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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Willis, TX ranks #6,147 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 404 patents from 96 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Willis, TX include Baker Hughes Holdings, Ctes, L.C., Halliburton Energy Services. That works out to 62.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 96 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 James B. Crews Baker Hughes Holdings 96
2 Larry W. Thompson Baker Hughes Holdings 30
3 Henry Joe Jordan, Jr. Baker Hughes Holdings 28
#4 Kenneth R. Newman Ctes, L.C. 15
#4 Kevin Clark Halliburton Energy Services 15
#6 Bruce H. Burr Hughes Tool Company - Usa 13
#7 Thomas G. Corbett Baker Hughes Holdings 12
#8 R. Keith Glasgow, Jr. Baker Hughes Holdings 11
#9 Merle L. Bell Greene, Tweed Of Delaware 8
#9 James C. Stevens 8
#9 Hector M. Murray Tuboscope I/P 8
#12 Keith Glasgow Baker Hughes Holdings 7
#12 Charles G. Dannemann Alfa Laval Corporate Ab 7
#12 Ronald J. Nachman USDA 7
#15 Wesley Dean Fuller Baker Hughes Holdings 6
#15 Joachim Frank Baumhogger Accessories Select 6
#17 Vernon Miller Citicorp Credit Services, Inc. (Usa) 5
#17 Jimmy Duane Wiens Weatherford Technology Holdings 5
#17 Paul William Dufilho National Oilwell Varco 5
#20 Les T. Shale Baker Hughes Holdings 4
#21 Claud T. Skipper Unknown 3
#21 Fred Casey 3
#21 James Wesley Griffin Tri-Flo International 3
#21 Alan K. Harrell Varel Europe S.A.S. 3
#21 Margaret E. Theriot Boston Scientific 3
#21 Larry Gardner U-Haul International 3
#21 Tom Jamieson Tri-Flo International 3
#28 Trevor M. McAninch Baker Hughes Holdings 2
#28 Anthony Charles Machala Baker Hughes Holdings 2
#28 Jonathan Tyler Maxwell National Oilwell Varco 2
#28 Helen Sergerie 2
#28 Phillip White 2
#28 Robert A. Herolz Shell Oil Compny 2
#28 Teri Jackson Halliburton Energy Services 2
#28 Aaron Hengst Ka Group Ag 2
#28 William Keyser Greene, Tweed Of Delaware 2
#28 Cheri A. Grantham 2
#28 Kurt Kuriger Crane & Co. 2
#28 Jon Bracken Halliburton Energy Services 2
#28 Joshua Lee Ronan Medivators 2
#28 Perry Lee McClanahan National Oilwell Varco 2
#28 John Welp Valentis 2
#28 Michael Dan Billings 2
#28 Jamie Mark Alleman 2
#28 Jim Wiens Weatherford/Lamb 2
#46 Mark Floyd Basham 1
#46 Stephen M. Burrow Varco I/P 1
#46 Cameron Hackney Kusmertz 1
#46 Jay Cicardo Bmc Software 1
#46 Tim W. Grant 1

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