#23 Clifford M. Peters W-K-M Wellhead Systems 18
#27 John W. Foster Wm. Wrigley Jr. 17
#27 Michael Gary Polasek Eastman Chemical 17
#29 Bennett H. Novak Eastman Chemical 16
#29 Raymond Prescott Cottle Eastman Chemical 16
#31 Dwight Baker Marathon Letourneau 15
#32 Glenn Edward Moore Eastman Chemical 13
#32 Stephen Wayne Coe Eastman Chemical 13
#34 Sherlock Pippins Trn Business Trust 12
#34 Terry D. Gebhardt Tc Manufacturing Company 12
#34 Chad A. Johnson Eastman Chemical 12
#34 Anthony W. McCollum Eastman Kodak 12
#34 Michael J. Massey Stemco Co. 12
#34 Mark J. Kranz Stemco Co. 12
#40 John H. Woods Petrolite 11
#40 Evan J. Thompson Apple 11
#40 Thomas D. Roberts Eastman Chemical 11
#40 Don L. Morris Eastman Kodak 11
#44 Matthew N. Wheeler Apple 10
#44 Bruce W. Foster Eastman Kodak 10
#44 William A. Ames Eastman Chemical 10
#47 Steven A. Voelzke Robroy Industries—Texas 9
#47 Edward Messenger Garlock 9
#47 William R. King C.R. Bard 9
#47 Jerry D. Holmes Eastman Kodak 9

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