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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 Abb Vetco Gray, Penn State, Mcdermott International. That works out to 47.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 9,501–9,550 of 21,073 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
#8651 MARK DeWITT SLIDER Abb Vetco Gray 2
#8651 Manh T. Nguyen — 2
#8651 Donald G. Heden — 2
#8651 Maggie Paulose Penn State 2
#8651 LARRY DWAYNE BREAUX Mcdermott International 2
#8651 Patrick A. Wilber — 2
#8651 Achuth Nair University Of Houston System 2
#8651 Christopher B. Jensen — 2
#8651 David P. Ross Lifecell 2
#8651 Gerard Kelly Unknown 2
#8651 Greg Navarre Horton Wison Deepwater 2
#8651 Gabriel Rio Milestone Environmental Services, Llc. 2
#8651 Adam Freedhand Innovative Orthopedic Technologies 2
#8651 James L. McCaughan, Jr. — 2
#8651 Parker Bailey Hydril Usa Distribution 2
#8651 Frederick O. Jaye, Jr. — 2
#8651 Gavin D. Sebek — 2
#8651 Earnest L. Williamson — 2
#8651 Dmitry Grinblat Inova 2
#8651 Louis H. Turner, III Shell Oil Compny 2
#8651 Paul W. Geery Dresser Industries 2
#8651 Alfred P. Regitz Fmc 2
#8651 Norman Michael Greenberg Atreca 2
#8651 Hoang Van Le Bj Services 2
#8651 Martin Bal — 2
#8651 Farouk Mian — 2
#8651 Nelson P. Nguyen Baker Hughes Holdings 2
#8651 Ivan Robert — 2
#8651 Galen Roy Hebert Halliburton Energy Services 2
#8651 Kirk Mahoney AT&T 2
#8651 Brad Pierce Baker Hughes Holdings 2
#8651 James R. Plair — 2
#8651 Nam Dang Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 2
#8651 Adam C. Petruszka HP 2
#8651 Israel Rodriguez — 2
#8651 Thomas A. Goldstein Inview Technology 2
#8651 Danny L. Havelka Vetco Gray 2
#8651 Nicholas Ruff Cameron International 2
#8651 Alireza Keshavarz-haddad Nec Laboratories America 2
#8651 M. Aaron Sparks E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 2
#8651 Richard K. Etchells Schlumberger Technology 2
#8651 Alec Breen Halliburton Energy Services 2
#8651 Rich J. Mills Mistras Group 2
#8651 Kenneth A. Brumley Baker Hughes Holdings 2
#8651 Thomas Stith — 2
#8651 John P. Thomas Westinghouse Electric 2
#8651 Seyedhesam Sadeghian-Motahar — 2
#8651 Marvin Echols Betzdearborn 2
#8651 Haley Colton Emerson Automation Solutions Final Control Us Lp 2
#8651 Dana Safarian Halliburton Energy Services 2

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