Company Analysis

Delta Air Lines, Inc. (DAL)

NYSE: DAL · Air Transportation, Scheduled · Atlanta, GA · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade5.6
◀ Past 5.5● Present 6.3▶ Future 4.9

Patents

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

25 patents granted to the 2 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 Delta Air Lines, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
25
25 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
1
Against 1 in 2024 and 1 in 2023
Applications published
21
2 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
2
its own name
By yearGrantedApplications published
'05'07'08'09'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
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
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy2
Handling2
Transport1
Engines, pumps, turbines1
Control1
Digital communication1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name2 counted
DELTA AIR LINES, INC. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
25 granted
8 published
Delta Air Lines, Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
13 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Aug 19, 202512,395,569Providing local push notifications for crew members of a mass transportation vehicleDigital communicationDELTA AIR LINES, INC.
Sep 3, 202412,077,301Galley liftHandlingDELTA AIR LINES, INC.
Aug 15, 202311,726,484Airport ground support equipment navigation systemControlDELTA AIR LINES, INC.
Oct 18, 202211,472,557Galley liftHandlingDELTA AIR LINES, INC.
Jun 14, 202211,360,297Marker attachment device for a borescopeEngines, pumps, turbinesDELTA AIR LINES, INC.
Mar 8, 202211,272,604Lightning grounding apparatusElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyDELTA AIR LINES, INC.
Mar 8, 202211,271,344Strain relief apparatus for wire harness assemblyElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyDELTA AIR LINES, INC.
Mar 2, 202110,933,692Wheel righting apparatusTransportDELTA AIR LINES, INC.
Oct 6, 202010,796,586Weather avoidance tool systemControlDELTA AIR LINES, INC.
Nov 5, 201910,465,741Nut and washer assemblyMachine toolsDELTA AIR LINES, INC.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Nov 27, 20252025/0360037OVERHEAD HANDLE SYSTEM FOR TRANSFERRING PERSON WITH REDUCED MOBILITYMedical technologyDelta Air Lines, Inc.
Sep 4, 20252025/0276809BAGGAGE HANDLING SYSTEM AND METHOD USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEIT methods for managementDelta Air Lines, Inc.
Nov 28, 20242024/0396978PROVIDING LOCAL PUSH NOTIFICATIONS FOR CREW MEMBERS OF A MASS TRANSPORTATION VEHICLEDigital communicationDelta Air Lines, Inc. · patent 12,395,569 granted from it
Oct 24, 20242024/0350334SECURING A PERSON WITH REDUCED MOBILITY DEVICE IN A SEATING AREAMedical technologyDelta Air Lines, Inc.
Oct 10, 20242024/0335046ADJUSTABLE SEATING AREA FOR PERSON WITH REDUCED MOBILITYTransportDelta Air Lines, Inc.
Aug 26, 20212021/0267040LIGHTNING GROUNDING APPARATUSElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyDelta Air Lines, Inc. · patent 11,272,604 granted from it
Aug 26, 20212021/0263297MARKER ATTACHMENT DEVICE FOR A BORESCOPEEngines, pumps, turbinesDelta Air Lines, Inc. · patent 11,360,297 granted from it
Jun 17, 20212021/0184395STRAIN RELIEF APPARATUS FOR WIRE HARNESS ASSEMBLYElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyDelta Air Lines, Inc. · patent 11,271,344 granted from it
Dec 19, 20192019/0383320NUT AND WASHER ASSEMBLYMachine toolsDelta Air Lines, Inc.
Jul 5, 20182018/0186469Non-Invasive and Predictive Health Monitoring of an Aircraft SystemTransportDelta Air Lines, Inc. · patent 10,220,955 granted from it
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Medical technology 2 · Transport 1 · Digital communication 1 · IT methods for management 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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