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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 Unknown, University Of Texas System, Fmc. That works out to 47.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 10,201–10,250 of 21,073 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
#8651 Samuel J. Homes Unknown 2
#8651 Jansina Fok University Of Texas System 2
#8651 Lincoln C. Gray University Of Texas System 2
#8651 Ralph Taeuber, Jr. Fmc 2
#8651 Ali Al-Quraishi National Oilwell Varco 2
#8651 Chuntao Liang Microseismic 2
#8651 James Nienhuis Pioneer (Corteva) 2
#8651 Samuel Brent Waggener — 2
#8651 Timothy S. Westby — 2
#8651 Michael Rodgers Hughes Network Systems 2
#8651 Stewart L. Babbitt — 2
#8651 Damrong Tarukachon — 2
#8651 Deepak Khatri Schlumberger Technology 2
#8651 Randy J. Boychuk — 2
#8651 Cecilia Nguyen Schlumberger Technology 2
#8651 Eric C. Hopkinson Dresser Industries 2
#8651 Sherif M. El Kholy — 2
#8651 Jesse M. Lomask Landmark Graphics 2
#8651 Qingshan Yuan National Oilwell Varco 2
#8651 Mark Xavier Metzger Eog Resources 2
#8651 Jeffrey A. Anon — 2
#8651 Robert R. Gonzales Houston Industrial 2
#8651 Jennifer Appel — 2
#8651 Andrei Alexandrov Yale University 2
#8651 Brian Swagerty — 2
#8651 Ralph K. DuBose — 2
#8651 John L. Alsup Electrical Subsea & Drilling As 2
#8651 Thomas A. Paulley ExxonMobil 2
#8651 Michael N. Cornforth Colorado State University 2
#8651 Mark D. Sloan The Universty Of Texas System,Board Of Regents 2
#8651 William Francis Flynn Rectorseal 2
#8651 Kwang Jin Cho University Of Texas System 2
#8651 Tyler B. Barry Solar Turbines Incorporated 2
#8651 Renfeng Richard Cao Shell Oil Compny 2
#8651 Huaijin Zhou — 2
#8651 Andrew Michael Mealey Eog Resources 2
#8651 Robert D. Chase Franklin Electric Co. 2
#8651 Robert James Dombrowski Shell Oil Compny 2
#8651 Kevin E. Strecker Sandia 2
#8651 David Pecoraro Maxim Integrated Products 2
#8651 Michael Jiale Yang Eog Resources 2
#8651 Yuko Kida Dow Global Technologies 2
#8651 Sam Billington Standard Oil Company (Indiana) 2
#8651 Frederick E. Willcox, III — 2
#8651 Rafeul Alam National Jewish Health 2
#8651 Shandton Williams Glenayre Electronics 2
#8651 Amir Homayoun Heidari Seahorse Equipment 2
#8651 Scott A. Barboza ExxonMobil 2
#8651 Russell L. Baldwin Atlantic Richfield 2
#8651 Frank Shih-Fai Chou Abb Lummus Global 2

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