Oklahoma

Innovation Scorecard

Total Patents

8,054

National Rank

#33

Top Category

Mechanical & Manufacturing

YoY Growth

-0.8%

Population

4,001,266

Patents / $B GDP

Patents / 100K Pop

201

Innovation DNA

Patent activity distribution across technology categories

Innovation Ecosystem

Economic and research indicators that shape Oklahoma's innovation landscape.

State GDP

$264B

Median Income

$62,138

Unemployment

3.6%

Bachelor's+

28.7%

Per Capita Income

$62,661

Fed. Spending

$15.9B

NIH Grants

465

NSF Awards

102

SBIR/STTR

772

~$249M awarded

Biz Formation

1,622/mo

STEM Workers

5.1%

95,019 employed

Sources: FRED, Census ACS, USAspending.gov, NIH RePORTER, NSF, SBIR.gov

Patent Activity by Year

752

2016

857

2017

828

2018

887

2019

921

2020

864

2021

834

2022

753

2023

747

2024

611

2025

Top Patent Holders

Rank	Organization	Patents
1	Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.	793
2	Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP	418
3	Phillips 66 Company	220
4	The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma	195
5	The Charles Machine Works, Inc.	180
6	THRU TUBING SOLUTIONS, INC.	137
7	Kerr Machine Co.	109
8	Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC	106
9	Baker Hughes Holdings LLC	97
10	Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC	96

Technology Categories

Category	Patents	Share
construction	1,447	19.6%
mechanical engineering	1,158	15.7%
chemistry & materials	1,147	15.5%
mechanical & manufacturing	1,051	14.2%
software & computing	1,050	14.2%
biotech & life sciences	903	12.2%
electronics & semiconductors	584	7.9%
textiles	37	0.5%

Universities in Oklahoma

Oklahoma

Innovation DNA

Innovation Ecosystem

Patent Activity by Year

Top Patent Holders

Technology Categories

Universities in Oklahoma

Oklahoma State University

Oral Roberts University

Southwestern Oklahoma State University

University Of Central Oklahoma

University Of Oklahoma

University Of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

University Of Tulsa