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Astrotech Corporation (ASTC)

Nasdaq: ASTC · Laboratory Analytical Instruments · Austin, TX · filing with the SEC since 1996
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US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

25 patents granted to the 2 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 Astrotech Corporation’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
25
25 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
5
Against 3 in 2024 and 4 in 2023
Applications published
19
4 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
2
its own name, a former name
By yearGrantedApplications published
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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
Measurement5
Medical technology5
Transport4
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name2 counted
Astro Tech Co., Ltd. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 5 more under the same name are not counted (printed in TW)
14 granted
14 published
SPACEHAB, INC. a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
11 granted
5 published
Names not counted (1)
ASTROTECH Corp
Most of its patents print TW; this name counts in US. 0 granted and 6 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 9, 202512,493,159Apparatus, fiber optic sensor assembly and sensor housing assembly utilizing viscous material composition to mitigate signal attenuationMedical technologyAstro Tech Co., Ltd.
Sep 30, 202512,429,613Boundary traversal sensing apparatus and system comprising sameMeasurementAstro Tech Co., Ltd.
Sep 2, 202512,404,043System and method for monitoring activity and/or environment conditions of an area surrounding a pipelineTransportAstro Tech Co., Ltd.
Aug 12, 202512,386,089Sensor displacement tuning body and apparatuses, systems, and methods comprising sameMeasurementAstro Tech Co., Ltd.
Jan 14, 202512,196,634Systems, devices and methods for monitoring support platform structural conditionsTransportAstro Tech Co., Ltd.
Nov 5, 202412,135,235Pipeline condition sensing for protecting against theft of a substance flowing through a pipelineMeasurementAstro Tech Co., Ltd.
Jan 9, 202411,867,964Apparatus, system and method enabling multiplexed arrangement of optical fiber for sensing of operating conditions within a structural memberMedical technologyAstro Tech Co., Ltd.
Jan 9, 202411,867,963Apparatus, system and method enabling multiplexed arrangement of optical fiber for sensing of operating conditions within a structural memberMedical technologyAstro Tech Co., Ltd.
Dec 26, 202311,852,885Apparatus, system and method enabling multiplexed arrangement of optical fiber for sensing of operating conditions within a structural memberMedical technologyAstro Tech Co., Ltd.
Jul 11, 202311,698,291Pipeline condition sensing for protecting against theft of a substance flowing through a pipelineMeasurementAstro Tech Co., Ltd.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 25, 20252025/0389858BOUNDARY TRAVERSAL SENSING APPARATUS AND SYSTEM COMPRISING SAMEMeasurementAstro Tech Co., Ltd.
Oct 9, 20252025/0314788SENSOR DISPLACEMENT TUNING BODY AND APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS COMPRISING SAMEMeasurementAstro Tech Co., Ltd.
Mar 27, 20252025/0102382SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MONITORING SUPPORT PLATFORM STRUCTURAL CONDITIONSTransportAstro Tech Co., Ltd.
Jan 16, 20252025/0020505PIPELINE CONDITION SENSING FOR PROTECTING AGAINST THEFT OF A SUBSTANCE FLOWING THROUGH A PIPELINEMeasurementAstro Tech Co., Ltd.
Sep 19, 20242024/0310539SENSOR DISPLACEMENT TUNING BODY AND APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS COMPRISING SAMEMeasurementAstro Tech Co., Ltd. · patent 12,386,089 granted from it
Sep 19, 20242024/0310538BOUNDARY TRAVERSAL SENSING APPARATUS AND SYSTEM COMPRISING SAMEMeasurementAstro Tech Co., Ltd. · patent 12,429,613 granted from it
Dec 21, 20232023/0408305SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING ACTIVITY AND/OR ENVIRONMENT CONDITIONS OF AN AREA SURROUNDING A PIPELINETransportAstro Tech Co., Ltd. · patent 12,404,043 granted from it
Dec 14, 20232023/0400349PIPELINE CONDITION SENSING FOR PROTECTING AGAINST THEFT OF A SUBSTANCE FLOWING THROUGH A PIPELINEMeasurementAstro Tech Co., Ltd. · patent 12,135,235 granted from it
Jul 13, 20232023/0221197STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND SUPPORT PLATFORM MADE USING INFORMATION GENERATED BY SAMETransportAstro Tech Co., Ltd.
Jul 13, 20232023/0221196SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MONITORING SUPPORT PLATFORM STRUCTURAL CONDITIONSTransportAstro Tech Co., Ltd. · patent 12,196,634 granted from it
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Measurement 5 · Transport 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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