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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Shiner, TX ranks #17,827 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 80 patents from 34 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Shiner, TX include Kaspar Wire Works, USAA, Illinois Tool Works. That works out to 37.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–34 of 34 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Ralph J. Ullmann Kaspar Wire Works 9
2 Ralph J. Ullman Kaspar Wire Works 6
2 Rodney Kalich USAA 6
2 Douglas Kaspar Kaspar Wire Works 6
2 Ross L. Tieken Kaspar Wire Works 6
#6 Darrin Wayne Wegener 4
#6 Paul E. Morkovsky Kaspar Wire Works 4
#8 Gregory Scott Chumchal 3
#8 Randy Lewkoski Illinois Tool Works 3
#8 Alan P. Kahanek Kaspar Wire Works 3
#8 Chad Riley 3
#12 Marvin Boedeker 2
#12 Arthur H. Kaspar Kaspar Wire Works 2
#12 Weldon J. Aschenbeck Kaspar Wire Works 2
#12 Chad Leonard Enverus 2
#16 Douglas W. Woycheshin Kaspar Wire Works 1
#16 David C. Kaspar Kaspar Wire Works 1
#16 Johnnie J. Valis Gannett Co. 1
#16 Ralph H. Ullman Kaspar Wire Works 1
#16 Michael Raindl 1
#16 Frank Paulas Kaspar Wire Works 1
#16 Dan A. Kaspar 1
#16 Calvin Tucker 1
#16 Harvey L. Pohler 1
#16 Don Kaspar Unknown 1
#16 Beverly Sanders Unknown 1
#16 Tim Grosenbacher Applied Materials 1
#16 Patrick Benes Kaspar Wire Works 1
#16 Jack Wooley Kaspar Wire Works 1
#16 Stephen Craig Hardee 1
#16 Greg Chumchal 1
#16 Eugene Kazmir Kaspar Wire Works 1
#16 Johnny J. Valis Kaspar Wire Works 1
#16 Paul S. Cabler 1

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