Company Analysis

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (CLNE)

Nasdaq: CLNE · Gas & Other Services Combined · Newport Beach, CA · filing with the SEC since 2006
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Patents

US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

22 patents granted to the 3 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 Clean Energy Fuels Corp.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
22
22 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
none
in the last year the record reads
Applications published
10
since 2001, to Dec 31, 2025
Names they are printed under
3
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.
Under which name3 counted
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
11 granted
8 published
Clean Energy a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
11 granted
1 published
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
1 published
Names not counted (1)
Clean Energy
No country is printed for it. 0 granted and 3 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Oct 16, 201810,100,573Natural gas vehicle maintenance separation and containment systemCivil engineeringClean Energy Fuels Corp.
Oct 9, 201810,094,515Non-venting transfer system and methodMechanical elementsClean Energy Fuels Corp.
Apr 18, 20179,625,099Pressure reducing system by cascade pressure step downMechanical elementsClean Energy Fuels Corp.
Nov 1, 20169,482,388Skid-mounted compressed gas dispensing systems, kits, and methods for using sameMechanical elementsClean Energy
Jul 19, 20169,395,047Compressed natural gas fleet fill management systemMechanical elementsClean Energy Fuels Corp.
Feb 10, 20158,950,441Reciprocating compressor with high pressure storage vessel let down for CNG station and refueling motor vehiclesHandlingClean Energy Fuels Corp.
Nov 4, 20148,875,750Reciprocating compressor with heat exchanger having thermal storage mediaMechanical elementsClean Energy Fuels Corp.
Sep 23, 20148,839,829Reciprocating compressor with inlet booster for CNG station and refueling motor vehiclesMechanical elementsClean Energy Fuels Corp.
Jul 22, 20148,783,307CNG time fill system and method with safe fill technologyMechanical elementsClean Energy Fuels Corp.
Mar 11, 20148,669,095Method for the treatment of process gas for biological H2S removalEnvironmental technologyClean Energy Fuels Corp.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 8, 20162016/0356423NON-VENTING TRANSFER SYSTEM AND METHODMechanical elementsClean Energy Fuels Corp. · patent 10,094,515 granted from it
Oct 27, 20162016/0312955PRESSURE REDUCING SYSTEM BY CASCADE PRESSURE STEP DOWNMechanical elementsClean Energy Fuels Corp. · patent 9,625,099 granted from it
Oct 13, 20162016/0298616INCREASING COMPRESSOR PEAK FLOW VIA HIGHER-PRESSURE GAS INJECTIONEngines, pumps, turbinesClean Energy Fuels Corp.
Mar 10, 20162016/0069124NATURAL GAS VEHICLE MAINTENANCE SEPARATION AND CONTAINMENT SYSTEMCivil engineeringClean Energy Fuels Corp. · patent 10,100,573 granted from it
Jul 9, 20152015/0192250NON-VENTING TRANSFER SYSTEM AND METHODMechanical elementsClean Energy Fuels Corp.
May 14, 20152015/0129082SKID-MOUNTED COMPRESSED GAS DISPENSING SYSTEMS, KITS, AND METHODS FOR USING SAMEMechanical elementsClean Energy · patent 9,482,388 granted from it
Nov 27, 20142014/0345708DISPENSER NITROGEN PURGEMechanical elementsClean Energy Fuels Corp.
Sep 4, 20142014/0246117COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS FLEET FILL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMMechanical elementsClean Energy Fuels Corp. · patent 9,395,047 granted from it
Apr 18, 20132013/0095015METHOD FOR BIOGAS TREATMENTBiotechnologyClean Energy Fuels Corp. · patent 8,460,437 granted from it
Apr 18, 20132013/0095014SYSTEM FOR THE TREATMENT AND PURIFICATION OF BIOGASBiotechnologyClean Energy Fuels Corp. · patent 9,005,337 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.

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