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Cactus, Inc. (WHD)

NYSE: WHD · Oil & Gas Field Machinery & Equipment · Houston, TX · filing with the SEC since 2017
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US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

35 patents granted to the 5 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to Cactus, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
35
35 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
8
Against 4 in 2024 and 3 in 2023
Applications published
33
6 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
5
a subsidiary, its own name
By yearGrantedApplications published
'08'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
Civil engineering12
Mechanical elements9
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name5 counted
CACTUS WELLHEAD, LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
25 published
Cactus Wellhead, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
20 granted
4 published
Cactus, LLC its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
11 granted
3 published
FlexSteel USA, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
4 granted
0 published
Cactus, LLC its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
1 published
Names not counted (2)
FlexSteel Pipeline Technologies, Ltd.
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in CA. 0 granted and 7 published under it are not counted.
FlexSteel Pipeline Technologies, Ltd.
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in CA. 5 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 30, 202512,510,196Flexible pipe jointMechanical elementsFlexSteel USA, LLC
Dec 23, 202512,503,927Casing string rotation systems and methodsCivil engineeringCactus Wellhead, LLC
Nov 4, 202512,460,747System and method for deploying coils of spoolable pipeMechanical elementsFlexSteel USA, LLC
Oct 21, 202512,449,080Pipe-in-pipe outer pipeline sealing systems and methodsMechanical elementsFlexSteel USA, LLC
Aug 5, 202512,379,075Real time integrity monitoring of on-shore pipesMechanical elementsFlexSteel USA, LLC
Jun 24, 202512,338,703Isolation sleeveCivil engineeringCactus Wellhead, LLC
Mar 18, 202512,253,181System for fluid transferCivil engineeringCactus Wellhead, LLC
Mar 11, 202512,247,455Nested lock screwCivil engineeringCactus Wellhead, LLC
Oct 1, 202412,104,477Well lockout and automation systems and methodsCivil engineeringCactus Wellhead, LLC
Sep 10, 202412,084,940Systems and methods for deployment of a frac ball into a wellboreCivil engineeringCactus Wellhead, LLC
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Nov 20, 20252025/0354457LOW MAINTENANCE FLUID VALVE SYSTEMS AND METHODSCivil engineeringCACTUS WELLHEAD, LLC
Oct 2, 20252025/0305380WELLHEAD SYSTEMS AND METHODSCivil engineeringCACTUS WELLHEAD, LLC
Sep 18, 20252025/0290383ISOLATION SLEEVECivil engineeringCACTUS WELLHEAD, LLC
Aug 7, 20252025/0250890WELL LOCKOUT AND AUTOMATION SYSTEMS AND METHODSCivil engineeringCACTUS WELLHEAD, LLC
Jun 26, 20252025/0207674SYSTEM FOR FLUID TRANSFERCivil engineeringCACTUS WELLHEAD, LLC
Mar 27, 20252025/0101828CASING STRING ROTATION SYSTEMS AND METHODSCivil engineeringCACTUS WELLHEAD, LLC · patent 12,503,927 granted from it
Nov 28, 20242024/0392673WELL LOCKOUT AND AUTOMATION SYSTEMS AND METHODSCivil engineeringCACTUS WELLHEAD, LLC
Oct 3, 20242024/0328295REMOTE HYDRAULIC VALVE CONTROL SYSTEMCivil engineeringCACTUS WELLHEAD, LLC
Sep 19, 20242024/0309741WELL LOCKOUT AND AUTOMATION SYSTEMS AND METHODSCivil engineeringCACTUS WELLHEAD, LLC · patent 12,104,477 granted from it
Sep 19, 20242024/0309720NESTED LOCK SCREWCivil engineeringCACTUS WELLHEAD, LLC · patent 12,247,455 granted from it
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Civil engineering 11.

A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.

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