Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. (APD)
NYSE: APD · Industrial Inorganic Chemicals · Allentown, PA · filing with the SEC since 1994
Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 20263,226 patents granted to the 9 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 Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
3,226
3,211 utility, 9 reissue, 5 design, 1 statutory invention registration, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
24
Against 29 in 2024 and 21 in 2023
Applications published
1,069
50 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
9
its own name, a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
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
Chemical engineering34
Environmental technology13
Engines, pumps, turbines11
Thermal processes and apparatus10
Materials, metallurgy10
Mechanical elements6
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy5
Surface technology, coating4
Control3
Measurement2
Basic materials chemistry2
Organic fine chemistry2
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name9 counted
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1,011 published
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in PA)
51 published
Permea, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Sociedad Espanola De Carburos Metalicos, S.A. a subsidiary
ES, as the owner printed on each patent
4 published
Matgas 2000, A.I.E. a subsidiary
ES, as the owner printed on each patent
1 published
AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS INC., A Delaware Corporation its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 published
AIR PRODUCTS GMBH a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in DE
1 published
AirProducts and Chemicals INC its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Sapio Produzione Idrogeno Ossigeno a subsidiary
IT, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Names not counted (6)
ProCal
Most of its patents print FR; this name counts in US. 4 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
Lida SAS
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in FR. 2 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
Helios S.p.A.
Most of its patents print JP; this name counts in DZ. 0 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
Helios S.p.A.
Most of its patents print IT; this name counts in DZ. 1 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
Napro S.A.
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in BE. 1 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
TAIWAN, CHINA
Only generic words.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 2025 | 12,512,431 | Apparatus and method for wafer oxide removal and reflow treatment | Semiconductors | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 12,510,031 | Apparatus and process for starting up and shutting down a feed of fuel for a turbine apparatus | Engines, pumps, turbines | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. |
| Dec 16, 2025 | 12,497,936 | Apparatus and process for cooling pressurized gas for fueling | Mechanical elements | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. |
| Dec 16, 2025 | 12,497,290 | Process and apparatus for cracking ammonia | Chemical engineering | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. |
| Dec 9, 2025 | 12,492,815 | Apparatus and process for oxidant formation | Chemical engineering | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. |
| Oct 14, 2025 | 12,442,377 | Process and apparatus for compressing hydrogen gas in a hybrid compression system | Engines, pumps, turbines | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. |
| Oct 14, 2025 | 12,442,369 | Method and system for load control of reciprocating compressors | Engines, pumps, turbines | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. |
| Oct 14, 2025 | 12,441,646 | Method for tin bath monitoring and control | Other special machines | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 12,428,294 | Process and apparatus for cracking ammonia | Chemical engineering | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. |
| Sep 23, 2025 | 12,421,109 | Process and apparatus for cracking ammonia | Chemical engineering | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Chemical engineering 37 · Environmental technology 16 · Materials, metallurgy 13 · Thermal processes and apparatus 10 · Mechanical elements 8 · Basic materials chemistry 5.
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.