Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Katy, TX ranks #263 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 11,586 patents from 2,042 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Katy, TX include Alcatel Lucent, Baker Hughes Holdings, Automotive Technologies International. That works out to 529.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 2,042 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Tao Yang Alcatel Lucent 239
2 Michael H. Johnson Baker Hughes Holdings 174
3 Wilbur E. DuVall Automotive Technologies International 166
#4 Peijun Jiang ExxonMobil 137
#5 Do Hoon Kim Samsung 115
#6 Songhua Chen Halliburton Energy Services 107
#7 Gang Hua Microsoft 106
#8 Ilwhan Park Howmedica Osteonics 101
#9 Thomas David Fowler Shell Oil Compny 86
#10 Yong Ma Covidien Lp 84
#11 Keith Adams GE 83
#12 Zhenhua Zhou 82
#13 Mahendra Joshi American Air Liquide 80
#14 Brian W. Walther Dow Global Technologies 74
#15 Pui K. Wong Shell Oil Compny 73
#16 Paul Steven Wallace GE 72
#17 Oleg A. Mazyar Baker Hughes Holdings 70
#18 Robert C. Bening Kraton Polymers 68
#19 Fu-Ming Lee Phillips Petroleum 66
#20 Lijun Lin Schlumberger Technology 65
#20 Ossama R. Sehsah Saudi Arabian Oil 65
#22 Robert C. Job Shell Oil Compny 64
#23 Hui-Hai Liu Saudi Arabian Oil 60
#24 Opinder Kishan Bhan Shell Oil Compny 59
#25 James A. Patterson Zoll Medical 58
#26 Robert S. O'Brien Baker Hughes Holdings 57
#27 Stig Rune Lennart Tenghamn Pgs Geophysical As 55
#28 Roddie R. Smith Weatherford/Lamb 54
#29 Shunfeng Zheng Schlumberger Technology 53
#30 Ajay Madhav Madgavkar Shell Oil Compny 48
#30 Viraj Chaudhary Capital One Services 48
#32 Tuong Thanh Le Weatherford Technology Holdings 45
#33 Alfred E. Keller 44
#33 Carl M. Edwards Baker Hughes Holdings 44
#35 Jeremy Moloney Ecolab Usa 43
#35 Benjamin Vascal Knight G&H Diversified Manufacturing Lp 43
#35 John D. Ward GE 43
#38 Todd Roper Carbo Ceramics 40
#39 Robert A. Moore Markem 39
#40 Mark Elliott Willis Halliburton Energy Services 38
#40 Robert Donald Mack Shell Oil Compny 38
#42 Anthony M. Badalamenti Halliburton Energy Services 36
#42 Ghaithan A. Al-Muntasheri Saudi Arabian Oil 36
#44 Lon W. Risinger Intel 35
#44 Mohammed Sayed Saudi Arabian Oil 35
#44 Xiaowei Weng Schlumberger Technology 35
#44 Richard Timothy Coates Schlumberger Technology 35
#44 Richard Meehan Schlumberger Technology 35
#49 Reinhart Ciglenec Schlumberger Technology 34
#49 Daniel Ewing Baker Hughes, A Ge Company 34

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