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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 Halliburton Energy Services, Shell Oil Compny, Microsoft. That works out to 47.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 9,201–9,250 of 21,073 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
#8651 John Walter Sherman Halliburton Energy Services 2
#8651 Austin Dale Taggart, II Shell Oil Compny 2
#8651 Rakesh Malladi Microsoft 2
#8651 Stan Allen Bray International 2
#8651 Dharmpal Takhar William Marsh Rice University 2
#8651 Julie Hakim Baylor College Of Medicine 2
#8651 Donald Cardon Schlumberger Technology 2
#8651 Arnaud Houegbelo Schlumberger Technology 2
#8651 Heinz-Eckert Schutz Didier-Werke Ag 2
#8651 Grigory Leonidovich Dubinsky — 2
#8651 Diana M. Altrichter Shell Oil Compny 2
#8651 Wissam A. Rabadi Texas Instruments 2
#8651 B. Harrison Cole — 2
#8651 Jacob Cecil Moore — 2
#8651 C. Leon Sockwell Koenig & Aktiengesellschaft 2
#8651 Sam W. Gainer — 2
#8651 Donald J. Bacha Geosource 2
#8651 Kenneth J. Tacchi Baker Hughes Holdings 2
#8651 Nabil A. Kayali — 2
#8651 Lloyd M. Wenger, Jr. ExxonMobil 2
#8651 Bernard H. White — 2
#8651 Scott H. Fricke Schlumberger Technology 2
#8651 Aladain Joseph LeBlanc Baker Hughes Holdings 2
#8651 Ioannis Mihail Skaribas Unknown 2
#8651 Aleksey Reiderman Baker Hughes, A Ge Company 2
#8651 Steven A. Huber International Truck Intellectual Property Company 2
#8651 James Woodrow Vinson, Jr. Rohm And Haas 2
#8651 Christopher Tapscott ExxonMobil 2
#8651 Evan George Bauman — 2
#8651 Eugene Linyaev Halliburton Energy Services 2
#8651 Santiago Hassig Fonseca Schlumberger Technology 2
#8651 Kristen Lin Halliburton Energy Services 2
#8651 Katie Strausser International Truck Intellectual Property Company 2
#8651 Brice Kim Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations 2
#8651 Burc Simsek Schlumberger Technology 2
#8651 Eisa A. Aleisa — 2
#8651 Peter McAughan Georgia Tech Research 2
#8651 Susan June Henning Baylor College Of Medicine 2
#8651 Charles Koller University Of Texas System 2
#8651 Geoffrey Andrew Patton — 2
#8651 Tarun D. Vakil Air Products And Chemicals 2
#8651 Laurent Delabroy Schlumberger Technology 2
#8651 Tom Lambdin Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations 2
#8651 Frank Vinicia Acosta Villarreal Halliburton Energy Services 2
#8651 Henry A. Nelson Holland — 2
#8651 George Siappas Oceaneering International 2
#8651 Onur Onel ExxonMobil 2
#8651 Roger L. Snow, Sr. — 2
#8651 Anthony Kemp GREGORY, JR. — 2
#8651 Jose Eduardo Barragan Baker Hughes Holdings 2

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