Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Princeton, TX ranks #9,800 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 206 patents from 47 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Princeton, TX include Applied Concepts, The Boeing, Encore Wire. That works out to 12.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–47 of 47 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Robert S. Gammenthaler Applied Concepts 49
2 Keith A. Young The Boeing 18
3 Benjamin L. Weatherford Encore Wire 14
#4 Kenneth J. Overton True Velocity Ip Holdings 11
#4 Henry W. Trombley IBM 11
#6 Martin Garcia Texas Instruments 8
#7 Richard Nelson Williams Butler Manufacturing 6
#7 Michael Womack Bendix-Atlantic Inflator 6
#7 Norman Brent Stapleton Finisar 6
#7 Joel M. Krause Verizon 6
#11 Richard P. Stein Andrew 5
#11 Richard Turkson Texas Instruments 5
#11 David S. Lamance Input/Output 5
#14 Nik Willwerth Worlds Enterprises 4
#14 Kyle W. Fahrenthold Verizon 4
#16 Steve Ray Bishop Alcatel Network Systems 3
#16 Amber Hawkins 3
#16 Mark A. Nicholson Verizon 3
#16 John D. Hostutler Fisher Controls International 3
#20 Mark Hayes Bolan Incon-Trol 2
#20 Aaron J. Dowdell Emerson Process Management Regulator Technologies 2
#20 Michael Berkmyre 2
#20 Kevin C. Gentry 2
#20 Nathan P. Whitworth Contract Fabrication & Design 2
#20 Bradly R. Harris Electric Data Systems 2
#20 Hall E. Jarman Texas Instruments 2
#20 Gregory McIntire L-3 Communications 2
#28 Carl C. Hartwig, Sr. 1
#28 Bob M. Esquivel 1
#28 Catherine Bodine 1
#28 Jeff McNeely IBM 1
#28 Regina G. Redfearn 1
#28 Hugh Carl Johnson, Jr. 1
#28 Jeff Wieland Unknown 1
#28 Rickey L. Elmore 1
#28 Roy D. Clark Texas Instruments 1
#28 Allen Lee Freudenrich PepsiCo 1
#28 Keith R. Gathright 1
#28 Louis Pollaehn Luminator Holding Lp 1
#28 Daniel T. Schmoll Unknown 1
#28 Lonnie R Downs 1
#28 Thomas Maxwell Strawn Simpson Strong-Tie Company 1
#28 Janet Burrell 1
#28 Kenneth J. Bernica Alcatel Usa Sourcing 1
#28 Richard D. English Innerwireless 1
#28 Stephen R. Horton Kodiak Networks 1
#28 Marina Borodina Stein 1

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