Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
578 patents granted to the 11 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 Albany International Corp’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
578
573 utility, 4 reissue, 1 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
3
Against 6 in 2024 and 7 in 2023
Applications published
109
5 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
11
its own name, a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
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
Textile and paper machines13
Other special machines7
Mechanical elements3
Surface technology, coating1
Engines, pumps, turbines1
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name11 counted
Albany International Corp its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
493 granted
43 publishedAlbany Engineered Composites, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
54 granted
24 publishedAlbany Engineered Composites, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
17 publishedAlbany International Corp. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
16 publishedHeimbach GmbH a subsidiary
DE, as the owner printed on each patent
13 granted
0 publishedHeimbach GmbH & Co. KG a subsidiary
DE, as the owner printed on each patent
6 granted
4 publishedAlbany International Research Co. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
5 granted
0 publishedMARATHON BELTING LIMITED a subsidiary
GB, as the owner printed on each patent
3 granted
2 publishedINDUSTRIE TESSILI BRESCIANE S.p.A., a subsidiary
IT, as the owner printed on each patent
2 granted
1 publishedGeschmay Corp. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2 granted
0 publishedHeimbach GmbH & Co. KG a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in DE
0 granted
2 published
Names not counted (1)
ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORP /DE/
Most of its patents print SE; this name counts in US. 2 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Nov 18, 2025 | 12,472,701 | Reinforced structure having continuous fiber reinforced elements and method of making thereof | Other special machines | Albany Engineered Composites, Inc. |
| Nov 4, 2025 | 12,460,350 | Discretized patterned belt for tissues, towels, and nonwovens | Textile and paper machines | Albany International Corp |
| Jul 1, 2025 | 12,343,956 | Drum lagging material | Textile and paper machines | Albany International Corp |
| Oct 15, 2024 | 12,117,040 | Rod end made of thermoplastic fiber-reinforced plastic | Mechanical elements | Albany Engineered Composites, Inc. |
| Sep 24, 2024 | 12,098,485 | Curved preform and method of making thereof | Textile and paper machines | Albany Engineered Composites, Inc. |
| Jun 4, 2024 | 12,000,069 | Three-dimensional woven support beam and method of making thereof | Textile and paper machines | Albany Engineered Composites, Inc. |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 11,973,377 | Process for applying fiber-reinforced plastic sleeves | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | Albany Engineered Composites, Inc. |
| Apr 16, 2024 | 11,959,511 | Rod end with locking device for struts | Mechanical elements | Albany Engineered Composites, Inc. |
| Feb 27, 2024 | 11,913,499 | Method for producing a positive-locking load application for rod-shaped fiber composite structures, and the design thereof | Other special machines | Albany Engineered Composites, Inc. |
| Nov 14, 2023 | 11,813,806 | Reinforced structure having continuous fiber reinforced elements and method of making thereof | Other special machines | Albany Engineered Composites, Inc. |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| May 8, 2025 | 2025/0144908 | Drum Lagging Material | Textile and paper machines | Albany International Corp |
| Feb 20, 2025 | 2025/0058542 | Drum Lagging Material | Textile and paper machines | Albany International Corp · patent 12,343,956 granted from it |
| Jan 30, 2025 | 2025/0035151 | Rod End Made of Thermoplastic Fiber-Reinforced Plastic | Mechanical elements | Albany Engineered Composites, Inc. |
| Jan 30, 2025 | 2025/0034762 | Structuring Fabric Having Long Warp Knuckles | Textile and paper machines | Albany International Corp. |
| Jan 2, 2025 | 2025/0001743 | Extruded Reinforced Industrial Belt with Embedded Layer | Other special machines | Albany International Corp. |
| Jul 25, 2024 | 2024/0246867 | Carbon-Carbon Composites and Related Methods of Fabricating Three-Dimensional Carbon-Carbon Composites Using Closed Tool Multiple Infusion Resin Transfer Molding Processes | Materials, metallurgy | Albany Engineered Composites, Inc. |
| Jan 4, 2024 | 2024/0001626 | Reinforced Structure Having Continuous Fiber Reinforced Elements and Method of Making Thereof | Other special machines | Albany Engineered Composites, Inc. · patent 12,472,701 granted from it |
| Jan 4, 2024 | 2024/0001602 | Extruded Reinforced Industrial Belt | Textile and paper machines | Albany International Corp. |
| Oct 19, 2023 | 2023/0332353 | Discretized Patterned Belt for Tissues, Towels, and Nonwovens | Textile and paper machines | Albany International Corp. · patent 12,460,350 granted from it |
| Aug 24, 2023 | 2023/0265882 | Rod End Made of Thermoplastic Fiber-Reinforced Plastic | Mechanical elements | Albany Engineered Composites, Inc. · patent 12,117,040 granted from it |
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Textile and paper machines 4 · Other special machines 2 · Materials, metallurgy 1 · Mechanical elements 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.