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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Plainview, TX ranks #13,013 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 133 patents from 39 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Plainview, TX include Monsanto Technology, West Gen Technologies, L.L.C., Unknown. That works out to 6.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–39 of 39 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Richard H. Sheetz Monsanto Technology 25
2 Donald A. Williams West Gen Technologies, L.L.C. 16
3 William E. McPherson Unknown 8
#4 Barry Miller AT&T 7
#5 Gaylen R. Stukey 6
#5 Leland P. Stukey 6
#5 David W. Rowe Paul Mueller 6
#8 Walter F. Larson Versa 5
#9 Alonzo H. Jones 4
#9 Philip G. Meyer Jarvis Products 4
#9 Jess Sammann 4
#12 James P. Bordovsky Texas A&M University System 3
#12 Steven M. Kenison Ite Co. 3
#12 Franklin D. Ebeling 3
#15 Robert F Earhart, Jr. Bechtel Hydrocarbon Technology Solutions 2
#15 Rob Hamilton 2
#15 Franky D. Mills 2
#15 Joseph James Barton 2
#15 Bobby G. Boyd 2
#15 Rickie W. Jones 2
#15 Gary W. Harrell 2
#15 J. Richard Green Malzine Co. 2
#23 Alfred L. Reynolds Unknown 1
#23 Billy G. Bloys 1
#23 Lanney Bennett 1
#23 Donald C. Ebeling Unknown 1
#23 Jeffrey P. Novotny Versa 1
#23 Tommy N. Bennett 1
#23 Donald D. Mouser Amgen 1
#23 Vernon Ramsower 1
#23 Stephen Ray Landrum 1
#23 Elizabeth Elvington Poly-Med 1
#23 Frank G. Ockerman 1
#23 Howard W. Cargill 1
#23 Teresa Jackson 1
#23 Joel E. Boyd 1
#23 Kay Porter E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 1
#23 Raymond R. Englehardt 1
#23 Donald W. Dejarnett 1

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