Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Lubbock, TX ranks #1,272 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,652 patents from 772 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Lubbock, TX include Monsanto Technology, Gary Products Group, Henkel Limited. That works out to 10.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 772 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Darren G Jones Monsanto Technology 94
2 Lonnie F. Gary Gary Products Group 64
3 Stephen L. Fillipp Gary Products Group 43
3 Wei Li Henkel Limited 43
#5 Fang Liu Palo Alto Networks 34
#6 Aaron Phillips Sitepro 32
#7 Zhenyu Sun Kyocera Document Solutions 28
#8 E. Earle Thompson Texas Instruments 27
#9 Andrew G. Avinger Gary Products Group 25
#10 Peter K. T. Pang C V Technologies 24
#11 George L. Brantingham Texas Instruments 23
#11 Tommy K. Thrash Aquasmart Enterprises 23
#13 Hongxing Jiang Ac Led Lighting, L.L.C. 22
#14 Calder Hendrickson Aquasmart Enterprises 21
#14 Jingyu Lin Ac Led Lighting, L.L.C. 21
#14 Thomas A. Ward Ppg Industries 21
#17 C. Rinn Cleavelin Nantero 20
#18 Youling Lin Texas Instruments 19
#18 Changzhi Li Texas Tech University System 19
#18 Danny E. Swindler Rochester Gauges 19
#21 Steve P. Weinstein Knoll Pharmaceutical 17
#21 James Bennett Rainlight Studio 17
#21 Dave Marcinkowski Edst 17
#21 Cloves Rinn Cleavelin Texas Instruments 17
#21 Howard R. Test Texas Instruments 17
#26 Burak Aksak Carnegie Mellon University 16
#26 John C. Anderson Fiber Dynamics 16
#26 Steven Lee Shields Tyco Fire Products Lp 16
#26 James Kenneth Sanders James K. And Mary A. Sanders Family 16
#30 Robert C. Schwartz Horn & Gladden Lint Cleaner Company 15
#30 Stanley G. McCabe Finishtech 15
#30 Thomas Mandry Edst 15
#30 Granville E. Ott Texas Instruments 15
#34 Michael W. Powers Global Business Software Development Technologies 14
#34 Changzhan Gu Google 14
#34 Jing Li Texas Tech University System 14
#34 Thomas C. Laughon The Singer Company Limited 14
#38 John J. Burke USDA 13
#38 Guochao Wang Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co. 13
#38 Barry K. Bartee 13
#38 Arthur C. Hunter Texas Instruments 13
#38 Alva E. Henderson Texas Instruments 13
#43 A. Kathleen Hennessey Texas Instruments 12
#44 Randy Dale Allen Texas Tech University 11
#44 Shinpei Ichikawa Texas Instruments 11
#44 Royce C. Lewis, Jr. United States Surgical 11
#44 Billy J. Castleberry Newco Enterprises 11
#48 Raul Garcia Energizer Brands Ii 10
#48 Julian Spallholz Nutrition21 10
#48 Richard A. Rosen Vitec Videocom 10

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