Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
7 patents granted to the 4 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 Ecopetrol S.A’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
7
7 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
1
Against none in 2024 and 1 in 2023
Applications published
13
since 2001, to Dec 31, 2025
Names they are printed under
4
its own name, a subsidiary
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
Basic materials chemistry1
Chemical engineering1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name4 counted
ECOPETROL S.A. its own name
CO, as the owner printed on each patent
8 publishedECOPETROL S.A. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in CO
3 publishedESENTTIA S.A. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in CO
2 publishedESENTTIA S.A. a subsidiary
CO, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Jun 3, 2025 | 12,319,789 | Process of extraction, quantification and recovery of additives in polypropylene with natural biodegradable solvents and use of the polypropylene resulting from the multiple extractions | Chemical engineering | ESENTTIA S.A. |
| Feb 14, 2023 | 11,578,279 | Method for improving the flow capacity and increasing the dilution capacity of diluents in methods for the production and transport of heavy and extra-heavy crude oils coming from the different phases of recovery of deposits (primary, secondary and enhanced) | Basic materials chemistry | ECOPETROL S.A. |
| Mar 31, 2015 | 8,994,207 | System for generating electrical energy from low speed wind energy by means of two systems of drive blades | Engines, pumps, turbines | ECOPETROL S.A. |
| Nov 18, 2014 | 8,892,378 | Intelligent tool for detecting perforations and interpretation of data online | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | ECOPETROL S.A. |
| Jan 21, 2014 | 8,633,130 | Vandium traps for catalytic cracking processes and preparation thereof | Chemical engineering | ECOPETROL S.A. |
| Jan 21, 2014 | 8,633,129 | Method for producing vanadium traps by means of impregnation and resulting vanadium trap | Basic materials chemistry | ECOPETROL S.A. |
| Sep 4, 2012 | 8,257,579 | Method for the well-head treatment of heavy and extra-heavy crudes in order to improve the transport conditions thereof | Basic materials chemistry | ECOPETROL S.A. |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Mar 14, 2024 | 2024/0084117 | PROPYLENE/ETHYLENE RANDOM COPOLYMER-BASED RESIN | Macromolecular chemistry, polymers | ESENTTIA S.A. |
| Aug 25, 2022 | 2022/0267557 | PROCESS OF EXTRACTION, QUANTIFICATION AND RECOVERY OF ADDITIVES IN POLYPROPYLENE WITH NATURAL BIODEGRADABLE SOLVENTS AND USE OF THE POLYPROPYLENE RESULTING FROM THE MULTIPLE EXTRACTIONS | Chemical engineering | ESENTTIA S.A. · patent 12,319,789 granted from it |
| Oct 1, 2020 | 2020/0308499 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE FLOW CAPACITY AND INCREASING THE DILUTION CAPACITY OF DILUENTS IN METHODS FOR THE PRODUCTION AND TRANSPORT OF HEAVY AND EXTRA-HEAVY CRUDE OILS COMING FROM THE DIFFERENT PHASES OF RECOVERY OF DEPOSITS (PRIMARY, SECONDARY AND ENHANCED) | Basic materials chemistry | ECOPETROL S.A. · patent 11,578,279 granted from it |
| Mar 29, 2018 | 2018/0086988 | IMPROVED METHOD FOR THE REDUCTION IN ACIDITY IN CRUDE OILS WITH A HIGH NAPHTHENIC ACID CONTENT BY MEANS OF CATALYTIC HYDROGENATION | Chemical engineering | ECOPETROL S.A. |
| Feb 25, 2016 | 2016/0052116 | TOOL AND METHOD FOR SAFE REMOVAL OF VALVES FITTED IN FLUID PIPES | Mechanical elements | ECOPETROL S.A. |
| Jul 2, 2015 | 2015/0184499 | Enhanced recovery of hydrocarbon through supercritical wet combustion, gravity stable in deep heavy-oil reservoirs | Civil engineering | ECOPETROL S.A. |
| Dec 26, 2013 | 2013/0341933 | System for Generating Electrical Energy from Low Speed Wind Energy by Means of Two Systems of Drive Blades | Engines, pumps, turbines | ECOPETROL S.A. · patent 8,994,207 granted from it |
| Feb 16, 2012 | 2012/0041240 | METHOD FOR OBTAINING SOLID PARAFFINIC COMPOUNDS BY HYDROTREATMENT OF VEGETABLE OILS | Basic materials chemistry | ECOPETROL S.A. |
| Dec 8, 2011 | 2011/0301893 | INTELLIGENT TOOL FOR DETECTING PERFORATIONS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA ONLINE | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | ECOPETROL S.A. · patent 8,892,378 granted from it |
| Jun 23, 2011 | 2011/0146826 | DOSING DEVICE AND PROCEDURE FOR PLUGGING BRANCHES IN FLUID TRANSPORT CONDUITS BASED ON SAID EQUIPMENT | Mechanical elements | ECOPETROL S.A. |
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Macromolecular chemistry, polymers 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.