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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Watauga, TX ranks #9,703 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 209 patents from 69 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Watauga, TX include Bell Helicopter Textron, Corning Research & Development, General Motors. That works out to 8.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 69 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Drew Sutton Bell Helicopter Textron 25
2 Brian Duane Kingsbury Corning Research & Development 15
3 James R. Warren General Motors 13
#4 Stephen Yibum Chung Textron Innovations 10
#5 Scott Andrew Singer Medtronic 9
#6 Eric S. Goldsmith Motorola 8
#7 Kevin Ray Paswalk Commscope Technologies 7
#7 Lee Wayne Nored Corning Cable Systems 7
#9 Todd C. Lanquist Siecor 6
#9 Peter A. Reyes Bell Helicopter Textron 6
#11 Albert R. Rich, Jr. Tecnol Medical Products 5
#11 Frank P. Mimick Tandy 5
#13 Robert Neal Carr, Jr. Sabre 4
#13 David L. Raymer Motorola 4
#13 Todd Mitchell Corning Cable Systems 4
#16 Brent Randal Achttien Textron Innovations 3
#16 Lawrence Gordon Unknown 3
#16 Ronald E. Arizpe Siecor 3
#16 Wade P. Burke 3
#16 Thomas J. Zuiss Motorola 3
#16 K. Erin Blake Corning Cable Systems 3
#16 J. Clifton Gibson 3
#16 Gregory Earl McMinn Corning Cable Systems 3
#24 Bradley Evan Hallett Corning Optical Communications 2
#24 John Sauder Capro 2
#24 Brian K. Truby Motorola 2
#24 Brett Schmidt Spicer Textron Innovations 2
#24 Donald R. Kelly 2
#24 Gracie Lauffer Bnsf Railway 2
#24 Chad Timothy Metz S.A. Lhoist Recherche Et Développement 2
#24 Dulip Ekanayake Siecor 2
#24 Roy Thacker 2
#24 Don Grant Rite-Hite Holding 2
#24 Tommy C. Foust Otis Engineering 2
#35 Edwin McGuire 1
#35 Thomas Kevin Swindle Blackberry Limited 1
#35 Audra L. Wellington 1
#35 Leslie B. Hallgren 1
#35 Chris Reviel 1
#35 Houston Brock White, Sr. Alliance Sports Group 1
#35 Martin Filla Nokia 1
#35 Lawrence L. D'Anna Nokia 1
#35 Demitrius Nelon 1
#35 Julio Resendez, Sr. 1
#35 Jason S. Allen Marconi Communications Gmbh 1
#35 Ronald Robinson 1
#35 Betty G. Sturgeon 1
#35 Margaret M. Brown American Airlines 1
#35 Robert A Mahon 1
#35 Wyman E. Chambless 1

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