Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Richmond, TX ranks #937 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 3,538 patents from 594 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Richmond, TX include Schlumberger Technology, IBM, Nalco Chemical. That works out to 304.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 594 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 James C. Stevens 113
2 Joseph Varkey Schlumberger Technology 108
3 Aaron D. Fry IBM 88
#4 Dodd W. Fong Nalco Chemical 81
#5 Jerry J. Weers Baker Hughes Holdings 73
#6 Brian K. Hamilton Oea 70
#7 Donald Wayne Allen Viv Solutions 60
#8 Carlos Abad Schlumberger Technology 59
#9 Duy T. Nguyen Nalco Company 58
#10 Padira Reddy Nabors Drilling Technologies Usa 51
#11 John Rasmus Schlumberger Technology 47
#12 Edward Harrigan Schlumberger Technology 46
#13 Michael Dale Jensen Fellowes 40
#14 Donald C. Van Slyke Union Oil Company Of California 36
#15 Wayne Errol Evans Shell Oil Compny 35
#15 Prakasa Rao Anantaneni Huntsman Petrochemical 35
#17 Vladimir Jovancicevic Baker Hughes Holdings 34
#18 Jason A. T. Jones Texas Instruments 32
#19 Kenneth R. Goodman Schlumberger Technology 31
#20 Dean Leroy Henning Shell Oil Compny 30
#20 Robert Atkinson Halliburton Energy Services 30
#22 Thomas Clayton Forschner Shell Oil Compny 28
#23 Michael A. Masse Shell Oil Compny 27
#23 Joseph L. Stark Baker Hughes Holdings 27
#23 Kent David Harms Schlumberger Technology 27
#26 Michael D. Parris Schlumberger Technology 26
#26 Mark A. Sitka Halliburton Energy Services 26
#26 Christopher Shen Schlumberger Technology 26
#29 Joseph M. Machado Shell Oil Compny 23
#29 Matthew Hilfiger Saudi Arabian Oil 23
#29 Keith Elder Wireless Seismic 23
#32 Andrew Nguyen Asml Holding N.V. 22
#32 Steven John Leverette Seahorse Equipment 22
#32 Laurence R. Simar Texas Instruments 22
#35 Thu Lieng Carbo Ceramics 21
#35 Miles A. Hobdy Sofec 21
#35 William E. Brennan, III Schlumberger Technology 21
#38 Michael H. Kenison Schlumberger Technology 20
#38 Burcu Unal Altintas Schlumberger Technology 20
#40 Harold Pfutzner Schlumberger Technology 19
#41 Larry A. Jacobson Halliburton Energy Services 18
#41 Mark Callister Oettli Schlumberger Technology 18
#41 Dan Dietz Gripping Eyewear 18
#41 John L. Webb Xerox 18
#41 Linda R. Chamberlain Shell Oil Compny 18
#41 Larry D. Welch Schlumberger Technology 18
#47 Ronald J. Allain Nalco Chemical 17
#47 Zhaoyang Zhang Jiangsu University 17
#47 William E. Slinkard Celanese Gmbh 17
#47 Jonathan Masere Ecolab Usa 17

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