Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
12 patents granted to the 5 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 Blink Charging Co.’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
12
7 utility, 5 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
none
Against 1 in 2024 and 1 in 2023
Applications published
7
since 2001, to Dec 31, 2025
Names they are printed under
5
a subsidiary, its own name
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
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name5 counted
SemaConnect, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
6 publishedEcotality, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 publishedBlink Acquisition, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 publishedBlink Charging Co. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 publishedBlink Charging Co. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
1 publishedNames not counted (5)
Blink N.A. LLC
Most of its patents print DE; this name counts in US. 0 granted and 11 published under it are not counted.
Blink N.A. LLC
Most of its patents print DE; this name counts in US. 6 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
EB Technologies LTD
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in GB. 0 granted and 2 published under it are not counted.
EV Pass LLC
Most of its patents print KR; this name counts in US. 0 granted and 2 published under it are not counted.
EV Pass LLC
Most of its patents print KR; this name counts in US. 1 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 |
|---|
| Dec 10, 2024 | 12,166,313 | Self-aligning holster for J1772 plug used in electric vehicle supply equipment | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | Blink Charging Co. |
| Jan 3, 2023 | D974,291 | Mountable vehicle charger | | SemaConnect, Inc. |
| Oct 10, 2017 | 9,783,072 | System and method for redundantly controlling a dual electric vehicle supply equipment | Transport | SemaConnect, Inc. |
| Jul 11, 2017 | 9,704,145 | System and method for remote payment for an electric vehicle charging station | IT methods for management | SemaConnect, Inc. |
| Jul 11, 2017 | 9,701,213 | System and method for detecting vehicle proximity in an electric vehicle supply equipment | Transport | SemaConnect, Inc. |
| Feb 3, 2015 | 8,947,247 | System and method for detecting and preventing cable theft in electric vehicle supply equipment | Transport | SemaConnect, Inc. |
| Apr 29, 2014 | 8,710,372 | Device to facilitate moving an electrical cable of an electric vehicle charging station and method of providing the same | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | Blink Acquisition, LLC |
| Feb 5, 2013 | 8,368,348 | Automated recharging system | Transport | SemaConnect, Inc. |
| Jan 15, 2013 | D674,334 | Electric vehicle charging station | | Ecotality, Inc. |
| Oct 26, 2010 | D626,065 | Electric vehicle charging station | | Ecotality, Inc. |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Apr 6, 2023 | 2023/0106493 | Self-Aligning Holster For J1772 Plug Used In Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | SemaConnect, Inc. · patent 12,166,313 granted from it |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 2022/0001762 | PORTABLE ELECTRIC GENERATOR FOR CHARGING ELECTRIC VEHICLES | Transport | Blink Charging Co. |
| Jan 5, 2017 | 2017/0001530 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING VEHICLE PROXIMITY IN AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE SUPPLY EQUIPMENT | Transport | SemaConnect, Inc. · patent 9,701,213 granted from it |
| Dec 25, 2014 | 2014/0375264 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC ENERGY LOAD BALANCING FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE SUPPLY EQUIPMENTS | Measurement | SemaConnect, Inc. |
| Nov 6, 2014 | 2014/0327556 | System and Method for Detecting Vehicle Proximity in an Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment | Transport | SemaConnect, Inc. · patent 9,440,549 granted from it |
| Jun 12, 2014 | 2014/0164196 | System and Method for Remote Payment for an Electric Vehicle Charging Station | IT methods for management | SemaConnect, Inc. · patent 9,704,145 granted from it |
| May 29, 2014 | 2014/0145854 | System and Method for Detecting and Preventing Cable Theft in Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment | Transport | SemaConnect, Inc. · patent 8,947,247 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.