Waco, TX ranks #3,802 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 30 patents from 22 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Waco, TX include 7-Eleven, Baylor University, Northrop Grumman. That works out to 0.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–22 of 22 inventors
| Rank | Inventor | Primary Company | Patents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew Raymond Magee | 7-Eleven | 5 |
| 2 | Corey P. Carbonara | Baylor University | 3 |
| 3 | Suzanna Rhoda Summers | — | 2 |
| 3 | Carl R. Smith | Northrop Grumman | 2 |
| #5 | Van Smith | IBM | 1 |
| #5 | Mark Scott | Fedex Corporate Services | 1 |
| #5 | Benjamin Dyer | Marathonnorco Aerospace | 1 |
| #5 | Blake Birmingham | Baylor University | 1 |
| #5 | Philip Kersey | Marathonnorco Aerospace | 1 |
| #5 | Gregory A. Godsey | — | 1 |
| #5 | Jason VanDeVelde | Marathonnorco Aerospace | 1 |
| #5 | Zhenrong Zhang | Baylor University | 1 |
| #5 | Mikail E. Abbasov | Texas A&M University System | 1 |
| #5 | John Silva | Vantage Point Products | 1 |
| #5 | Khant Minn | Baylor University | 1 |
| #5 | Gregory P Arceneaux | — | 1 |
| #5 | Gilbert Reynolds | — | 1 |
| #5 | Edgar Merino | 1 | |
| #5 | Joshua Terndrup | — | 1 |
| #5 | Mary Julian | Unknown | 1 |
| #5 | Howard Lee Hansen, Jr. | GE | 1 |
| #5 | Joshua Grzybowski | Caterpillar | 1 |
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