Crane NXT, Co. (CXT)
NYSE: CXT · Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Products · Waltham, MA · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade5.8
◀ Past 6.1● Present 5.5▶ Future 5.9
Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026831 patents granted to the 16 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 Crane NXT, Co.’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
831
798 utility, 31 design, 2 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
3
Against 7 in 2024 and 6 in 2023
Applications published
246
7 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
16
a subsidiary, a former name
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
Control20
Other consumer goods6
Handling6
Optics5
Basic communication processes1
Furniture, games1
Computer technology1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name16 counted
Cummins-Allison Corp. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 2 more under the same name are not counted (printed in IL)
65 published
NIPPON CONLUX CO., LTD. a subsidiary
JP, as the owner printed on each patent. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in US)
33 published
Crane & Co., Inc. a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 6 more under the same name are not counted (printed in GB)
32 published
Crane Payment Innovations, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2 published
Crane Payment Innovations, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
41 published
Visual Physics, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
13 published
Cummins-Allison Corp. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
23 published
OPSEC SECURITY GROUP, INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
11 published
Crane & Co., Inc. a former name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US. 5 more under the same name are not counted (printed in SE, printed in GB)
12 published
Visual Physics, LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
7 published
CRANE SECURITY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2 published
DE LA RUE AUTHENTICATION SOLUTIONS INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2 published
DLR Newco Limited a subsidiary
GB, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
NIPPON CONLUX CO., LTD. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in JP
1 published
OPSEC SECURITY GROUP, INC. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
1 published
OPSEC SECURITY LIMITED a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in GB
1 published
Names not counted (8)
Crane Merchandising Systems Ltd.
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in GB. 39 granted and 20 published under it are not counted.
CRANE CO /DE/
Most of its patents print SE; this name counts in US. 4 granted and 4 published under it are not counted.
OpSec Online LLC
Most of its patents print GB; this name counts in US. 6 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
Crane Merchandising Systems Ltd.
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in GB. 0 granted and 5 published under it are not counted.
Crane IP Pty Ltd
Most of its patents print AU; this name counts in US. 1 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
OpSec Online LLC
Most of its patents print GB; this name counts in US. 0 granted and 2 published under it are not counted.
Crane IP Pty Ltd
Most of its patents print AU; this name counts in US. 0 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
Crane & Co., Inc.
One word once its "& Company" is set aside.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Control 12 · Other consumer goods 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.