Company Analysis

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (CP)

NYSE: CP · Railroads, Line-Haul Operating · Calgary Alberta, AB · filing with the SEC since 2000
Grade5.6
◀ Past 4.6● Present 5.9▶ Future 6.3
1 est.

Patents

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

9 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 Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
9
8 utility, 1 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
none
in the last year the record reads
Applications published
2
since 2001, to Dec 31, 2025
Names they are printed under
3
a subsidiary, 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.
Under which name3 counted
The Kansas City Southern Railway Company, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
5 granted
0 published
CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY a former name
CA, as the owner printed on each patent
4 granted
0 published
Canadian Pacific Railway Company a former name
named as the applicant on its applications, in CA
0 granted
2 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 24, 201910,513,279Condition based maintenance of railcar roller bearings using predictive wayside alerts based on acoustic bearing detector measurementsTransportCANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY
Jan 10, 2017D776,004Railway tie plateCANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY
Dec 17, 20138,612,287System and method for rail transport of trailersTransportCANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY
Aug 27, 20026,439,128Terminal designTransportCANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY
May 13, 19864,587,907Railroad tie transport carTransportThe Kansas City Southern Railway Company, Inc.
Aug 30, 19834,401,035Control device for multiple unit locomotive systemsTransportThe Kansas City Southern Railway Company, Inc.
Mar 3, 19814,253,399Railway locomotive fuel saving arrangementTransportThe Kansas City Southern Railway Company, Inc.
May 29, 19794,156,864Pressure switch checking device for locomotivesTransportThe Kansas City Southern Railway Company, Inc.
May 18, 19763,957,201Concrete railroad tie anchor structureCivil engineeringThe Kansas City Southern Railway Company, Inc.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Jul 18, 20242024/0239385Electric-Powered Locomotive Apparatus and MethodTransportCanadian Pacific Railway Company
Sep 27, 20182018/0273066CONDITION BASED MAINTENANCE OF RAILCAR ROLLER BEARINGS USING PREDICTIVE WAYSIDE ALERTS BASED ON ACOUSTIC BEARING DETECTOR MEASUREMENTSTransportCanadian Pacific Railway Company · patent 10,513,279 granted from it
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: 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.

SI Assistanton CP · research, not advice