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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 Tuboscope I/P, Lummus Technology, Union Carbide. That works out to 47.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 10,801–10,850 of 21,073 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
#8651 James F. Maroney, III Tuboscope I/P 2
#8651 Baozhong Zhao Lummus Technology 2
#8651 Jannan G. Lee Union Carbide 2
#8651 Hamayun Zafar Raja Landmark Graphics 2
#8651 Tanner Monroe Baylor College Of Medicine 2
#8651 Keith Lutsch Compaq Information Technologies Group 2
#8651 Michael Raymond Felix IBM 2
#8651 Christopher K. Matthews HP 2
#8651 Robert R. Shortell Corteva Agriscience 2
#8651 Scott W. Binegar Acf Industries Incorporated 2
#8651 Walter E. Liljestrand Smith International 2
#8651 James E. Aswell Becton, Dickinson And 2
#8651 Akinjide Akinniyi Akinyode NASA 2
#8651 Melissa Marie Watkins Texas Instruments 2
#8651 Brian S. Buske — 2
#8651 Roberto M. Lansangan — 2
#8651 Chad R. Sager University Of Illinois 2
#8651 John H. Maples — 2
#8651 Jim W. Brainard Compaq Information Technologies Group 2
#8651 Dimitri Andrei Filippov Mohawk Energy 2
#8651 Fazle Hussain University Of Houston System 2
#8651 George Dabney, JR. Stone & Webster Process Technology 2
#8651 Tattym E. Shaiken Baylor College Of Medicine 2
#8651 Alfred Smith Hitachi 2
#8651 Richard T. Weiss ExxonMobil 2
#8651 Chinh Dang Stone & Webster Process Technology 2
#8651 John S. Sperry Carmel Energy 2
#8651 Laurent Clerc Cgg Services Sas 2
#8651 Paul M. Perry Litton Resources Systems 2
#8651 Robert C. Knauer, Jr. Pa 2
#8651 James J. Hawk — 2
#8651 Robert B. Kinzbach Weatherford/Lamb 2
#8651 John David Broyles Saudi Arabian Oil 2
#8651 Joshua David Blazek Coopersurgical 2
#8651 Viacheslav Viktorovich Anokhin M-I L.L.C. 2
#8651 Paul R. Erb Conoco 2
#8651 Jerry Haygood — 2
#8651 Justin Linscombe Schlumberger Technology 2
#8651 Joseph Woodson Amec Foster Wheeler Usa 2
#8651 Wayne Sullivan Astrium Gmbh 2
#8651 Alvin S. Guggenheim, Jr. — 2
#8651 Afou Keshishian Schlumberger Technology 2
#8651 Abbie Palmieri Baker Hughes, A Ge Company 2
#8651 Vito Joseph Zapata Schlumberger Technology 2
#8651 Roncalli J. Twomey Saudi Basic Industries 2
#8651 Jesse Nokes Forum Us 2
#8651 Nashwa A. Khalil — 2
#8651 Herbert C. Dill Hughes Tool Company 2
#8651 Shelton R. Rossberg — 2
#8651 Cliff Knight Borsig Gmbh 2

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