Caterpillar Inc. (CAT)
NYSE: CAT · Construction Machinery & Equip · Irving, TX · filing with the SEC since 1994
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Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 202611,588 patents granted to the 66 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 Caterpillar Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
11,588
10,854 utility, 677 design, 36 statutory invention registration, 21 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
474
Against 479 in 2024 and 513 in 2023
Applications published
9,953
587 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
66
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
Engines, pumps, turbines548
Civil engineering513
Transport326
Mechanical elements198
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy119
Measurement94
Environmental technology85
Control66
Chemical engineering60
Computer technology60
Machine tools48
Handling41
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name66 counted
Caterpillar Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
7,514 published
Caterpillar Paving Products Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
632 published
Solar Turbines Incorporated a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
332 published
Perkins Engines Company Limited a subsidiary
GB, as the owner printed on each patent. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in NL)
167 published
Caterpillar Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US. 241 more under the same name are not counted (printed in CH, printed in IL, printed in SE)
311 published
Progress Rail Services Corporation a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
118 published
Caterpillar Global Mining LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in SE)
118 published
Caterpillar Global Mining Equipment LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
100 published
SPM Oil & Gas Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
71 published
Progress Rail Locomotive Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
63 published
Caterpillar Trimble Control Technologies LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
54 published
Caterpillar Motoren GmbH & Co. KG a subsidiary
DE, as the owner printed on each patent. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in US)
66 published
Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbH a subsidiary
DE, as the owner printed on each patent
56 published
Caterpillar Underground Mining Pty Ltd. a subsidiary
AU, as the owner printed on each patent. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in CH)
46 published
Caterpillar Industrial Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Caterpillar Work Tools B.V. a subsidiary
NL, as the owner printed on each patent
33 published
Caterpillar Japan Ltd. a subsidiary
JP, as the owner printed on each patent
15 published
Caterpillar Paving Products Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in MN)
28 published
MineSense Technologies Ltd. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in CA
24 published
Enhanced Energy Group LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
9 published
Solar Turbines Incorporated a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
23 published
Advanced Filtration Systems, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
8 published
MineSense Technologies Ltd. a subsidiary
CA, as the owner printed on each patent
1 published
Caterpillar Trimble Control Technologies LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
18 published
Guardhat, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
4 published
Peck Tech Consulting Ltd. a subsidiary
CA, as the owner printed on each patent
6 published
SPM Oil & Gas Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
14 published
Caterpillar (NI) Limited a subsidiary
GB, as the owner printed on each patent. 2 more under the same name are not counted (printed in IE)
6 published
SPM Oil & Gas PC LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
4 published
Caterpillar of Australia Pty, Ltd. a subsidiary
AU, as the owner printed on each patent
8 published
Perkins Limited a subsidiary
GB, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
VOLTAGRID LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
9 published
FlexGen Power Systems, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Caterpillar Global Mining HMS GmbH a subsidiary
DE, as the owner printed on each patent
6 published
Perkins Engines Company Limited a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in GB. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in UA)
9 published
Caterpillar Global Mining LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in DE)
8 published
Flexgen Power Systems, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
8 published
GTUIT, LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
7 published
Progress Rail Services Corporation a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
7 published
Raptor Mining Products Inc. a subsidiary
CA, as the owner printed on each patent
3 published
Caterpillar Shrewsbury Limited a subsidiary
GB, as the owner printed on each patent
4 published
Magnum Power Products, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2 published
Turner Powertrain Systems Limited a subsidiary
GB, as the owner printed on each patent
4 published
Caterpillar Motoren GmbH & Co. KG a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in DE. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in US)
5 published
Hadady Corporation a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Lithos Energy, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
4 published
Caterpillar Global Mining Equipment LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
3 published
Guardhat, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
3 published
SPM Oil & Gas PC LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
3 published
AsiaTrak (Tianjin) Ltd. a subsidiary
CN, as the owner printed on each patent
1 published
Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbH a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in DE
2 published
Enhanced Energy Group LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
2 published
IMA-ENGINEERING LTD OY a subsidiary
FI, as the owner printed on each patent
1 published
Peck Tech Consulting Ltd. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in CA
2 published
Progress Rail Services UK Limited a subsidiary
GB, as the owner printed on each patent
2 published
Raptor Mining Products Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in CA
2 published
ADVANCED FILTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
1 published
CATERPILLAR BRASIL LTDA a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in BR
1 published
CATERPILLAR INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED a subsidiary
IN, as the owner printed on each patent
1 published
Caterpillar France S.A. a subsidiary
FR, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Caterpillar Underground Mining Pty. Ltd. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in AU
1 published
Caterpillar Work Tools B.V. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in NL
1 published
LITHOS ENERGY, INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Progress Rail Locomotive Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
1 published
Progress Rail Signaling S.p.A. a subsidiary
IT, as the owner printed on each patent
1 published
Progress Rail Transcanada Corporation a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Names not counted (9)
Electro-Motive Diesel Limited
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in GB. 244 granted and 309 published under it are not counted.
CATERPILLAR INC
Most of its patents print CH; this name counts in US. 278 granted and 247 published under it are not counted.
Electro-Motive Diesel Limited
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in GB. 0 granted and 323 published under it are not counted.
WESCO LLC
Most of its patents print FR; this name counts in AE. 170 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
WESCO LLC
Most of its patents print FR; this name counts in AE. 11 granted and 3 published under it are not counted.
Caterpillar Commercial LLC
Most of its patents print CH; this name counts in US. 7 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
Progress Rail Inspection & Information Systems GmbH
Most of its patents print IT; this name counts in DE. 2 granted and 3 published under it are not counted.
FG Wilson (Engineering) Limited
Most of its patents print IE; this name counts in GB. 3 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
Ima Engineering Ltd Oy
Most of its patents print IL; this name counts in FI. 2 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
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What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Civil engineering 217 · Transport 189 · Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 184 · Engines, pumps, turbines 136 · Mechanical elements 54 · Control 37.
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.