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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 Air Products And Chemicals, Profold, Schlumberger Technology. That works out to 47.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 11,051–11,100 of 21,073 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
#8651 David L. Parks Air Products And Chemicals 2
#8651 Rene Zens Profold 2
#8651 Nicholas Fundytus Schlumberger Technology 2
#8651 Jay M. Chernosky — 2
#8651 Yongling Ginger Ren Stepan 2
#8651 Ryan Joseph Parsley Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations 2
#8651 Ming-Kang Shih Landmark Graphics 2
#8651 John Caleb Wilson GE 2
#8651 James H. Farrish — 2
#8651 T. M. Hunt — 2
#8651 Rebecca J. Sawchuk The Dow Chemical 2
#8651 Douglas K. McCarty Chevron 2
#8651 Jason N. Cedillo Endurance Lift Solutions 2
#8651 Herman E. Sheffield Automatic Power 2
#8651 F. Kurtis Kasper William Marsh Rice University 2
#8651 Ali Bakhreiba — 2
#8651 Fuqiang Wu Huawei 2
#8651 Tom Gable Ameriforge Group 2
#8651 Ethan Caleb Ferrell Ecu Technology 2
#8651 Theoharis Theoharis Board Of Regents, University Of Houston 2
#8651 Nathanial Ramsey — 2
#8651 Yochai Birnbaum University Of Texas System 2
#8651 John P. McManamen NASA 2
#8651 David A. Arce Baker Hughes Holdings 2
#8651 Steve Follmar Coltec Industrial Products 2
#8651 Justin C. Prindle HP 2
#8651 Victor Arthur Sinclair — 2
#8651 Russell Witt — 2
#8651 John Prieditis Chevron 2
#8651 Robert Theodore Hahn Shell Oil Compny 2
#8651 Josue Villarreal HP 2
#8651 Jorg V. Herwanger Schlumberger Technology 2
#8651 Sean R. Walsh — 2
#8651 Luis Granados GE 2
#8651 Walter C. Nanny Shell Oil Compny 2
#8651 Calvin W. Crossley ExxonMobil 2
#8651 Gregory Paul Kewekordes Unknown 2
#8651 Mery Diaz Campos Schlumberger Technology 2
#8651 Joe S. Wakil Premier Laser Systems 2
#8651 Richard Weser Oceaneering International 2
#8651 Berj Garbouchian Stone & Webster Engineering 2
#8651 Ginger Keady Stone & Webster Engineering 2
#8651 Thomas Koval Catalytic Distillation Technologies 2
#8651 J. C. Gupta Catalytic Distillation Technologies 2
#8651 Timothy P. McGuirk Catalytic Distillation Technologies 2
#8651 Scott Ogren — 2
#8651 Anyela Morcote Halliburton Energy Services 2
#8651 Mario Jean-Rejouis Basf Se 2
#8651 Nathan E. Nissley ExxonMobil 2
#8651 Tait Russell Swanson Cameron International 2

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