Granite Construction Inc. (GVA)
NYSE: GVA · Heavy Construction Other Than Bldg Const - Contractors · Watsonville, CA · filing with the SEC since 1995
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Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 202619 patents granted to the 3 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 Granite Construction Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
19
18 utility, 1 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
none
in the last year the record reads
Applications published
8
since 2001, to Dec 31, 2025
Names they are printed under
3
a subsidiary, its own name
By yearGrantedApplications published
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
Under which name3 counted
LAYNE CHRISTENSEN COMPANY a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
4 published
Granite Construction Incorporated its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2 published
Layne Christensen Company a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
2 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 2020 | 10,596,580 | Fluid separator device | Chemical engineering | LAYNE CHRISTENSEN COMPANY |
| Dec 4, 2018 | 10,145,188 | Automated rod manipulator | Civil engineering | LAYNE CHRISTENSEN COMPANY |
| Oct 7, 2014 | 8,851,203 | Sonic drill head | Civil engineering | LAYNE CHRISTENSEN COMPANY |
| Nov 6, 2012 | 8,303,825 | Surface purveyed filtration process | Chemical engineering | LAYNE CHRISTENSEN COMPANY |
| Feb 14, 2012 | 8,114,287 | Surface purveyed filtration device | Chemical engineering | LAYNE CHRISTENSEN COMPANY |
| Aug 2, 2011 | 7,988,437 | Method and apparatus for installing flexible linings in underground pipes | Other special machines | LAYNE CHRISTENSEN COMPANY |
| Sep 15, 2009 | 7,588,744 | Method of recovering phosphate for reuse as a fertilizer | Environmental technology | LAYNE CHRISTENSEN COMPANY |
| Nov 25, 2008 | 7,455,779 | Process for selective removal and immobilization of contaminants from spent sorbents | Chemical engineering | LAYNE CHRISTENSEN COMPANY |
| Oct 21, 2008 | 7,438,501 | Ground freezing installation accommodating thermal contraction of metal feed pipes | Civil engineering | LAYNE CHRISTENSEN COMPANY |
| Aug 5, 2008 | 7,407,587 | Method and sorbent for selective removal of contaminants from fluids | Chemical engineering | LAYNE CHRISTENSEN COMPANY |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 2023 | 2023/0331989 | PARTIAL DISPLACEMENT OF PERFORMANCE GRADED LOW CARBON ASPHALT WITH WASTE PLASTIC | Macromolecular chemistry, polymers | Granite Construction Incorporated |
| May 18, 2023 | 2023/0151560 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ASPHALT USING EXHAUST FROM A GENERATOR | Civil engineering | Granite Construction Incorporated |
| Jun 11, 2020 | 2020/0179954 | FLUID SEPARATOR DEVICE | Chemical engineering | LAYNE CHRISTENSEN COMPANY · patent 11,338,304 granted from it |
| Oct 19, 2017 | 2017/0297038 | FLUID SEPARATOR DEVICE | Chemical engineering | Layne Christensen Company · patent 10,596,580 granted from it |
| Dec 25, 2014 | 2014/0374162 | SONIC DRILL HEAD | Civil engineering | Layne Christensen Company |
| Jul 31, 2014 | 2014/0209382 | AUTOMATED ROD MANIPULATOR | Civil engineering | LAYNE CHRISTENSEN COMPANY · patent 10,145,188 granted from it |
| Sep 2, 2004 | 2004/0168460 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ARTIFICIAL GROUND FREEZING | Civil engineering | LAYNE CHRISTENSEN COMPANY · patent 6,796,139 granted from it |
| Oct 24, 2002 | 2002/0153135 | Method and apparatus for stimulating well production | Civil engineering | LAYNE CHRISTENSEN COMPANY · patent 6,533,035 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.