Bedford, TX ranks #3,583 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 30 patents from 15 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Bedford, TX include Blackberry Limited, Sovereign Pharmaceuticals, Caterpillar. That works out to 0.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–15 of 15 inventors
| Rank ↑ | Inventor ↕ | Primary Company ↕ | Patents ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Earl Womack | Blackberry Limited | 12 |
| 2 | Juan Carlos Menendez | Sovereign Pharmaceuticals | 3 |
| 3 | Darrell Lee Morehouse, III | Caterpillar | 2 |
| 3 | William B. White | National Oilwell Varco | 2 |
| #5 | Atticus Daravong | Unknown | 1 |
| #5 | Robert Leo Dawes | Unknown | 1 |
| #5 | Charles M. Pool | Halliburton Energy Services | 1 |
| #5 | Matthew Carl VanBuskirk | Bell Helicopter Textron | 1 |
| #5 | Stephen P. Brennan | Verizon | 1 |
| #5 | Robert Arnold Brack | Bell Helicopter Textron | 1 |
| #5 | Eric Gutierrez | Boston Scientific Scimed | 1 |
| #5 | John J. Coogan | RTX (Raytheon) | 1 |
| #5 | James H. Harse | Bell Helicopter Textron | 1 |
| #5 | Gary Lynn Heartsfield | — | 1 |
| #5 | Michael Joseph Trevino | Nch | 1 |
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