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Ashland Inc. (ASH)

NYSE: ASH · Wholesale-Chemicals & Allied Products · Wilmington, DE · filing with the SEC since 2016
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US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

2,955 patents granted to the 17 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 Ashland Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
2,955
2,907 utility, 28 design, 10 reissue, 6 statutory invention registration, 4 defensive publication, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
4
Against 6 in 2024 and 11 in 2023
Applications published
651
14 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
17
a subsidiary, its own name
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
Organic fine chemistry27
Macromolecular chemistry, polymers12
Basic materials chemistry6
Pharmaceuticals5
Food chemistry2
Environmental technology2
Semiconductors1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name17 counted
HERCULES LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 3 more under the same name are not counted (printed in DE)
1,211 granted
113 published
ISP INVESTMENTS LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 6 more under the same name are not counted (printed in DE)
734 granted
374 published
Ashland Oil, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
636 granted
0 published
Ashland, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
240 granted
36 published
Ashland Licensing and Intellectual Property LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
107 granted
64 published
ISP INVESTMENTS LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US. 4 more under the same name are not counted (printed in DE)
0 granted
25 published
HERCULES INCORPORATED a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US. 5 more under the same name are not counted (printed in DE)
0 granted
19 published
ASHLAND LICENSING AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
13 published
AVOCA LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
4 granted
5 published
Hercofina a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
9 granted
0 published
ISP Chemicals Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
9 granted
0 published
ISP Technologies, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2 granted
0 published
ASHLAND INDUSTRIES EUROPE GMBH a subsidiary
CH, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
ASHLAND INDUSTRIES EUROPE GMBH a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in CH
0 granted
1 published
AVOCA, INC. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
1 published
International Specialty Products, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
WSP, LLC 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
Dec 16, 202512,497,478High molecular weight block copolymers comprising repeating units derived from monomers comprising lactam and acryloyl moieties and hydrophilic monomers, compositions, and applications thereofOrganic fine chemistryISP INVESTMENTS LLC
Nov 4, 202512,458,584Oral hygiene compositions for preventing the formation of oral biofilms and process for preparing the sameOrganic fine chemistryISP INVESTMENTS LLC
May 20, 202512,302,899Liquid concentrate for preservationBasic materials chemistryISP INVESTMENTS LLC
Feb 4, 202512,214,067Oil-in-water emulsion sunscreen compositionOrganic fine chemistryISP INVESTMENTS LLC
Oct 22, 202412,122,866Reaction products of diglycidyl ethers with difunctional active hydrogen containing and hydrophobic componentsMacromolecular chemistry, polymersHERCULES LLC
Sep 24, 202412,098,291Smooth high solids film coating composition comprising water soluble cellulose ether, process for preparing the same and method of use thereofBasic materials chemistryISP INVESTMENTS LLC
Sep 10, 202412,082,582Synergistic preservative compositions, process for preparing the same and method of use thereofBasic materials chemistryISP INVESTMENTS LLC
Feb 27, 202411,912,831Hydroxyethylpyrrolidone ethacrylate/glycidyl ethacrylate copolymersMacromolecular chemistry, polymersISP INVESTMENTS LLC
Feb 20, 202411,910,724Thickener systems for oral care compositions and a method for preparing the sameSemiconductorsISP INVESTMENTS LLC
Jan 2, 202411,859,029Methods of synthesis of homopolymers and non-homopolymers comprising repeating units derived from monomers comprising lactam and acryloyl moieties in an aqueous mediumMacromolecular chemistry, polymersISP INVESTMENTS LLC
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 25, 20252025/0388705WATER-SOLUBLE, BIODEGRADABLE DIHYDROXYALKYL CELLULOSEOrganic fine chemistryISP INVESTMENTS LLC
Dec 25, 20252025/0387311SCLAREOL OR SCLAREOLIDE FOR IMPROVING SCALP CONDITIONS AND HAIR GROWTHPharmaceuticalsISP INVESTMENTS LLC
Jul 24, 20252025/0236820BIODEGRADABLE MICROCAPSULES WITH IMPROVED STORAGE STABILITY, PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE SAME AND METHOD OF USE THEREOFOrganic fine chemistryISP INVESTMENTS LLC
Jun 26, 20252025/0205136HAIR SPRAY COMPOSITION COMPRISING CELLULOSE BLENDS AND PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE SAMEOrganic fine chemistryISP INVESTMENTS LLC
Jun 12, 20252025/0189683RADIATION SENSITIVE FILMS HAVING HIGH RADIATION SENSITIVITIESEnvironmental technologyISP INVESTMENTS LLC
Jun 12, 20252025/0186351CO-PROCESSED EXCIPIENT COMPOSITIONPharmaceuticalsISP INVESTMENTS LLC
Jun 5, 20252025/0177347SCLAREOL OR SCLAREOLIDE FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATORY SKIN CONDITIONSPharmaceuticalsISP INVESTMENTS LLC
May 29, 20252025/0170044MULTI-MODAL HAIR CARE COMPOSITION COMPRISING CATIONIC GUAR BLENDS AND PROCESS FOR PREPARATION THEREOFOrganic fine chemistryISP INVESTMENTS LLC
May 22, 20252025/0161195METHOD FOR OBTAINING PLANT EXTRACTS COMPRISING AN AUTOFERMENTATION STEP, COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING SUCH EXTRACTS AND COMETIC USES THEREOFOrganic fine chemistryISP INVESTMENTS LLC
Apr 3, 20252025/0109360COMPOSITION COMPRISING MODIFIED CARBOXYMETHYL CELLULOSE AS DISPERSION PERFORMANCE ENHANCERSMacromolecular chemistry, polymersISP INVESTMENTS LLC
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Organic fine chemistry 19 · Macromolecular chemistry, polymers 7 · Pharmaceuticals 4 · Basic materials chemistry 2 · Environmental technology 2 · Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 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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