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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 Pennzoil, Lg Hausys, ExxonMobil. That works out to 47.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 10,901–10,950 of 21,073 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
#8651 JIA-WEN LIN Pennzoil 2
#8651 Jake Ha Lg Hausys 2
#8651 Jerry Krebs ExxonMobil 2
#8651 Philipp M. Heretsch University of Pennsylvania 2
#8651 Wesam Sabbahi — 2
#8651 Alexander Mattey Onesubsea Ip Uk Limited 2
#8651 James W. Albert Nl Industries 2
#8651 Yasmin Wadia Providence Health System—Oregon 2
#8651 Richard Wei Chieh Yu Hewlett Packard Enterprise 2
#8651 Haseeb A. Bhutta IBM 2
#8651 Andy M. Arismendi, Jr. — 2
#8651 Paul Frenger — 2
#8651 Charles C. Filley — 2
#8651 Clarence F. Stelzer, Jr. ExxonMobil 2
#8651 William Kethman — 2
#8651 Lisa L. Posevina Baker Hughes Holdings 2
#8651 Jeffrey I. Wilson Farouk Systems 2
#8651 Duane Lee Whitney Reed — 2
#8651 Ramesh Konduri Natural Gas Solutions North America 2
#8651 Steve W. Lockless University Of Texas System 2
#8651 Hernan Anzola — 2
#8651 Russell Neill Capper Prudential Insurance Company Of America 2
#8651 Stacy Davis Provost, Fellows And Scholars Of The College Of The Holy And Undivided Trinity Of Queen Elizabeth Near Dublin 2
#8651 Peter Christian Sundt Metrix Instrument Co., Lp 2
#8651 Jac H. Yon Wendell Brooks 2
#8651 William M. Granberry Arthrex 2
#8651 Bahadur Sagoo Baker Hughes Holdings 2
#8651 Ramesh Sharma — 2
#8651 Arthur Joseph Sullivan ExxonMobil 2
#8651 Thomas A Cates The Subsea 2
#8651 Alvin O. Clauset, Jr. Chevron 2
#8651 Shelby LOWE — 2
#8651 Andrie C. Chen ExxonMobil 2
#8651 David C. Bradshaw Amoco 2
#8651 Christine Wood — 2
#8651 Levi Neufeld Kuraray Co. 2
#8651 Maura Pieretti Baylor College Of Medicine 2
#8651 Raul Daniel Vega Offshore Energy Services 2
#8651 Harvey Lau — 2
#8651 Dale Garth Straub Chevron 2
#8651 Lanny Vlasak — 2
#8651 Kimberly A. Pierce Tucc Technology 2
#8651 Guilherme Moura — 2
#8651 Zobeida Cruz-Monserrate University Of Texas System 2
#8651 James Patrick Herlihy Baylor College Of Medicine 2
#8651 Craig E. Dinsmore — 2
#8651 Donald E. Ritchie Dresser Industries 2
#8651 Shadid Askar Dow Global Technologies 2
#8651 Joel H. Goffman — 2
#8651 Roberto M. Ramirez — 2

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