Company Analysis

Cintas Corporation (CTAS)

Nasdaq: CTAS · Men's & Boys' Furnishgs, Work Clothg, & Allied Garments · Cincinnati, OH · 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

51 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 Cintas Corporation’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
51
31 utility, 20 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
3
Against 6 in 2024 and 6 in 2023
Applications published
39
5 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
5
a subsidiary, its own name
By yearGrantedApplications published
'08'11'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
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
Furniture, games7
Surface technology, coating1
Digital communication1
Machine tools1
Medical technology1
Computer technology1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name5 counted
Cintas Corporate Services, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
30 granted
8 published
Cintas Corporation its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
17 granted
8 published
Cintas Corporate Services, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
19 published
The Millennium Mat Company, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
4 granted
2 published
Cintas Corporation its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
2 published
Names not counted (2)
G&K Services Co., LLC
Only generic words.
G&K Services, LLC
Only generic words.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Sep 23, 2025D1,093,933StandCintas Corporate Services, Inc.
Aug 19, 202512,393,804Garment sorting and processing system and methodComputer technologyCintas Corporate Services, Inc.
Jul 29, 202512,369,738Height adjustable hospital curtainFurniture, gamesCintas Corporate Services, Inc.
Nov 5, 202412,133,617Paper roll dispenserFurniture, gamesCintas Corporate Services, Inc.
May 21, 202411,986,576Air freshener with multiple air flow pathsMedical technologyCintas Corporate Services, Inc.
Apr 16, 2024D1,022,525Dosing apparatusCintas Corporate Services, Inc.
Apr 9, 2024D1,021,459Refill containerCintas Corporate Services, Inc.
Jan 23, 2024D1,011,788Bottle standCintas Corporate Services, Inc.
Jan 2, 202411,857,126Theft deterrent dispenser and mounting assemblyFurniture, gamesCintas Corporate Services, Inc.
Nov 14, 2023D1,004,328Paper holderCintas Corporate Services, Inc.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Nov 13, 20252025/0348700GARMENT SORTING AND PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHODComputer technologyCintas Corporate Services, Inc.
Sep 18, 20252025/0288030CONVERTIBLE APRONOther consumer goodsCintas Corporate Services, Inc.
Jul 31, 20252025/0241501CLEANING MACHINE ERGONOMIC HANDLEFurniture, gamesCintas Corporate Services, Inc.
Jul 17, 20252025/0228413QUICK DRY TOWELTextile and paper machinesCintas Corporate Services, Inc.
Mar 27, 20252025/0104502FEMININE PRODUCT DISPENSING SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODControlCintas Corporate Services, Inc.
Oct 3, 20242024/0330627GARMENT SORTING AND PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHODComputer technologyCintas Corporate Services, Inc. · patent 12,393,804 granted from it
Aug 8, 20242024/0263484DISPENSER LOCKING ASSEMBLIESCivil engineeringCintas Corporate Services, Inc.
Mar 7, 20242024/0076123FEMININE PRODUCT DISPOSAL SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODEnvironmental technologyCintas Corporate Services, Inc.
Oct 19, 20232023/0329470HEIGHT ADJUSTABLE HOSPITAL CURTAINFurniture, gamesCintas Corporate Services, Inc. · patent 12,369,738 granted from it
May 18, 20232023/0148779SEPARABLE HOSPITAL CURTAINFurniture, gamesCintas Corporate Services, Inc.
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Computer technology 2 · Environmental technology 1 · Civil engineering 1 · Control 1 · Textile and paper machines 1 · Furniture, games 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.

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