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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 Bmc Software, University Of Houston System, Halliburton Energy Services. That works out to 47.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 10,001–10,050 of 21,073 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
#8651 G S Narayan Iyer Bmc Software 2
#8651 Anton Dubrovskiy University Of Houston System 2
#8651 Alp Kozak Halliburton Energy Services 2
#8651 Justin C. Haggard IBM 2
#8651 Mario Joao Kumula GE 2
#8651 Thomas Lopez Baker Hughes Holdings 2
#8651 Manuel J. Torreno, Jr. deceased Texas Instruments 2
#8651 John Sweitzer — 2
#8651 Hung Duong Vetco Gray 2
#8651 Matthew Linden Bedell Ford 2
#8651 Pradeep Venkataraman Apple 2
#8651 Joseph Daniel Stoddard HP 2
#8651 Michael P. McRae New York University 2
#8651 Kevin Michael Holder Essentium Ipco 2
#8651 Denise Hill Baker Hughes, A Ge Company 2
#8651 Bhargaw L. Adibhatla University Of Houston System 2
#8651 Jodie A. MacCrory IBM 2
#8651 Jiehao Wang Chevron 2
#8651 Joyce Li Applied Optoelectronics 2
#8651 Nathan Jeremy Nagel — 2
#8651 William B. Stewart, Jr. Shell Oil Compny 2
#8651 Sunil J. Jose Baker Hughes, A Ge Company 2
#8651 Cody M. Jones — 2
#8651 Paul I. Weiss Baylor College Of Medicine 2
#8651 Grace Fletcher Texas A&M University System 2
#8651 Linda KELLY Merck 2
#8651 Ray Hachem University Of Texas System 2
#8651 Robert Burnette Opanga Networks 2
#8651 Prasad R. Kopparapu Oregon State University 2
#8651 Robert W. Wansbrough Continental Carbon 2
#8651 Zachary C. Cordero MIT 2
#8651 Michelle Carr Baker Hughes Holdings 2
#8651 Thomas Grumbles Baker Hughes, A Ge Company 2
#8651 Stacey Somerville — 2
#8651 Melchoir Meilchen — 2
#8651 James M. Vlassis — 2
#8651 Christie Mitchell Ballantyne Baylor College Of Medicine 2
#8651 Wayne A. Sallee — 2
#8651 Neeraj R. Dani ExxonMobil 2
#8651 Dennis Lee Wolfford, Sr. — 2
#8651 Estela Gonzalez Chevron 2
#8651 Randy Colvin — 2
#8651 Glenn A. Lanan Shell Oil Compny 2
#8651 Sohan L. Khungar Amoco 2
#8651 Avind D. Patel M. I. Co. 2
#8651 Ron Hoogeveen Baylor College Of Medicine 2
#8651 Gregory Tinkler Enlink Geoenergy Services 2
#8651 Abdullah A. Bagersh Schlumberger Technology 2
#8651 Alex S. Kolb ExxonMobil 2
#8651 Nour Baki — 2

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