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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 Nl Industries, Multi-Chem Group, Gse Environmental. That works out to 47.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 10,751–10,800 of 21,073 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
#8651 James Van Fisk, Jr. Nl Industries 2
#8651 Charles E. Sessum — 2
#8651 Yangqiu Sun Multi-Chem Group 2
#8651 Mengjia Li Gse Environmental 2
#8651 Matthew J. Kruger Baker Hughes, A Ge Company 2
#8651 Scott E. Coblitz Conocophillips 2
#8651 Lawrence D. Park, Jr. Shell Oil Compny 2
#8651 Derrick Laskowski Conocophillips 2
#8651 Daniel R. Givan Conocophillips 2
#8651 Davy G. Pampell Baker International 2
#8651 Dennis Girard Lawler — 2
#8651 Rul Zhao ExxonMobil 2
#8651 Bruce Davis Dowell Schlumberger Incorporated 2
#8651 Walter J. Stinson Federal Signal 2
#8651 Albert E. O'Donnell Shell Oil Compny 2
#8651 Donald P. Shatto ExxonMobil 2
#8651 Genevieve Janet Withers Milliken Infrastructure Solutions 2
#8651 Glen Morehead AT&T 2
#8651 Morgan Knight Baylor College Of Medicine 2
#8651 Kyle Robert Thornton HP 2
#8651 Thomas Keller Basf Se 2
#8651 John Cannell National Oilwell Varco 2
#8651 Hamid J. Saka Acf Industries Incorporated 2
#8651 Hans Karani — 2
#8651 Sergei A. Filatyev Conocophillips 2
#8651 Stephen B. Gauntt National Oilwell Varco 2
#8651 Charles E. Payton Conoco 2
#8651 Amir Salem Single Buoy Moorings 2
#8651 J. Calvin Cooper — 2
#8651 Carrie Keller-Schultz Ecolab Usa 2
#8651 Huynh Pham T.En Process Technology 2
#8651 Steven Mark Everritt Delta Screen & Filtration 2
#8651 George C. Ballas Emerson Electric 2
#8651 Art Parmely Delta Screen & Filtration 2
#8651 David Barr Qualcomm 2
#8651 Isabel Kuri Tanus — 2
#8651 Jordan Michael Yarus Landmark Graphics 2
#8651 Robin T. Lovelace HP 2
#8651 Kee W. Kim Daniel Industries 2
#8651 Billy R. Ringer, Sr. — 2
#8651 Peter M. Wisneski Gulf Oil 2
#8651 John Murphey, III Stone & Webster Process Technology 2
#8651 Robello Aniket Halliburton Energy Services 2
#8651 Badrinarayanan Velamur Asokan ExxonMobil 2
#8651 Alberto L. Hinojosa Daniel Industries 2
#8651 B. Jon Amini National Aeronautics And Space Administration 2
#8651 Peeyush Paliwal Micro Focus 2
#8651 Thomas F. McDuffie — 2
#8651 Rodney E. Kellems Baylor College Of Medicine 2
#8651 Christopher Lee Stokley Halliburton Energy Services 2

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