In 2013, 5,350 residents in the Rural Capital Area (RCA) were granted patents by the US Patent and Trademark Office. Williamson County had the most inventors (3,184) followed by Hays County (2,081). Multiple inventors can be attributed to a single patent.
The number of inventors in the Rural Capital Area increased 40% from 2008 to 2013. The number of inventors in Bastrop and Burnet counties more than doubled. Growth in Hays County outpaced Williamson County.
