Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Katy, TX ranks #234 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 535 patents from 308 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Katy, TX include Howmedica Osteonics, Samsung, Baker Hughes Holdings. That works out to 24.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 308 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Ilwhan Park Howmedica Osteonics 15
2 Do Hoon Kim Samsung 13
2 Michael H. Johnson Baker Hughes Holdings 13
#4 Tao Yang Alcatel Lucent 12
#5 Oleg A. Mazyar Baker Hughes Holdings 10
#6 Yong Ma Covidien Lp 7
#6 Purnima Surampudi Rivada Research 7
#8 John D. Ward GE 6
#9 John S. Sladic Weatherford Technology Holdings 5
#9 Carl M. Edwards Baker Hughes Holdings 5
#9 Ajit Ranade Sonoco Development 5
#9 Tuong Thanh Le Weatherford Technology Holdings 5
#9 Peijun Jiang ExxonMobil 5
#9 Tasneem A. Mandviwala Halliburton Energy Services 5
#9 Keith Adams GE 5
#16 Sean L. Gaudette Baker Hughes Holdings 4
#16 Brian Keith Russell Covidien Lp 4
#16 Daniel Ewing 4
#16 Andrey Mirakyan Schlumberger Technology 4
#16 Luis F. Quintero Halliburton Energy Services 4
#16 Robert S. O'Brien Baker Hughes Holdings 4
#16 Matthias Imhof ExxonMobil 4
#16 Lijun Lin Schlumberger Technology 4
#16 Alfred E. Keller 4
#16 Mark Elliott Willis Halliburton Energy Services 4
#16 Zhimin Tan GE 4
#16 Johnnie E. Kotrla Cameron International 4
#16 Zhiyi Li Guangzhou Ehang Intelligent Technology Co. 4
#29 Xiaowei Weng Schlumberger Technology 3
#29 Buo Chen American Omni Trading Company 3
#29 Cesar G. Garcia Weatherford Technology Holdings 3
#29 Shunfeng Zheng Schlumberger Technology 3
#29 Lisa Mangos Mary Kay 3
#29 Songhua Chen Halliburton Energy Services 3
#29 Victoria M. Pons Weatherford Technology Holdings 3
#29 Glenn Charles Komplin Shell Oil Compny 3
#29 Partha S. Routh ExxonMobil 3
#29 Lon W. Risinger Intel 3
#29 Sudhir Aki Invista North America S.A.R.L. 3
#29 Nicholas Carrejo Baker Hughes Holdings 3
#29 Curt Schneider Ion Geophysical 3
#29 Joshua Scott Trynex 3
#29 Ahmed M. Nassar IBM 3
#29 Ronald A. De Witt Foro Energy 3
#45 Alejandro Pena Schlumberger Technology 2
#45 Zhengang Lu Global Energy Interconnection Research Institute Co. 2
#45 George Taylor Armistead Chevron 2
#45 Souvik Mukherjee Carbo Ceramics 2
#45 Anindra Mazumdar GE 2
#45 Jason P. Lacombe Baker Hughes Holdings 2

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