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Williams Companies Inc. (WMB)

NYSE: WMB · Natural Gas Transmission · Tulsa, OK · filing with the SEC since 1994
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US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

142 patents granted to the 14 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 Williams Companies Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
142
139 utility, 2 design, 1 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
3
Against 4 in 2024 and 2 in 2023
Applications published
46
3 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
14
a subsidiary, its own name
By yearGrantedApplications published
'10'11'12'13'14'15'16'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
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
Measurement8
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy4
Environmental technology2
Materials, metallurgy2
Other special machines1
Engines, pumps, turbines1
Chemical engineering1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name14 counted
WILLIAMS INTERNATIONAL CO., L.L.C. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
113 granted
31 published
The Williams Companies, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
10 granted
0 published
INGU Solutions Inc. a subsidiary
CA, as the owner printed on each patent
8 granted
1 published
INGU Solutions Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in CA
0 granted
7 published
ION Clean Energy, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
3 granted
1 published
AURORA HYDROGEN INC. a subsidiary
CA, as the owner printed on each patent
2 granted
1 published
LONGPATH TECHNOLOGIES, INC. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
2 published
WILLIAMS INTERNATIONAL CO., L.L.C. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
2 published
Williams Field Services Gulf Coast Company, L.P. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2 granted
0 published
AURORA HYDROGEN INC. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in CA
0 granted
1 published
LONGPATH TECHNOLOGIES, INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
Northwest Pipeline Corporation a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
Orbital Sidekick, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
Williams Field Services Company a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Nov 18, 202512,472,537Hydrocarbon gas emissions control device for pipeline pigging operationsChemical engineeringThe Williams Companies, Inc.
Jul 1, 202512,345,633Optical spectroscopy for characterizing atmospheric emissionsMeasurementLONGPATH TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Mar 18, 202512,251,657Carbon dioxide capture system and method with mass transfer contactorEnvironmental technologyION Clean Energy, Inc.
Nov 19, 202412,146,971Systems and methods for determining absolute velocity and position of a sensor device for measuring fluid and fluid conduit propertiesMeasurementINGU Solutions Inc.
Nov 19, 202412,145,846Methods for preparing hydrogen and solid carbon from a gaseous hydrocarbon source using microwaves and/or radio wavesMaterials, metallurgyAURORA HYDROGEN INC.
Oct 22, 202412,122,672Methods for preparing hydrogen and solid carbon from a gaseous hydrocarbon source using microwaves and/or radio wavesMaterials, metallurgyAURORA HYDROGEN INC.
Jul 23, 202412,042,762Carbon dioxide capture system and spectroscopic evaluation thereofMeasurementION Clean Energy, Inc.
Oct 3, 202311,773,716System, method and device for fluid conduit inspectionMeasurementINGU Solutions Inc.
Sep 26, 202311,767,944Mount assembly, a system and a method for collecting fluid conduit dataMeasurementINGU Solutions Inc.
Aug 2, 202211,406,035Sensor device, systems, and methods for identifying leaks in a fluid conduitMeasurementINGU Solutions Inc.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Oct 23, 20252025/0327745OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY FOR CHARACTERIZING ATMOSPHERIC EMISSIONSMeasurementLONGPATH TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Apr 3, 20252025/0110047OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY FOR CHARACTERIZING ATMOSPHERIC EMISSIONSMeasurementLONGPATH TECHNOLOGIES, INC. · patent 12,345,633 granted from it
Feb 13, 20252025/0052850SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING ABSOLUTE VELOCITY AND POSITION OF A SENSOR DEVICE FOR MEASURING FLUID AND FLUID CONDUIT PROPERTIESMeasurementINGU Solutions Inc.
Jul 18, 20242024/0239652METHODS FOR PREPARING HYDROGEN AND SOLID CARBON FROM A GASEOUS HYDROCARBON SOURCE USING MICROWAVES AND/OR RADIO WAVESMaterials, metallurgyAURORA HYDROGEN INC. · patent 12,145,846 granted from it
Jun 29, 20232023/0202839METHODS FOR PREPARING HYDROGEN AND SOLID CARBON FROM A GASEOUS HYDROCARBON SOURCE USING MICROWAVES AND/OR RADIO WAVESMaterials, metallurgyAURORA HYDROGEN INC. · patent 12,122,672 granted from it
Mar 30, 20232023/0099157SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING ABSOLUTE VELOCITY AND POSITION OF A SENSOR DEVICE FOR MEASURING FLUID AND FLUID CONDUIT PROPERTIESMeasurementINGU Solutions Inc. · patent 12,146,971 granted from it
Jun 23, 20222022/0201887SENSOR DEVICE, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING LEAKS IN A FLUID CONDUITMeasurementINGU Solutions Inc.
Mar 31, 20222022/0098995GAS-TURBINE-ENGINE OVERSPEED PROTECTION SYSTEMEngines, pumps, turbinesWILLIAMS INTERNATIONAL CO., L.L.C.
Jan 27, 20222022/0023794CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURE SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH MASS TRANSFER CONTACTOREnvironmental technologyION Clean Energy, Inc. · patent 12,251,657 granted from it
Oct 7, 20212021/0310412EXTERNAL AUXILIARY POWER UNITTransportWILLIAMS INTERNATIONAL CO., L.L.C.
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Measurement 3 · Materials, metallurgy 1.

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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