Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
450 patents granted to the 6 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 Gates Industrial Corporation Ltd.’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
450
423 utility, 27 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
10
Against 17 in 2024 and 9 in 2023
Applications published
247
8 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
6
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
Mechanical elements43
Other special machines5
Macromolecular chemistry, polymers5
Surface technology, coating3
Measurement2
Other consumer goods1
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy1
Textile and paper machines1
Engines, pumps, turbines1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name6 counted
Gates Corporation a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
85 publishedGATES CORPORATION a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
159 publishedGATES UNITTA POWER TRANSMISSION (SHANGHAI) LIMITED a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in CN
2 publishedGATES ENGINEERING & SERVICES UK LTD a subsidiary
GB, as the owner printed on each patent
0 publishedGATES UNITTA KOREA CO., LTD a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in KR
1 publishedGATES UNITTA KOREA CO., LTD. a subsidiary
KR, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 16, 2025 | 12,498,032 | Low axial runout driven pulley through the application of a spindle shaft utilizing multiple sets of bearings with radial clearance to the shaft | Mechanical elements | Gates Corporation |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 12,454,329 | Drive system and remote control | Mechanical elements | Gates Corporation |
| Aug 5, 2025 | 12,378,351 | Polyurethane belt with improved hydrolysis resistance | Macromolecular chemistry, polymers | Gates Corporation |
| Jul 8, 2025 | 12,352,333 | Toothed power transmission belt with back fabric | Mechanical elements | Gates Corporation |
| Jun 3, 2025 | 12,320,405 | Drive belts including foamed undercord layers and methods of manufacturing the same | Mechanical elements | Gates Corporation |
| May 27, 2025 | 12,313,145 | Drive belts including foamed undercord layers and methods of manufacturing the same | Other special machines | Gates Corporation |
| Apr 1, 2025 | 12,264,723 | Toothed power transmission belt for use in oil | Surface technology, coating | Gates Corporation |
| Feb 25, 2025 | 12,234,097 | Reinforced food grade belts and manufacturing method | Mechanical elements | Gates Corporation |
| Feb 18, 2025 | 12,228,209 | Self-aligning power transmission belts and systems incorporating the same | Mechanical elements | Gates Corporation |
| Feb 4, 2025 | 12,215,693 | Permanent magnet rotor for an axial flux motor | Engines, pumps, turbines | Gates Corporation |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 25, 2025 | 2025/0389313 | BELTS WITH INCREASED FLEXIBILITY FOR PERSONAL MOBILITY, AUTOMOTIVE AND INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS | Mechanical elements | Gates Corporation |
| Dec 18, 2025 | 2025/0382446 | NBR AND ETHYLENE BLEND | Macromolecular chemistry, polymers | Gates Corporation |
| Jul 3, 2025 | 2025/0216007 | HYBRID TUBE FOR INDUSTRIAL AND HYDRAULIC HOSE PRODUCTS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME | Surface technology, coating | Gates Corporation |
| Jun 19, 2025 | 2025/0198494 | METHODS OF MAKING DISC SPROCKETS AND SPROCKETS | Machine tools | Gates Corporation |
| May 15, 2025 | 2025/0155010 | DISC SPROCKETS, DISC SPROCKET SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR ASSEMBLING THE SAME | Mechanical elements | Gates Corporation |
| Mar 6, 2025 | 2025/0075774 | OPTIMIZING BELT AND WHEEL SYSTEMS | Mechanical elements | Gates Corporation |
| Feb 27, 2025 | 2025/0065596 | REINFORCED-ELASTOMER ARTICLE WITH MICROPOROUS POLYMERIC FILM | Surface technology, coating | GATES CORPORATION |
| Jan 30, 2025 | 2025/0035187 | TOOTHED BELTS INCLUDING TEETH WITH ASYMMETRIC PROFILE | Mechanical elements | Gates Corporation |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2024/0410460 | LOW AXIAL RUNOUT DRIVEN PULLEY THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF A SPINDLE SHAFT UTILIZING MULTIPLE SETS OF BEARINGS WITH RADIAL CLEARANCE TO THE SHAFT | Mechanical elements | GATES CORPORATION · patent 12,498,032 granted from it |
| Aug 15, 2024 | 2024/0270895 | POLYURETHANE BELT WITH IMPROVED HYDROLYSIS RESISTANCE | Macromolecular chemistry, polymers | GATES CORPORATION · patent 12,378,351 granted from it |
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Mechanical elements 11 · Macromolecular chemistry, polymers 2 · Surface technology, coating 2 · Other special machines 1 · Machine tools 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.