Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Mesquite, TX ranks #4,294 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 651 patents from 236 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Mesquite, TX include AT&T, Usa Wheel And Tire Outlet, GE. That works out to 1359.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 236 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Gail D. Shelton 26
2 Vincent M. Byrne AT&T 21
3 Nadeem Aslam Usa Wheel And Tire Outlet 16
#4 Robert James Catalano GE 13
#5 Shrikant N. Parikh IBM 12
#5 Glen Raggio Wilson Electronics 12
#5 Michael S. Cork Specialty Products 12
#8 Judith G. Pruitt Nch 11
#8 Luis Garcia W. Silver 11
#10 James E. Murphy General Motors 10
#10 Gilbert Clift Abbott 10
#12 Robert Glen Allen 9
#13 Michael R. Melloch Purdue Research Foundation 8
#13 Frederick A. Sherman Mci Communications 8
#13 Paul M. Ingram, Jr. RTX (Raytheon) 8
#13 Allan S. Gelb Greatbatch-Hittman 8
#13 Anatoliy Polikarpov AT&T 8
#18 Galliano R. Busletta Tyco Electronics Power Systems 7
#18 Leo A. Martini Dresser Industries 7
#18 Hongyu Jia Zhongshan Broad-Ocean Motor Co. 7
#18 Judy Pruitt Nch 7
#18 Mohinder Singh Blistex 7
#23 Del Ray Hilburn AT&T 6
#23 Stephen Felder Neogen 6
#23 Onkar S. Modgil Udt Sensors 6
#23 Daniel P. Montgomery Fritz Industries 6
#23 Bonnie D. Romero 6
#23 Loveday Haachitaba Mweene AT&T 6
#23 Joe S. Cole Hilite Germany Gmbh 6
#23 Michael Hanson Freeman Capital 6
#31 David W. Buck Texas Instruments 5
#31 Harvey Wayne Veselka, Jr. Avo Multi-Amp 5
#31 Carter B. White University Of Texas System 5
#31 Eric Harris AT&T 5
#31 Timothy Culver Mci Communications 5
#31 Mike Higgins Pelco 5
#31 Matthew C. Johnson The Boeing 5
#38 Paul Scott Nessman Tyco Electronics Power Systems 4
#38 Larry Currey 4
#38 Faustino Ignacio Garza 4
#38 Gerald Michael Hogan Operating Technical Electronics 4
#38 Jason Lamar Garza 4
#38 Jared Wayne Garza 4
#38 Bradley Paul Phillips 4
#38 Marv L. Dehart Environmental Elements 4
#38 Daniel M. Kolides AT&T 4
#38 John D. Provence Texas Instruments 4
#38 Stephen Lindsey 4
#38 Raul A. Miglierini Halliburton Energy Services 4
#38 Ronnie Joe Morris, Jr. Bank of America 4

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