Company Analysis

CSX Corporation (CSX)

Nasdaq: CSX · Railroads, Line-Haul Operating · Jacksonville, FL · 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, 2026

12 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 CSX Corporation’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
12
11 utility, 1 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
none
Against none in 2024 and 1 in 2023
Applications published
5
since 2001, to Dec 31, 2025
Names they are printed under
3
a subsidiary, its own 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.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
Transport1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name3 counted
CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
11 granted
4 published
CSX Corporation its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
CSX TRANSPORTATION a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
1 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Feb 7, 202311,572,089Enhanced safety proximity (ESP) alerterTransportCSX TRANSPORTATION, INC.
Nov 1, 20169,482,536Pose estimationMeasurementCSX TRANSPORTATION, INC.
Sep 6, 20169,434,019Re-manufacture and apparatus of worn railroad freight car and locomotive wheels by rotational continuous longitudinal weldingMachine toolsCSX TRANSPORTATION, INC.
Feb 5, 20138,367,960Process for rail restoration and rail manufacture using weldingMachine toolsCSX TRANSPORTATION, INC.
May 6, 2008RE40,286System and method for supplying auxiliary power to a large diesel engineCSX TRANSPORTATION, INC.
Sep 20, 20056,945,207System and method for supplying auxiliary power to a large diesel engineEngines, pumps, turbinesCSX TRANSPORTATION, INC.
Apr 20, 20046,722,186Method and apparatus for locomotive fuel tank repairHandlingCSX TRANSPORTATION, INC.
Oct 29, 20026,470,844System and method for supplying auxiliary power to a large diesel engineEngines, pumps, turbinesCSX TRANSPORTATION, INC.
Apr 30, 20026,378,188Method and apparatus for locomotive fuel tank repairHandlingCSX TRANSPORTATION, INC.
Mar 17, 19985,727,473Rotary lock for a split ramp railway carTransportCSX Corporation
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Aug 13, 20202020/0255042ENHANCED SAFETY PROXIMITY (ESP) ALERTERTransportCSX TRANSPORTATION · patent 11,572,089 granted from it
Feb 6, 20142014/0033535RE-MANUFACTURE AND APPARATUS OF WORN RAILROAD FREIGHT CAR AND LOCOMOTIVE WHEELS BY ROTATIONAL CONTINUOUS LONGITUDINAL WELDINGMachine toolsCSX TRANSPORTATION, INC. · patent 9,434,019 granted from it
Jul 25, 20132013/0186869COUPLER INSTALLATION DEVICEMachine toolsCSX TRANSPORTATION, INC.
Dec 8, 20112011/0297752PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR RAIL RESTORATION AND RAIL MANUFACTURE USING WELDINGMachine toolsCSX TRANSPORTATION, INC. · patent 8,367,960 granted from it
Aug 15, 20022002/0108227Method and apparatus for locomotive fuel tank repairHandlingCSX TRANSPORTATION, INC. · patent 6,722,186 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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