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 2/18/2025 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)
149 patents granted
Ranked No. 8 in patent production out of 250 metros
NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION
A: Human Necessities 11
B: Performing Operations; Transporting 15
C: Chemistry; Metallurgy 2
E: Fixed Constructions 5
F: Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating; Weapons; Blasting 7
G: Physics 46
H: Electricity 53
Design: 9
TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)
Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas) 22
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. (Plano) 7
Bank of America Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.) 5
Capital One Services LLC (McLean, Va.) 4
United Services Automobile Association (San Antonio) 4
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, N.J.) 4
Nokia Technologies Oy (Espoo, Finland) 3
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin) 2
Cisco Technology Inc. (San Jose, Calif.) 2
Unassigned 8
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.
