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Austin, TX All Time

146,494 patents  ·  18,064 inventors  ·  152.3/1k pop.

Ranked #31 of 111,555 cities Top 1%

Austin, TX ranks #31 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 146,494 patents from 18,064 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Austin, TX include University Of Texas System, Motorola, IBM. That works out to 152.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 17,401–17,450 of 18,064 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
#12140 Wendell W. Dunn University Of Texas System 1
#12140 T. Marlene Gardner — 1
#12140 Richard W. Ahrons Motorola 1
#12140 Norman F. Barrow IBM 1
#12140 William D. Gaston — 1
#12140 William M. Breland US Dept of the Interior 1
#12140 Clay E. Boyd IBM 1
#12140 Wm. B. Wilder, Jr. Motorola 1
#12140 Barnee M. Escott IBM 1
#12140 Hollis Boehme US Air Force 1
#12140 Robert S. Schechter US Dept of the Interior 1
#12140 Garland R. Barnard US Air Force 1
#12140 James F. Hughen Dresser Industries 1
#12140 Sergio Renteria — 1
#12140 Bobby W. Dukes Nsw 1
#12140 Wesley D. Allen — 1
#12140 Robert E. Emrie Enviroquip 1
#12140 Lutz H. O. Bengnar IBM 1
#12140 William E. Kee IBM 1
#12140 Rollen J. Anderson Tracor 1
#12140 Walter S. Bishop, Jr. — 1
#12140 Lee R. Dickerson US Air Force 1
#12140 David L. Dietz Fisher-Rosemount Systems 1
#12140 Frank J. Broz — 1
#12140 David R. Lindsay — 1
#12140 Alexander Conn — 1
#12140 Colleen M. E. Hobbs Motorola 1
#12140 Daruis D. Gaskins Ip-First 1
#12140 Lloyd Richardson Unknown 1
#12140 Norman B. Godfrey — 1
#12140 Rodney A. Roques Texas Instruments 1
#12140 Reuben H. Wallace US Air Force 1
#12140 John M. Huckabay US Air Force 1
#12140 Garland W. Baker Esquire Ltd. 1
#12140 Hubert C. Jones, Jr. Electric Data Systems 1
#12140 Ronald Smetana IBM 1
#12140 Derrick Merrill Smith IBM 1
#12140 Rodolfo Candelaria, Jr. IBM 1
#12140 George B. Thurston — 1
#12140 Dolph Faurote, III — 1
#12140 Arthur E. Christy IBM 1
#12140 Dolph Faurote, Jr. — 1
#12140 Neil G. Weber Fmc 1
#12140 Sylvain J. Pirson — 1
#12140 Gerald D. Bogar — 1
#12140 Alfred Viehbeck — 1
#12140 Muna S. Hussaini IBM 1
#12140 Harold L. Demaree Syntex (U.S.A.) 1
#12140 Dorothy M. Wood Motorola 1
#12140 Max Bassler Molex 1

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