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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 Chevron, University Of Houston System, M-I L.L.C.. That works out to 47.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 10,951–11,000 of 21,073 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
#8651 Christopher Alex Arevalos — 2
#8651 Alfred W. Wedel — 2
#8651 Roya Tooloian Chevron 2
#8651 Harold E. Bedell University Of Houston System 2
#8651 Kayli A. Clements M-I L.L.C. 2
#8651 Michael K. Kroeger ExxonMobil 2
#8651 Saman Ahmadi Unknown 2
#8651 George Attali Western Atlas International 2
#8651 Stanley Y. Woo University Of Houston System 2
#8651 Jino Chun Texas Instruments 2
#8651 George Ellis Elam, Jr. — 2
#8651 Adebowale Ade-Fosudo Baker Hughes Holdings 2
#8651 Mariella L. Raven Conocophillips 2
#8651 William N. Sunshine — 2
#8651 Clay Dixon — 2
#8651 Bradley G. Baker Baker Hughes Holdings 2
#8651 Adithya Pediredla Intel 2
#8651 Anthony Michael Maggio — 2
#8651 James Andrew Ruiz Ags 2
#8651 Mohammad Ali Yaghotian — 2
#8651 Zachary Curry — 2
#8651 Anjani R. Achanta Baker Hughes, A Ge Company 2
#8651 Jorge Fernando Carrascal — 2
#8651 Junxiao Zhu — 2
#8651 Henry B. Patterson, Jr. Western Atlas International 2
#8651 Marion W. Osborne Conoco 2
#8651 Archie L. Smith Combustion Engineering 2
#8651 Sara E. Hanson-Hedgecock ExxonMobil 2
#8651 Yoon Jung Byun HP 2
#8651 Dana E. PFAFFINGER University Of Texas System 2
#8651 Albertus J. Ekelmans Air Liquide Process & Construction 2
#8651 Joe R. Rodriguez Pentair Thermal Management 2
#8651 James C Knox — 2
#8651 Damon T. Slator — 2
#8651 Yongmei Hua HP 2
#8651 Alfred McZeal, Jr. — 2
#8651 Ehsan Sean Yaghotian — 2
#8651 Kenny Thomson Transocean Sedco Forex Ventures Limited 2
#8651 Joann M. Canich ExxonMobil 2
#8651 Joseph E. Beshoory — 2
#8651 Todd Adam — 2
#8651 Anderson Okonkwo University Of Houston System 2
#8651 Christopher M Jermaine IBM 2
#8651 Jack H. Bayless — 2
#8651 Sigifredo V. Garcia Phillips 66 2
#8651 Jefferson Rodrigo Alves Cavalcante Hewlett Packard Enterprise 2
#8651 Paul J. Mintz University Of Texas System 2
#8651 Michael E. Weyler ExxonMobil 2
#8651 John Mengwasser Afton Chemical 2
#8651 Jeffrey Longmore — 2

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