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Houston, TX All Time

109,516 patents  ·  21,073 inventors  ·  47.5/1k pop.

Ranked #48 of 111,555 cities Top 1%

Houston, TX ranks #48 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 109,516 patents from 21,073 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Houston, TX include Shell Oil Compny, Chevron, Dixie Chemical. That works out to 47.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 9,001–9,050 of 21,073 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
#8651 John M. Zwiegel — 2
#8651 Peter S. Friend Shell Oil Compny 2
#8651 Alexander Loddoch Chevron 2
#8651 Clarence L. Sockwell — 2
#8651 Manoj Krishan — 2
#8651 Robert C. Zawalski Dixie Chemical 2
#8651 Randall Kimbler U.S. Well Services 2
#8651 Hugh W. O'Donnell — 2
#8651 Ahmed Ben Salah — 2
#8651 Tommy Doyle — 2
#8651 Kenneth Tolmie Cameron International 2
#8651 John L. Bear University Of Houston 2
#8651 Louis E. Leclerc HP 2
#8651 Clinton B. Yearwood HP 2
#8651 Douglas Meyers Pennzoil-Quaker State 2
#8651 Manuel E. Garcia — 2
#8651 Julia Leslie NASA 2
#8651 Gregg Ring, Sr. — 2
#8651 Edward Kuczynski Celanese Gmbh 2
#8651 Brian MADDOX — 2
#8651 James F. Meek Sandvik Rock Tools 2
#8651 Lance Staudacher National Oilwell Varco 2
#8651 Jacquelyn Gayle Niccum Chevron 2
#8651 Stephen L. Jenkins — 2
#8651 Steve Bemis The Gates Rubber 2
#8651 Adel S. Tawfik Atlantic Richfield 2
#8651 George J. Gendron Raymond International Builders 2
#8651 Donnie Williams Stabil Drill Specialties 2
#8651 Forrest A. Scearce Nl Industries 2
#8651 Jessica Lorae Olson Perez Forum Us 2
#8651 Brittany Barreto — 2
#8651 Lorri L. Heffner — 2
#8651 Dannie Antoine Aymond, Jr. Shell Oil Compny 2
#8651 Sheila Macdonald Kyger — 2
#8651 Gary Lane Francis Rem Enterprises 2
#8651 Steven W. McMillan — 2
#8651 Joe D. Stoddard Compaq Information Technologies Group 2
#8651 Brian H. Samaroo — 2
#8651 Bill Kamps — 2
#8651 Simon Elias Colgate-Palmolive 2
#8651 Jinsheng Weng University Of Texas System 2
#8651 Stephen Hermes Hester Weatherford/Lamb 2
#8651 Russell Curtiss Hmt 2
#8651 Aaron M. Benzel — 2
#8651 Amir Saeed Baker Hughes Holdings 2
#8651 Brad A. McClain, Jr. — 2
#8651 Grady F. Saunders University Of Texas 2
#8651 Yew Yuen Chow Conocophillips 2
#8651 Wendy M. Mars University Of Texas 2
#8651 Mossab El-Tahan University Of Houston System 2

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