Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Southlake, TX ranks #1,540 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,182 patents from 351 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Southlake, TX include Mary Kay, Texas Instruments, Textron Innovations. That works out to 69.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 351 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 David Gan Mary Kay 167
2 Khurram Muhammad Texas Instruments 105
3 Daniel Bryan Robertson Textron Innovations 76
#4 Sergio Aguirre Verizon 65
#5 William H. Karau Pavestone 56
#6 Jeffrey R. Weilert Solo Brands 44
#7 John P. Rodgers Halliburton Energy Services 42
#8 Eric Anderson Reata Pharmaceuticals Holdings 41
#8 John Alfred Campin Alcon 41
#10 Stephen J. Van Noy Alcon 39
#11 Ranjit Notani I2 Technologies Us 35
#12 Steven James Gray GE 34
#12 Donald Jeffrey Keyser Zs Pharma 34
#12 Michael Scott Seifert Textron Innovations 34
#15 Eric A. Sinusas Textron Innovations 33
#16 Randy C. Steele 29
#16 Don C. Cox Baker Hughes Holdings 29
#18 Patrick P. Fritchie Abbott 28
#19 Eric M. Jaeger Ironclad Performance Wear 26
#20 Ryan T. Ehinger Bell Helicopter Textron 23
#21 Brian L. Ochranek Abbott 22
#21 Verney L. Sallee Alcon Laboratories 22
#23 Jeffrey L. Edwards Yesvideo 21
#24 Howard W. Harris Integrity Orthopaedics 20
#25 Gregory E. Feldkamp @Security Broadband 19
#25 Scott C. Landrum Transportation Technology Services 19
#27 Peter L. Jones Gunderson 18
#28 Ashish Koul Acqueon Technologies 16
#28 Stephen Nawalaniec Rockwell Automation 16
#28 Toby D. Thomas Lockheed Martin 16
#31 Howard C. Choe RTX (Raytheon) 15
#31 Felipe Pena Usa Shade & Fabric Structures 15
#31 David A. Bolton Hyper Fryer 15
#34 George F. Griffiths 14
#34 Paul W. Pritchard Mblast 14
#36 Brian Highley Medtronic 13
#36 Patricia Bullard Wubbers 13
#38 Jonathan D. Snook Wheelfloat 12
#38 Larry L. Perkins Asset Guard Products 12
#38 Steve Jiang University Of Texas System 12
#41 Heath Niemi 11
#41 Ralph Brown Sovereign Pharmaceuticals 11
#41 LoriAnn Vaughan Biggers 11
#41 Mark J. Krogman 11
#45 Enmin Zhang Riteline 10
#45 Cheryl L. Davidson Abbott 10
#45 Jerry L. Petersen L-3 Unmanned Systems 10
#45 Samarendra Kumar Mohanty Nanoscope Technologies 10
#45 Anthony Bennett Bishop Emc 10
#45 Dereje Agonafer IBM 10

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