Eastern Company (EML)
Nasdaq: EML · Cutlery, Handtools & General Hardware · Shelton, CT · filing with the SEC since 1995
Grade4.0
◀ Past 4.5● Present 3.7▶ Future 4.0
Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026375 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 Eastern Company’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
375
212 utility, 162 design, 1 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
7
Against 6 in 2024 and 6 in 2023
Applications published
40
3 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
5
its own name, a subsidiary
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
Civil engineering14
Handling3
Control2
Transport2
Mechanical elements1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name5 counted
The Eastern Company its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 12 more under the same name are not counted (printed in JP, printed in KR)
22 published
VELVAC INCORPORATED a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
9 published
Big 3 Precision Products, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
The Eastern Company its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
7 published
BIG 3 PRECISION PRODUCTS, INC. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
2 published
Names not counted (4)
Eastern Industrial Ltd
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in CN. 1 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
World Lock Company Ltd.
Most of its patents print JP; this name counts in TW. 1 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
Eastern Industrial Ltd
Most of its patents print KR; this name counts in CN. 0 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
World Lock Company Ltd.
Most of its patents print JP; this name counts in TW. 0 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2025 | D1,096,056 | Shipping base | Big 3 Precision Products, Inc. | |
| Jul 8, 2025 | 12,351,360 | Modular shipping base | Handling | Big 3 Precision Products, Inc. |
| Jun 17, 2025 | 12,331,562 | Electro-mechanically locking compression latch | Civil engineering | The Eastern Company |
| Jun 17, 2025 | 12,330,593 | Rooftop accessory locking clamp | Transport | The Eastern Company |
| Jun 3, 2025 | 12,320,173 | Latch apparatus | Civil engineering | The Eastern Company |
| Mar 18, 2025 | 12,252,903 | Electrical cam lock with manual override | Civil engineering | The Eastern Company |
| Jan 14, 2025 | 12,196,002 | Latch apparatus | Civil engineering | The Eastern Company |
| Sep 17, 2024 | D1,042,089 | Electrical cam lock with mechanical override | The Eastern Company | |
| Aug 6, 2024 | 12,054,964 | Latch apparatus | Civil engineering | The Eastern Company |
| Jul 30, 2024 | 12,049,778 | Apparatus for controlling bus doors | Civil engineering | The Eastern Company |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2025 | 2025/0146334 | LATCH APPARATUS | Civil engineering | The Eastern Company |
| May 1, 2025 | 2025/0137300 | System and Method for Remotely Locking and Unlocking Vehicle Accessory Locks | Civil engineering | The Eastern Company |
| Jan 16, 2025 | 2025/0019119 | MODULAR SHIPPING BASE | Handling | BIG 3 PRECISION PRODUCTS, INC. · patent 12,351,360 granted from it |
| May 30, 2024 | 2024/0175296 | Electrical Cam Lock with Manual Override | Civil engineering | The Eastern Company · patent 12,252,903 granted from it |
| May 2, 2024 | 2024/0141705 | Electro-Mechanically Locking Compression Latch | Civil engineering | The Eastern Company · patent 12,331,562 granted from it |
| Jun 22, 2023 | 2023/0192004 | Rooftop Accessory Locking Clamp | Transport | The Eastern Company · patent 12,330,593 granted from it |
| Dec 1, 2022 | 2022/0381073 | Sliding Latch | Civil engineering | The Eastern Company · patent 11,629,533 granted from it |
| Aug 11, 2022 | 2022/0251878 | LATCH APPARATUS | Civil engineering | The Eastern Company · patent 12,196,002 granted from it |
| Aug 4, 2022 | 2022/0243500 | Electrical Cam Lock with Manual Override | Civil engineering | The Eastern Company · patent 11,933,074 granted from it |
| Jun 16, 2022 | 2022/0186525 | LATCH APPARATUS | Civil engineering | The Eastern Company · patent 11,346,129 granted from it |
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Civil engineering 4 · Handling 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.