Company Analysis

Fuel Tech, Inc. (FTEK)

Nasdaq: FTEK · Industrial & Commercial Fans & Blowers & Air Purifing Equip · Warrenville, IL · filing with the SEC since 1997
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Patents

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

68 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 Fuel Tech, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
68
68 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
none
Against 1 in 2024 and 2 in 2023
Applications published
36
since 2001, to Dec 31, 2025
Names they are printed under
2
its own name
By yearGrantedApplications published
'10'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
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
Chemical engineering3
Environmental technology2
Basic materials chemistry1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name2 counted
Fuel Tech, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in DE)
68 granted
33 published
Fuel Tech, Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
3 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Apr 2, 202411,944,952Removing contaminants from water with adsorbentsChemical engineeringFuel Tech, Inc.
May 9, 202311,642,634Gas saturation of liquids with application to dissolved gas flotation and supplying dissolved gases to downstream processes and water treatmentChemical engineeringFuel Tech, Inc.
Jan 3, 202311,542,451Water in fuel nanoemulsion and method of making the sameBasic materials chemistryFuel Tech, Inc.
May 24, 202211,339,056Controlled, compact, on-demand ammonia gas generation process and apparatusChemical engineeringFuel Tech, Inc.
May 17, 202211,332,388Removal of selenium from water with kaoliniteEnvironmental technologyFuel Tech, Inc.
May 17, 202211,332,387Removing arsenic from water with acid-activated clayEnvironmental technologyFuel Tech, Inc.
Feb 5, 201910,197,272Process and apparatus for reducing acid plumeEnvironmental technologyFuel Tech, Inc.
Jan 1, 201910,166,507Process for hydrochloric acid mediationEnvironmental technologyFuel Tech, Inc.
Nov 13, 201810,124,288Controlling injection of magnesium oxide for controlling SO3 with enhanced boiler efficiencyEnvironmental technologyFuel Tech, Inc.
Oct 31, 20179,802,154Process for sulfur dioxide, hydrochloric acid and mercury mediationChemical engineeringFuel Tech, Inc.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Aug 17, 20232023/0256405Channel ManifoldChemical engineeringFuel Tech, Inc.
Dec 8, 20222022/0387966REMOVING CONTAMINANTS FROM WATER WITH ADSORBENTSChemical engineeringFuel Tech, Inc. · patent 11,944,952 granted from it
Sep 16, 20212021/0283557Gas Saturation of Liquids with Application to Dissolved Gas Flotation and Supplying Dissolved Gases to Downstream Processes and Water TreatmentChemical engineeringFuel Tech, Inc. · patent 11,642,634 granted from it
Feb 25, 20212021/0053845Removal of Selenium from Water with KaoliniteEnvironmental technologyFuel Tech, Inc. · patent 11,332,388 granted from it
Jan 2, 20202020/0002189Removing Arsenic from Water with Acid-Activated ClayEnvironmental technologyFuel Tech, Inc. · patent 11,332,387 granted from it
Feb 7, 20192019/0040577DEPOSIT CONTROL FOR A BLACK LIQUOR RECOVERY BOILERTextile and paper machinesFuel Tech, Inc. · patent 11,008,704 granted from it
Nov 15, 20182018/0327683Controlling Slagging and/or Fouling in Furnaces Burning BiomassBasic materials chemistryFuel Tech, Inc.
Nov 1, 20182018/0312773Controlling Slagging and/or Fouling in Furnaces Burning BiomassBasic materials chemistryFuel Tech, Inc.
Jul 12, 20182018/0194639CONTROLLED, COMPACT, ON-DEMAND AMMONIA GAS GENERATION PROCESS AND APPARATUSChemical engineeringFuel Tech, Inc. · patent 11,339,056 granted from it
Mar 30, 20172017/0089572Process and Apparatus for Reducing Acid PlumeEnvironmental technologyFuel Tech, Inc. · patent 10,197,272 granted from it

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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