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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 Intel, Griffin Holdings, ExxonMobil. That works out to 47.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 9,751–9,800 of 21,073 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
#8651 Amith Harsha Intel 2
#8651 Gary B. Saxton Griffin Holdings 2
#8651 George Kiel — 2
#8651 David Chang ExxonMobil 2
#8651 Jimykumar Prajapati Smith International 2
#8651 Richard Hitchens Positron 2
#8651 Mohammad Michael Arasteh Shell Oil Compny 2
#8651 ZhanGuo Shi Schlumberger Technology 2
#8651 Yuhua Dong Hydril Usa Distribution 2
#8651 Kyle D. Brown HP 2
#8651 Abishek Mukund Imubit Israel 2
#8651 Reda El Mahbes — 2
#8651 Matthew Webster Luna Innovations Incorporated 2
#8651 Mason Anthony Lucich — 2
#8651 Mark H. White Nexalin Technology 2
#8651 Sharon Thomsen University Of Texas System 2
#8651 Robin L. Scott Comcast 2
#8651 Wotao Yin Alibaba 2
#8651 Philip A. Abbott Brown & Root 2
#8651 Kelly Lee Genzer The Heil 2
#8651 Harry A. Deans ExxonMobil 2
#8651 Justin S. Ridley NASA 2
#8651 Shaun Azimi Schlumberger Technology 2
#8651 Andrew H. Muhl — 2
#8651 Todd Paul Peltier Shell Oil Compny 2
#8651 Khalid Kayal Amazon 2
#8651 Walter C. Wrye, IV Sandia 2
#8651 Huong Dao Texas Biotechnology 2
#8651 Kenneth E. Baughman — 2
#8651 John K. Bennett — 2
#8651 Walter F. Filupeit ExxonMobil 2
#8651 Karel R. Dahmen Continental Carbon 2
#8651 Clarence J. Zabcik Nl Industries 2
#8651 Ofer Salhov Imubit Israel 2
#8651 William L. Scogin — 2
#8651 Hongran Wang Baylor College Of Medicine 2
#8651 Franklin Eugene Caputo Shell Oil Compny 2
#8651 Richard C. Babb Hughes Tool Company 2
#8651 W. William Coe — 2
#8651 Mehrab Momin Air Liquide Large Industries U.S. Lp 2
#8651 Ruth Javier Blanco Shell Oil Compny 2
#8651 Erin Lynn Reineke Baylor College Of Medicine 2
#8651 Michael J. Massimino MIT 2
#8651 Robert A. D. Strack ExxonMobil 2
#8651 Michael Winbun Ncr 2
#8651 Christopher George Stoller Enterprises 2
#8651 Brian K. Chapman Kuraray America 2
#8651 Gerald W. Alves Chevron 2
#8651 Austin J. Cooney Baylor College Of Medicine 2
#8651 Donald L. Luffel Restech Limited 2

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