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 publishedDelta 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
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Aug 19, 2025 | 12,395,569 | Providing local push notifications for crew members of a mass transportation vehicle | Digital communication | DELTA AIR LINES, INC. |
| Sep 3, 2024 | 12,077,301 | Galley lift | Handling | DELTA AIR LINES, INC. |
| Aug 15, 2023 | 11,726,484 | Airport ground support equipment navigation system | Control | DELTA AIR LINES, INC. |
| Oct 18, 2022 | 11,472,557 | Galley lift | Handling | DELTA AIR LINES, INC. |
| Jun 14, 2022 | 11,360,297 | Marker attachment device for a borescope | Engines, pumps, turbines | DELTA AIR LINES, INC. |
| Mar 8, 2022 | 11,272,604 | Lightning grounding apparatus | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | DELTA AIR LINES, INC. |
| Mar 8, 2022 | 11,271,344 | Strain relief apparatus for wire harness assembly | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | DELTA AIR LINES, INC. |
| Mar 2, 2021 | 10,933,692 | Wheel righting apparatus | Transport | DELTA AIR LINES, INC. |
| Oct 6, 2020 | 10,796,586 | Weather avoidance tool system | Control | DELTA AIR LINES, INC. |
| Nov 5, 2019 | 10,465,741 | Nut and washer assembly | Machine tools | DELTA AIR LINES, INC. |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Nov 27, 2025 | 2025/0360037 | OVERHEAD HANDLE SYSTEM FOR TRANSFERRING PERSON WITH REDUCED MOBILITY | Medical technology | Delta Air Lines, Inc. |
| Sep 4, 2025 | 2025/0276809 | BAGGAGE HANDLING SYSTEM AND METHOD USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | IT methods for management | Delta Air Lines, Inc. |
| Nov 28, 2024 | 2024/0396978 | PROVIDING LOCAL PUSH NOTIFICATIONS FOR CREW MEMBERS OF A MASS TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE | Digital communication | Delta Air Lines, Inc. · patent 12,395,569 granted from it |
| Oct 24, 2024 | 2024/0350334 | SECURING A PERSON WITH REDUCED MOBILITY DEVICE IN A SEATING AREA | Medical technology | Delta Air Lines, Inc. |
| Oct 10, 2024 | 2024/0335046 | ADJUSTABLE SEATING AREA FOR PERSON WITH REDUCED MOBILITY | Transport | Delta Air Lines, Inc. |
| Aug 26, 2021 | 2021/0267040 | LIGHTNING GROUNDING APPARATUS | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | Delta Air Lines, Inc. · patent 11,272,604 granted from it |
| Aug 26, 2021 | 2021/0263297 | MARKER ATTACHMENT DEVICE FOR A BORESCOPE | Engines, pumps, turbines | Delta Air Lines, Inc. · patent 11,360,297 granted from it |
| Jun 17, 2021 | 2021/0184395 | STRAIN RELIEF APPARATUS FOR WIRE HARNESS ASSEMBLY | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | Delta Air Lines, Inc. · patent 11,271,344 granted from it |
| Dec 19, 2019 | 2019/0383320 | NUT AND WASHER ASSEMBLY | Machine tools | Delta Air Lines, Inc. |
| Jul 5, 2018 | 2018/0186469 | Non-Invasive and Predictive Health Monitoring of an Aircraft System | Transport | Delta 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.