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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Katy, TX ranks #206 worldwide for total patents filed in 2018, with 572 patents from 334 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Katy, TX include Samsung, Alcatel Lucent, Baker Hughes Holdings. That works out to 26.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 334 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Do Hoon Kim Samsung 14
2 Tao Yang Alcatel Lucent 13
2 Michael H. Johnson Baker Hughes Holdings 13
#4 Ghaithan A. Al-Muntasheri Saudi Arabian Oil 12
#5 Ilwhan Park Howmedica Osteonics 8
#5 Oleg A. Mazyar Baker Hughes Holdings 8
#7 Robert S. O'Brien Baker Hughes Holdings 7
#7 Keith Adams GE 7
#9 Songhua Chen Halliburton Energy Services 5
#9 Hui-Hai Liu Saudi Arabian Oil 5
#9 Stig Rune Lennart Tenghamn Pgs Geophysical As 5
#9 Cesar G. Garcia Weatherford Technology Holdings 5
#9 Lon W. Risinger Intel 5
#9 Peijun Jiang ExxonMobil 5
#15 Charles M. Franklin Innovative Pressure Testing 4
#15 Nicholas Carrejo Baker Hughes Holdings 4
#15 Tasneem A. Mandviwala Halliburton Energy Services 4
#15 Paul Steven Wallace GE 4
#15 Matthias Imhof ExxonMobil 4
#15 John D. Ward GE 4
#15 Stephen K. Chiu 4
#15 Ahmed M. Nassar IBM 4
#15 Todd Roper Carbo Ceramics 4
#15 Kelly Hearnsberger Daikin Manufacturing Company 4
#25 Yong Ma Covidien Lp 3
#25 Dennis G. Urech Behavioral Recognition Systems 3
#25 Johnnie E. Kotrla Cameron International 3
#25 Jose L. Gilarranz Dresser-Rand 3
#25 Carl M. Edwards Baker Hughes Holdings 3
#25 Ziping Hu 3
#25 Victoria M. Pons Weatherford Technology Holdings 3
#25 Emmanuel Coste Schlumberger Technology 3
#25 Gang Hua Microsoft 3
#25 Balkrishna Gadiyar Schlumberger Technology 3
#25 Jinhong Chen Saudi Arabian Oil 3
#25 Terry W. Boykin Coban Technologies 3
#25 Timothy Sherbeck Forum Us 3
#25 Nicholas F. Urbanski Uop 3
#25 Matthew G. Taylor Preston Hage 3
#25 Mark Williamson Bank of America 3
#25 Gerrit Kroesen Cameron International 3
#25 Andy Patterson Proserv Operations 3
#25 Thomas Hayes Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 3
#25 Pubudu H. Gamage Halliburton Energy Services 3
#25 Lijun Lin Schlumberger Technology 3
#25 John S. Sladic Weatherford Technology Holdings 3
#25 David Kim Schlumberger Technology 3
#25 Alejandro Pena Schlumberger Technology 3
#49 Joel David Bell Bell Technologies 2
#49 Richard A. Cully Innovative Pressure Testing 2

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