Total and environment-related patents - FUAs — Patent applications in Houston
Houston: Total and environment-related patents - FUAs — Patent applications was 1,509 Patents in 2022. ▲ Rising
Total and environment-related patents - FUAs — Patent applications in Houston, 2000–2022
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Patents.
Analysis
The most recent figure for total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications in Houston is 1,509 Patents, measured in 2022.
That represents a change of down 19.0% on the previous year and down 26.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications in Houston peaked at 2,944 Patents in 2014 and was at its lowest, 763.9 Patents, in 2000.
That places Houston 10th out of 873 regions with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Total and environment-related patents - FUAs — Patent applications in Houston, year by year
| Year | Patents | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 763.9 Patents | — |
| 2001 | 910 Patents | +19.1% |
| 2002 | 858 Patents | -5.7% |
| 2003 | 969.6 Patents | +13.0% |
| 2004 | 1,029 Patents | +6.1% |
| 2005 | 1,052 Patents | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 1,082 Patents | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 1,310 Patents | +21.1% |
| 2008 | 1,830 Patents | +39.7% |
| 2009 | 1,626 Patents | -11.1% |
| 2010 | 1,665 Patents | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 1,966 Patents | +18.1% |
| 2012 | 2,048 Patents | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 2,507 Patents | +22.4% |
| 2014 | 2,944 Patents | +17.4% |
| 2015 | 2,780 Patents | -5.6% |
| 2016 | 2,500 Patents | -10.1% |
| 2017 | 2,099 Patents | -16.0% |
| 2018 | 2,018 Patents | -3.9% |
| 2019 | 2,043 Patents | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 1,957 Patents | -4.2% |
| 2021 | 1,864 Patents | -4.8% |
| 2022 | 1,509 Patents | -19.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,143 Patents | 763.9 Patents | 1,830 Patents | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,257 Patents | 1,665 Patents | 2,944 Patents | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,777 Patents | 1,509 Patents | 1,957 Patents | 3 |
More environment data for Houston
- Drought - Cities and FUAs — Land soil moisture anomaly 6.1 Percentage change (2025)
- Greenhouse gas emissions - Cities and FUAs — GHG emissions from waste 1.83 Tonnes of CO2-equivalent (2024)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Daytime summer land 35.26 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Daytime winter land 19.75 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Daytime yearly land 29.15 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Nighttime summer land 23.91 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Nighttime winter land 8.73 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Nighttime yearly land 17.8 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Air pollution - Cities and FUAs — Population exposure to nitrogen 20.82 Microgrammes per cubic metre (2025)
- Air pollution - Cities and FUAs — Population exposure to ozone 45.87 Microgrammes per cubic metre (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications in Houston?
- Total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications in Houston was 1,509 Patents in 2022, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications recorded in Houston?
- The highest recorded value was 2,944 Patents in 2014.
- What is the lowest total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications recorded in Houston?
- The lowest recorded value was 763.9 Patents in 2000.
- How does Houston rank for total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications?
- Houston ranks 10th out of 873 regions with data for 2022.
- Is total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications rising or falling in Houston?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Houston data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Total and environment-related patents - FUAs — Patent applications. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset provides indicators on total and environment-related patents in Functional Urban Areas (FUAs). The indicator is defined as the fractional count of (environment-related) patent applications. Data sources and methodology The indicator uses patent applications filled under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) at the World International Property Organisation (WIPO) from the OECD, STI Micro-data Lab Intellectual Property Database, http://oe.cd/ipstats. Patents are allocated to FUAs based on the postal addresses of inventors. The year refers to the date the patent application was filed. Patents are classified as environment-related following their technology domain, obtained from the methodology of the Environment-related technologies patents national-level dataset (database documentation). Environment-related patents include patents on climate change mitigation, environmental management, sustainable ocean economy and climate change adaptation technologies. Defining FUAs and cities The OECD, in cooperation with the EU, has developed a harmonised definition of functional urban areas (FUAs) to capture the economic and functional reach of cities based on daily commuting patterns (OECD, 2012). FUAs consist of: A city – defined by urban centres in the degree of urbanisation, adapted to the closest local administrative units to define a city. A commuting zone – including all local areas where at least 15% of employed residents work in the city. The delineation process includes: Assigning municipalities surrounded by a single FUA to that FUA. Excluding non-contiguous municipalities. The definition identifies 1 285 FUAs and 1 402 cities in all OECD member countries except Costa Rica and three accession countries. Cite this dataset OECD Regions, cities and local areas database (Environment-related patents - FUAs), http://oe.cd/geostats Further information OECD Local Data Portal OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance For questions and/or comments, please email CitiesStat@oecd.org