Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
51 patents granted to the 6 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 Avnet, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
51
26 design, 25 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
none
in the last year the record reads
Applications published
6
since 2001, to Dec 31, 2025
Names they are printed under
6
its own name, a subsidiary
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
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name6 counted
Avnet, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 publishedPremier Farnell, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 publishedAvnet, Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
2 publishedElement 14 Limited a subsidiary
GB, as the owner printed on each patent
1 publishedPremier Farnell UK Limited a subsidiary
GB, as the owner printed on each patent
1 publishedAVNET ASIA PTE LTD. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in SG
1 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Mar 30, 2021 | 10,963,525 | Artificial intelligence system for providing relevant content queries across unconnected websites via a conversational environment | Computer technology | Avnet, Inc. |
| Jun 10, 2014 | 8,751,464 | Integrated version control in a business intelligence environment | IT methods for management | Avnet, Inc. |
| May 8, 2012 | D658,989 | Tray for shipping electronic components | | Premier Farnell UK Limited |
| Aug 23, 2011 | 8,002,231 | Adjustable support device | Furniture, games | Avnet, Inc. |
| Apr 12, 2005 | 6,877,676 | Firefighting nozzle | Chemical engineering | Premier Farnell, LLC |
| Jun 11, 2002 | 6,404,357 | Digital/analogue communication system for increasing transfer efficiency of digital sample data | Digital communication | Element 14 Limited |
| Jan 16, 2001 | 6,173,940 | Valve ball configuration | Mechanical elements | Premier Farnell, LLC |
| Aug 29, 2000 | 6,109,360 | Fire fighting monitor | Environmental technology | Premier Farnell, LLC |
| Mar 21, 2000 | 6,039,269 | Coanda effect nozzle | Chemical engineering | Premier Farnell, LLC |
| Jul 7, 1998 | 5,775,596 | Foam generating nozzle | Environmental technology | Premier Farnell, LLC |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Aug 8, 2019 | 2019/0243435 | ELECTRONIC DEVICES | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | AVNET ASIA PTE LTD. |
| Jan 17, 2019 | 2019/0019129 | COMPUTER SOFTWARE PLATFORM FOR SUPPLY CHAIN | Computer technology | Avnet, Inc. |
| Jan 10, 2019 | 2019/0012390 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING RELEVANT CONTENT QUERIES ACROSS UNCONNECTED WEBSITES VIA A CONVERSATIONAL ENVIRONMENT | Computer technology | Avnet, Inc. · patent 10,963,525 granted from it |
| Dec 8, 2011 | 2011/0297580 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT PACKAGING | Audio-visual technology | Premier Farnell UK Limited |
| May 13, 2010 | 2010/0116950 | Adjustable Support Device | Furniture, games | Avnet, Inc. · patent 8,002,231 granted from it |
| Oct 16, 2003 | 2003/0194139 | Switching between decoded image channels | Digital communication | Element 14 Limited · patent 6,754,392 granted from it |
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.