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HNI Corporation (HNI)

NYSE: HNI · Office Furniture (No Wood) · Muscatine, IA · filing with the SEC since 1994
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US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

1,990 patents granted to the 14 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 HNI Corporation’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
1,990
1,051 utility, 938 design, 1 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
44
Against 51 in 2024 and 66 in 2023
Applications published
440
18 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
14
a subsidiary, a former name, 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
Furniture, games77
Computer technology26
Audio-visual technology14
Civil engineering12
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy10
Digital communication7
Measurement7
Mechanical elements7
Telecommunications2
Other consumer goods2
IT methods for management2
Thermal processes and apparatus2
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name14 counted
Steelcase Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1,347 granted
139 published
Kimball International, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
324 granted
27 published
HNI Technologies Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
143 granted
33 published
Steelcase Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
165 published
Hon Industries Inc. a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
84 granted
0 published
Allsteel Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
51 granted
5 published
HNI Technologies Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
44 published
Steelcase S.A. a subsidiary
FR, as the owner printed on each patent
18 granted
6 published
HNI CORPORATION its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
11 granted
5 published
The Gunlocke Company a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
11 granted
0 published
Allsteel Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
7 published
Hearth & Home Technologies, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
4 published
Kimball International, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
4 published
HNI Corporation its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
1 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 16, 202512,495,905Chair with dynamic motion featuresFurniture, gamesHNI Technologies Inc.
Dec 9, 2025D1,104,563WorksurfaceSteelcase Inc.
Dec 2, 2025D1,103,642LoungeKimball International, Inc.
Nov 11, 202512,468,837Data collection, storage and management system and methodComputer technologySteelcase Inc.
Nov 11, 202512,468,281Affordance control system and methodIT methods for managementSteelcase Inc.
Nov 4, 2025D1,100,520Work loungeKimball International, Inc.
Oct 28, 2025D1,099,560Work loungeKimball International, Inc.
Oct 14, 202512,444,330Display support system and method for the use thereofMechanical elementsSteelcase Inc.
Sep 30, 2025D1,095,117TableKimball International, Inc.
Sep 23, 202512,424,045Occupancy count systems and methodsMeasurementSteelcase Inc.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Oct 23, 20252025/0327578FIREPLACE WITH CONTROLLABLE AND IMAGE-BEARING REAR WALLThermal processes and apparatusHNI Technologies Inc.
Aug 28, 20252025/0271144Fireplace with Adjustable, Combinable, and Customizable Sensory ComponentsThermal processes and apparatusHNI Technologies Inc.
Aug 7, 20252025/0254775ENVIRONMENT OPTIMIZATION FOR SPACE BASED ON PRESENCE AND ACTIVITIESElectrical machinery, apparatus, energySteelcase Inc.
Jul 3, 20252025/0213045BODY SUPPORT ASSEMBLY AND METHODS FOR THE USE AND ASSEMBLY THEREOFFurniture, gamesSteelcase Inc.
Jun 26, 20252025/0204687BODY SUPPORT STRUCTUREFurniture, gamesSteelcase Inc.
Jun 5, 20252025/0179793FREESTANDING WALL SYSTEMSCivil engineeringHNI Technologies Inc.
May 22, 20252025/0163743ITEM OF FURNITURE, IN PARTICULAR A CABINETCivil engineeringSteelcase Inc.
May 22, 20252025/0163696WALL PANEL SYSTEMCivil engineeringSteelcase Inc.
May 15, 20252025/0151912SEATING ARRANGEMENTFurniture, gamesSteelcase Inc.
May 8, 20252025/0150456RESOURCE OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM AND METHODDigital communicationSteelcase Inc.
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Furniture, games 22 · Civil engineering 5 · Thermal processes and apparatus 5 · Audio-visual technology 2 · Mechanical elements 2 · Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 2.

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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