Texas's #1 patent-filing city and the heart of Silicon Hills. Home to Apple's second campus, Tesla's Gigafactory Texas, Oracle's headquarters, Dell Technologies, and hundreds of semiconductor, software, AI, and clean energy startups. One of the fastest-growing patent-filing cities in the United States.

Texas's largest city and one of the most diverse patent-filing metros in the United States. Home to the world's largest medical center (Texas Medical Center), NASA's Johnson Space Center, and the global energy technology industry — generating biomedical, space technology, and energy patent filings at massive scale.

A major technology, telecom, and financial technology hub. Home to AT&T's headquarters, Texas Instruments' global HQ, and a dense concentration of enterprise software, fintech, and telecom companies filing utility and PCT patent applications across communications and computing technology.

Home to Celanese, Fluor Corporation, and a major corporate campus cluster in the Las Colinas urban center. Chemical engineering, industrial technology, and infrastructure systems patent filings are strong in this corridor.

Texas's cybersecurity capital and home to the largest concentration of military and defense technology installations in the United States — including JBSA (Joint Base San Antonio), the NSA's Texas Cryptologic Center, and a rapidly growing cybersecurity startup ecosystem filing utility patent applications in network security and defense technology.

Home to Texas Tech University and a growing agricultural technology, wind energy, and medical research sector. TTU's research programs in cotton technology, fiber engineering, and health sciences generate active patent filing activity in the South Plains.

The Permian Basin energy technology hub. Oil and gas extraction technology, drilling systems, pipeline technology, and energy automation companies generate utility patent filings across mechanical, chemical, and electronic systems for the upstream oil and gas industry.

One of the fastest-growing cities in the United States — a technology and corporate campus corridor with major investments from companies including PGA of America, Toyota, and a growing fintech and health technology startup ecosystem generating design and utility patent applications.

Home to Dell Technologies'

global headquarters and a

dense cluster of hardware,

enterprise technology, and semiconductor companies generating significant utility

patent filings across

computing and storage

systems.

A major biotech, pharmaceutical, and energy technology hub north of Houston. Home to major oil and gas technology companies and a growing cluster of life sciences and medical device companies filing utility and PCT patent applications.

The aerospace and defense capital of Texas. Home to Lockheed Martin's F-35 production facility, Bell Textron, American Airlines' headquarters, and a massive concentration of aerospace, avionics, and defense systems patent filers generating complex multi-figure utility patent drawings.

The Telecom Corridor — home

to Ericsson, Fujitsu, Cisco,

Samsung Networks, and Nortel's former campus. One of the

most concentrated telecom

and networking technology

patent-filing zones in the

United States outside of Silicon Valley.

A fast-growing technology and manufacturing corridor between San Antonio and Austin. Home to advanced manufacturing, consumer technology, and logistics technology companies generating utility patent filings along the I-35 innovation corridor.

Baylor University's research programs in biomedical engineering, chemistry, and computer science generate technology transfer and startup patent activity. A growing advanced manufacturing and consumer technology sector supplements university-driven filings.

A growing manufacturing, cross-border technology, and military technology hub. Home to Fort Bliss — one of the largest military installations in the U.S. — and a growing advanced manufacturing and defense technology corridor generating utility patent activity.

A growing cross-border manufacturing, medical device, and agricultural technology hub in the Rio Grande Valley. Medical device manufacturers and agri-tech companies serving both U.S. and Mexican markets are increasingly filing utility patent applications in this corridor.

Samsung's massive semiconductor fab in Taylor — one of the largest chip manufacturing investments in U.S. history — anchors this corridor. A rapidly growing semiconductor and advanced manufacturing patent-filing hub in the Austin metro.

Energy technology, chemical engineering, and advanced manufacturing companies in Houston's southwest corridor. A growing base of industrial technology and process engineering patent filers serving the oil and gas industry.

The DFW technology corridor north of Dallas. Home to Toyota's North American headquarters, JPMorgan Chase's campus, Ericsson's U.S. headquarters, and a growing cluster of semiconductor, fintech, and enterprise technology companies filing utility patent applications.

University of Texas at Arlington generates active technology transfer and patent activity in engineering, materials science, and biomedical technology. GM Financial, Six Flags, and major manufacturing companies also file industrial and consumer technology patents here.

Home to Texas A&M University — one of the largest research universities in the United States with an active technology transfer office generating patents across agricultural technology, engineering, materials science, and biomedical research. AgriLife Research generates significant agri-tech patent activity.

The chemical engineering, petrochemical processing, and refinery technology capital of Texas. ExxonMobil, Chevron Phillips, and BASF generate significant energy and chemical process patent filings in this industrial technology corridor.

Home to the University of North Texas and Texas Woman's University, with active technology transfer programs in materials science, chemistry, and engineering. A growing clean energy and advanced manufacturing sector supplements university patent activity.

Home to SpaceX's Starbase launch facility — one of the most patent-intensive space technology operations in the world. The South Texas space technology corridor is generating an entirely new category of aerospace and propulsion patent filings.