Dallas Invents is a weekly look at U.S. patents granted with a connection to the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area. Listings include patents granted to local assignees and/or those with a North Texas inventor. Patent activity can indicate future economic growth, as well as the development of emerging markets and talent attraction. By tracking both inventors and assignees in the region, we aim to provide a broader view of the region’s inventive activity. Listings are organized by Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC).
THIS WEEK, BY THE NUMBERS
Week of 3/25/2025 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)
134 patents granted
Ranked No. 8 in patent production out of 250 metros
NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION
A: Human Necessities 16
B: Performing Operations; Transporting 12
C: Chemistry; Metallurgy 1
E: Fixed Constructions 6
F: Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating; Weapons; Blasting 5
G: Physics 45
H: Electricity 45
DESIGN: 4
TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)
Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas) 18
Bank of America Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.) 7
United Services Automobile Association (San Antonio) 7
Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston) 5
JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. (New York) 5
Nokia Technologies Oy (Espoo, Finland) 3
Capital One Services LLC (McLean, Va.) 2
Diodes Inc. (Plano) 2
Enseo LLC (Plano) 2
Unassigned 9
TOP INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)
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Patent information is provided by Joe Chiarella, founder of patent analytics company Patent Index and publisher of The Inventiveness Index. For additional details on the patents granted below, search the USPTO Patent Full-Text and Image Database.
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