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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 Halliburton, Dresser Industries, Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations. That works out to 47.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 11,251–11,300 of 21,073 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
#8651 David Rathmann Halliburton 2
#8651 Michael Bridge Dresser Industries 2
#8651 Hannah Kelly Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations 2
#8651 Devamanohar Ponnusamy University Of Houston 2
#8651 Willard A. Domingue — 2
#8651 Hongpyo Kim Dresser-Rand 2
#8651 Marc Gerard Paquette J.B. Martin Company 2
#8651 Michael P. Piazza ExxonMobil 2
#8651 John B. Daron — 2
#8651 Daniel Bell Weyerhaeuser Nr 2
#8651 Peter Vanmeurs Shell Oil Compny 2
#8651 Henry Edward Kernan — 2
#8651 Scott Edward Spillars Hexion 2
#8651 David Cannan — 2
#8651 Scott D. Kelman ExxonMobil 2
#8651 John R. Presley Interox America 2
#8651 Lloyd L. Piper, II Chemical Waste Management 2
#8651 Chistophe M. Rayssiguier Schlumberger Technology 2
#8651 Patrick T. O'Donnell — 2
#8651 Kendra Carmon University Of Texas System 2
#8651 Dan G. Noyes — 2
#8651 Mark Pyle — 2
#8651 Angel A. Marti-Arbona William Marsh Rice University 2
#8651 Paul E. Pilkington Conoco 2
#8651 Jeffrey S. Lay Texas United Chemical Company 2
#8651 Kyris Agapiou Halliburton Energy Services 2
#8651 Avishek Saha William Marsh Rice University 2
#8651 Kailash Kishore Mirpuri HP 2
#8651 Vanson Huynh Vetco Gray 2
#8651 Goran Milan Stankovic Western Atlas International 2
#8651 Zhongshan Zhao Texas Tech University 2
#8651 Mohammad A. Ramiz HP 2
#8651 David Friedman Baylor College Of Medicine 2
#8651 Carl E. Boddie — 2
#8651 Yulan Qi University Of Houston System 2
#8651 Bhanu Priya Ganesh Biogaia Ab 2
#8651 Pravin M. Shah ExxonMobil 2
#8651 Claribel Acevedo Velez Rohm And Haas 2
#8651 Ramoj Kumar Paruchuri Accenture Global Solutions Limited 2
#8651 Titus D Stauffer Compaq Information Technologies Group 2
#8651 Ken Bernard Unknown 2
#8651 Timothy D. Fuller Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations 2
#8651 Alexander Economides — 2
#8651 Amini Shakib Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations 2
#8651 Molson Hart — 2
#8651 Gustavo Mendoza Packers Plus Energy Service 2
#8651 Nat Smith Unknown 2
#8651 Brad Klussmann Fina Technology 2
#8651 Albert Koether National Oilwell Varco 2
#8651 Larry W. Hilscher Eastman Kodak 2

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