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 2/4/2025 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)
167 patents granted
Ranked No. 8 in patent production out of 250 metros
NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION
A: Human Necessities 15
B: Performing Operations; Transporting 12
C: Chemistry; Metallurgy 1
E: Fixed Constructions 9
F: Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating; Weapons; Blasting 3
G: Physics 44
H: Electricity 54
Design: 29
TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)
Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas) 23
StaffingEngine LLC (Plano) 8
StaffDNA LLC (Plano) 5
Capital One Services LLC (McLean, Va.) 4
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea) 4
SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison) 4
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. (Plano) 4
Toyota Motor North America Inc. (Plano) 4
Traxxas L.P. (McKinney) 4
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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