Company Analysis

Flowserve Corporation (FLS)

NYSE: FLS · Pumps & Pumping Equipment · Irving, TX · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade5.9
◀ Past 6.5● Present 5.5▶ Future 5.9
3 est.

Patents

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

247 patents granted to the 14 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 Flowserve Corporation’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
247
247 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
1
Against 2 in 2024 and 11 in 2023
Applications published
181
1 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
14
a subsidiary, a former name
By yearGrantedApplications published
'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
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
Mechanical elements37
Engines, pumps, turbines9
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy6
Civil engineering3
Chemical engineering1
Semiconductors1
Transport1
Measurement1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name14 counted
Flowserve Management Company a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
180 granted
76 published
Flowserve Management Company a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
78 published
Mogas Industries, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
19 granted
9 published
The Duriron Company, Inc. a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
26 granted
0 published
Sterling Industry Consult GmbH a subsidiary
DE, as the owner printed on each patent
10 granted
1 published
Mogas Industries, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
7 published
Flowserve Holdings, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
6 granted
0 published
Sterling Industry Consult GmbH a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in DE
0 granted
6 published
FLOWSERVE KSM CO., LTD. a subsidiary
KR, as the owner printed on each patent
2 granted
3 published
Flowserve Essen GmbH a subsidiary
DE, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
Flowserve Flow Control GmbH a subsidiary
DE, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
Flowserve US Company a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
K.S.M. Co., Ltd. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in KR. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in CA)
0 granted
1 published
Worthington S.p.A. a subsidiary
IT, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
Names not counted (5)
FLOWSERVE CORP
Most of its patents print SG; this name counts in US. 41 granted and 7 published under it are not counted.
FLOWSERVE CORP
Most of its patents print SG; this name counts in US. 0 granted and 20 published under it are not counted.
KSM CO. LTD
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in KR. 10 granted and 7 published under it are not counted.
FLOWSERVE CORP
Most of its patents print IT; this name counts in US. 1 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
FLOWSERVE CORP
Most of its patents print NL; this name counts in US. 0 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Nov 25, 202512,480,497Modular cryogenic permanent magnet electrical motors and generators for submerged motor pumps and turbines and related systems and methodsElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyFlowserve US Company
May 7, 202411,976,661System and method for evaluating the performance of a pumpMeasurementFlowserve Management Company
Jan 16, 202411,873,905Stop seal for application of high temperature and high pressureEngines, pumps, turbinesFLOWSERVE KSM CO., LTD.
Dec 5, 202311,835,183Booster-ejector system for capturing and recycling leakage fluidsMechanical elementsFlowserve Management Company
Oct 31, 202311,802,562Device and method for evacuating a chamber and purifying the gas extracted from said chamberEngines, pumps, turbinesSterling Industry Consult GmbH
Oct 24, 202311,796,074Multiport valveMechanical elementsMogas Industries, Inc.
Aug 1, 202311,713,818Decoking control valve using dynamic rod sealMechanical elementsFlowserve Management Company
Jul 4, 202311,692,645Valve with re-melting expansion portMechanical elementsFlowserve Management Company
Mar 14, 202311,603,931End face mechanical seal assembly with high temperature secondary sealMechanical elementsFlowserve Management Company
Feb 28, 202311,592,036Fluid exchange devices and related controls, systems, and methodsCivil engineeringFlowserve Management Company
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Mar 27, 20252025/0100070ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERY CASE MANUFACTURING METHODElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyK.S.M. Co., Ltd. · patent 12,508,667 granted from it
Jun 27, 20242024/0209946TILTABLE FLOATING LIP SEALMechanical elementsFlowserve Management Company
May 16, 20242024/0157407BALL VALVE WITH DOWNSTREAM RESIDUE PURGEMechanical elementsFlowserve Management Company · patent 12,011,745 granted from it
Jan 18, 20242024/0018934VARIABLE SPEED RECONFIGURABLE PUMP/TURBINE CLUSTERSEngines, pumps, turbinesFlowserve Management Company · patent 12,292,026 granted from it
Nov 16, 20232023/0366469PNEUMATIC STANDSTILL SHAFT SEALMechanical elementsFlowserve Management Company · patent 12,129,928 granted from it
Aug 17, 20232023/0258202FLUID EXCHANGE DEVICES AND RELATED CONTROLS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODSMechanical elementsFlowserve Management Company · patent 12,092,136 granted from it
Jun 8, 20232023/0175591SEALING MEMBER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAMEOther special machinesFLOWSERVE KSM CO., LTD.
Mar 30, 20232023/0101258VALVE WITH EXCHANGEABLE PACKING SEAL CARTRIDGEMechanical elementsFlowserve Management Company · patent 11,852,261 granted from it
Mar 30, 20232023/0099720VALVE SYSTEM CONFIGURED TO PREVENT CORROSION AT PROCESS LIQUID/VAPOR INTERFACEMechanical elementsFlowserve Management Company · patent 11,808,365 granted from it
Mar 30, 20232023/0097609VALVE WITH RE-MELTING EXPANSION PORTMechanical elementsFlowserve Management Company · patent 11,692,645 granted from it
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Mechanical elements 2 · Engines, pumps, turbines 1 · Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 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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