Company Analysis

Federal Signal Corp. (FSS)

NYSE: FSS · Motor Vehicles & Passenger Car Bodies · Downers Grove, IL · filing with the SEC since 1994
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◀ Past 7.2● Present 8.1▶ Future 6.3

Patents

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

1,001 patents granted to the 15 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 Federal Signal Corp.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
1,001
939 utility, 55 design, 7 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
3
Against 5 in 2024 and 4 in 2023
Applications published
127
6 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
15
its own name, a subsidiary
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
Transport10
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy3
Civil engineering3
Mechanical elements2
Audio-visual technology1
Measurement1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name15 counted
Federal Signal Corporation its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
956 granted
47 published
Federal Signal Corporation its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
62 published
Elgin Sweeper Co. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
20 granted
3 published
DEIST INDUSTRIES, INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
5 granted
7 published
Rugby Manufacturing Company a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
6 granted
2 published
Scranton Manufacturing Co., Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
4 granted
0 published
Guzzler Manufacturing, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
3 granted
0 published
Jetstream of Houston, LLP a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2 granted
1 published
Travis Body & Trailer, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
3 granted
0 published
Deist Industries, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
2 published
Crysteel Manufacturing Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
1 published
Crysteel Manufacturing, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
Mark Rite Lines Equipment Co., Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
1 published
OSW EQUIPMENT & REPAIR INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 granted
1 published
Vactor Manufacturing a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
Names not counted (3)
Victor Products Ltd.
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in GB. 2 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
Joe Johnson Equipment LLC
Most of its patents print CA; this name counts in US. 0 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
Victor Products Ltd.
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in GB. 0 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 9, 202512,492,529Boom assembly for an excavation vehicle and method thereofCivil engineeringFederal Signal Corporation
Mar 11, 202512,247,372Boom turret for an excavation vehicle and method thereofCivil engineeringFederal Signal Corporation
Mar 4, 202512,240,375Electronically controlled sirenTransportFederal Signal Corporation
Aug 6, 202412,054,115Bumper with selectively attachable light barsTransportDEIST INDUSTRIES, INC.
Jun 18, 202412,012,029Debris hopper for a vehicle and method thereofTransportFederal Signal Corporation
May 21, 2024D1,028,409Refuse containerScranton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Apr 2, 202411,946,581Connector cover and methodsMechanical elementsFederal Signal Corporation
Jan 23, 202411,878,620Boom hose apparatusCivil engineeringFederal Signal Corporation
Dec 5, 202311,833,952Hoist for vehicle with interchangeable bodyTransportDEIST INDUSTRIES, INC.
Oct 31, 202311,801,789Self-adapting variable loudness and/or variable sound pattern emergency vehicle siren system with optional collision warningMeasurementFederal Signal Corporation
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Sep 25, 20252025/0297449DIGGING LANCE WITH ADJUSTABLE VAVLE HANDLE & METHODSCivil engineeringFederal Signal Corporation
Aug 28, 20252025/0269791NOISE EXPOSURE MANAGEMENT OF EMERGENCY VEHICLE SIRENTransportFederal Signal Corporation
Aug 7, 20252025/0250749GRINDER TRUCKCivil engineeringFederal Signal Corporation
Jun 5, 20252025/0179765BOOM TURRET FOR AN EXCAVATION VEHICLE AND METHOD THEREOFCivil engineeringFederal Signal Corporation
Apr 17, 20252025/0121762HOIST SYSTEM FOR CLASS 3 VEHICLETransportDEIST INDUSTRIES, INC.
Mar 27, 20252025/0100790DEBRIS COLLECTION HOPPER AND METHODSEnvironmental technologyFederal Signal Corporation
Nov 14, 20242024/0375600BUMPER WITH SELECTIVELY ATTACHABLE LIGHT BARSTransportDeist Industries, Inc.
Apr 18, 20242024/0123891HOIST FOR VEHICLE WITH INTERCHANGEABLE BODYTransportDeist Industries, Inc.
Feb 15, 20242024/0051482MODULAR PUSH BUMPERTransportFederal Signal Corporation
Jan 25, 20242024/0025327HOIST FOR VEHICLE WITH INTERCHANGEABLE BODYTransportDEIST INDUSTRIES, INC.
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Transport 6 · Civil engineering 3 · Environmental technology 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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