Company Analysis

The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (GBX)

NYSE: GBX · Railroad Equipment · Lake Oswego, OR · filing with the SEC since 1996
Grade4.3
◀ Past 5.3● Present 4.6▶ Future 2.9

Patents

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

92 patents granted to the 9 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 The Greenbrier Companies, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
92
91 utility, 1 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
6
Against 6 in 2024 and 7 in 2023
Applications published
68
6 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
9
a subsidiary, its own 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
Transport20
Handling1
Other consumer goods1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name9 counted
Gunderson LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
86 granted
46 published
Gunderson LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
14 published
Greenbrier Management Services, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2 granted
2 published
The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
3 published
Amsted Maxion Fundicao e Equipamentos Ferroviarios S.A. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in BR
0 granted
2 published
Amsted Maxion Fundição e Equipamentos Ferroviários S.A. a subsidiary
BR, as the owner printed on each patent
2 granted
0 published
Greenbrier Central, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
Greenbrier Germany GmbH a subsidiary
DE, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
Greenbrier Management Services, LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
1 published
Names not counted (6)
Axis, LLC
Most of its patents print SE; this name counts in US. 887 granted and 615 published under it are not counted.
Axis, LLC
Most of its patents print SE; this name counts in US. 0 granted and 619 published under it are not counted.
Axis, LLC
Most of its patents print IT; this name counts in US. 29 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
Axis, LLC
Most of its patents print JP; this name counts in US. 14 granted and 12 published under it are not counted.
Axis, LLC
Most of its patents print SE; this name counts in US. 0 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
MGMS, LLC
No country is printed for it. 0 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 30, 202512,509,129Large plate tilt railroad carTransportGunderson LLC
Oct 7, 202512,434,744Door assemblies for insulated boxcars and refrigerated boxcarsOther consumer goodsGunderson LLC
Sep 9, 202512,409,872Coupler cross keysTransportGunderson LLC
Apr 29, 202512,286,141Hopper railroad car having top hatch cover assemblyTransportGunderson LLC
Apr 29, 202512,286,140Railcar for transport of steel coils with removable bi-level roofTransportGunderson LLC
Jan 21, 202512,202,529Cover assemblies for railroad carsTransportGunderson LLC
Dec 17, 202412,168,466Open top gondola railcarsTransportGunderson LLC
Oct 22, 202412,122,431Asymmetric hopper carsTransportGunderson LLC
Sep 3, 202412,077,195Manway assemblies for railroad carsHandlingGunderson LLC
Jul 2, 202412,024,211Discharge gate arrangements for railroad hopper carsTransportGunderson LLC
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Nov 13, 20252025/0346262RAILROAD CAR HAVING INTERCONNECTED ROOF PANELSTransportGunderson LLC
Nov 6, 20252025/0340226PARTIAL CLOSURE PLATES FOR HOPPER CARSTransportGunderson LLC
Oct 2, 20252025/0304122FLOOR ASSEMBLIES FOR INSULATED RAILWAY BOXCARSTransportGunderson LLC
Sep 18, 20252025/0289483DOOR ASSEMBLIES FOR RAILROAD CARSTransportGunderson LLC
Sep 11, 20252025/0282396VENT COVER ASSEMBLIES FOR RAILROAD HOPPER CARSTransportGunderson LLC
Feb 6, 20252025/0042446ASYMMETRIC HOPPER CARSTransportGunderson LLC
Dec 26, 20242024/0425090TANKER RAILROAD CAR HAVING NON-CONTACT VOLUME SENSING ASSEMBLYMechanical elementsGunderson LLC
Nov 7, 20242024/0367698RAILROAD CARTransportGunderson LLC
Jan 4, 20242024/0001969GONDOLA RAILROAD CARTransportGunderson LLC
Dec 21, 20232023/0406364RAILCAR FOR TRANSPORT OF STEEL COILS WITH REMOVABLE BI-LEVEL ROOFTransportGunderson LLC · patent 12,286,140 granted from it
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Transport 8 · Mechanical elements 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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