Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
2,299 patents granted to the 23 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 Masco Corporation’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
2,299
1,537 design, 760 utility, 2 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
15
Against 18 in 2024 and 19 in 2023
Applications published
365
24 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
23
a subsidiary, its own name
By yearGrantedApplications published
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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, games26
Handling13
Civil engineering12
Mechanical elements7
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy7
Surface technology, coating6
Measurement4
Other special machines3
Machine tools1
IT methods for management1
Control1
Thermal processes and apparatus1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name23 counted
Masco Corporation of Indiana a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1,299 granted
74 publishedLIBERTY HARDWARE MFG. CORP. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
436 granted
28 publishedMasco Corporation its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 7 more under the same name are not counted (printed in DE)
174 granted
19 publishedBRASSCRAFT MANUFACTURING COMPANY a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in DE)
126 granted
13 publishedLIBERTY HARDWARE MFG. CORP. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
92 publishedVapor Technologies, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
58 granted
20 publishedMercury Plastics LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
62 granted
8 publishedMasterchem Industries LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
32 granted
17 publishedCal-Style Furniture Mfg. Co. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
36 granted
0 publishedKraus USA Plumbing LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
28 granted
0 publishedMasco Building Products Corporation a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
27 granted
0 publishedMASCO CORPORATION OF INDIANA a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
24 publishedVAPOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
18 publishedBrassCraft Manufacturing Company a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
15 publishedKraus USA Plumbing LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
15 publishedBristan Group Limited a subsidiary
GB, as the owner printed on each patent
9 granted
2 publishedEASY SANITARY SOLUTIONS B.V. a subsidiary
NL, as the owner printed on each patent
10 granted
1 publishedMercury Plastics LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
7 publishedMASCO CORPORATION its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
6 publishedSMARTAP A.Y LTD. a subsidiary
IL, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
2 publishedBristan Group Limited a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in GB
0 granted
2 publishedEasy Sanitary Solutions B.V. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in NL
0 granted
2 publishedSteamist, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
Names not counted (6)
Hansgrohe SA
Most of its patents print DE; this name counts in AR, AU, BE, CH, DK, ES, GB, IT, NL, SE, SG, US. 528 granted and 20 published under it are not counted.
Hansgrohe SA
Most of its patents print DE; this name counts in AR, AU, BE, CH, DK, ES, GB, IT, NL, SE, SG, US. 461 granted and 11 published under it are not counted.
Hansgrohe SA
Most of its patents print DE; this name counts in AR, AU, BE, CH, DK, ES, GB, IT, NL, SE, SG, US. 87 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
Hansgrohe SA
Most of its patents print DE; this name counts in AR, AU, BE, CH, DK, ES, GB, IT, NL, SE, SG, US. 0 granted and 47 published under it are not counted.
Hansgrohe SA
Most of its patents print DE; this name counts in AR, AU, BE, CH, DK, ES, GB, IT, NL, SE, SG, US. 1 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
Hansgrohe SA
Most of its patents print DE; this name counts in AR, AU, BE, CH, DK, ES, GB, IT, NL, SE, SG, US. 1 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 2, 2025 | 12,486,562 | Anti-microbial coating physical vapor deposition such as cathodic arc evaporation | Surface technology, coating | Vapor Technologies, Inc. |
| Nov 25, 2025 | 12,480,904 | Multi-functional water quality sensor | Measurement | Masco Corporation |
| Nov 4, 2025 | 12,460,463 | Shower door guide assembly | Civil engineering | LIBERTY HARDWARE MFG. CORP. |
| Oct 21, 2025 | 12,448,763 | Towel bar sink | Furniture, games | Kraus USA Plumbing LLC |
| Aug 5, 2025 | 12,381,380 | Wall plate assembly | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | LIBERTY HARDWARE MFG. CORP. |
| Jun 24, 2025 | D1,080,821 | Shower tray | | EASY SANITARY SOLUTIONS B.V. |
| Jun 3, 2025 | 12,318,023 | Retail product package and display | Handling | LIBERTY HARDWARE MFG. CORP. |
| Apr 15, 2025 | 12,276,364 | Quick-connect fitting | Mechanical elements | Mercury Plastics LLC |
| Apr 8, 2025 | D1,070,040 | Shower tray | | EASY SANITARY SOLUTIONS B.V. |
| Apr 8, 2025 | D1,070,039 | Shower tray | | EASY SANITARY SOLUTIONS B.V. |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 4, 2025 | 2025/0369559 | HARDWARE MOUNTING BRACKETS, ASSEMBLIES, AND SUBASSEMBLIES | Mechanical elements | LIBERTY HARDWARE MFG. CORP. |
| Oct 16, 2025 | 2025/0320924 | STOP VALVE ASSEMBLY | Mechanical elements | BrassCraft Manufacturing Company |
| Aug 28, 2025 | 2025/0270800 | SCREEN FOR A HIDDEN DRAIN SINK | Civil engineering | Kraus USA Plumbing LLC |
| Aug 28, 2025 | 2025/0270797 | WATERFALL DECKPLATE | Civil engineering | Kraus USA Plumbing LLC |
| Aug 28, 2025 | 2025/0268447 | VESSEL RINSING APPARATUS | Furniture, games | Kraus USA Plumbing LLC |
| Aug 28, 2025 | 2025/0268428 | SENSOR SOAP DISPENSER | Furniture, games | Kraus USA Plumbing LLC |
| Aug 21, 2025 | 2025/0264270 | IN-LINE FLUID COUPLING | Other special machines | Mercury Plastics LLC |
| Aug 21, 2025 | 2025/0263968 | SHOWER DOOR HARDWARE ASSEMBLY | Furniture, games | LIBERTY HARDWARE MFG. CORP. |
| Jun 26, 2025 | 2025/0207378 | SINKS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME | Civil engineering | Kraus USA Plumbing LLC |
| Jun 19, 2025 | 2025/0197988 | BLACK OXIDIZED SURFACES | Surface technology, coating | Vapor Technologies, Inc. |
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Furniture, games 12 · Civil engineering 7 · Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 3 · Handling 3 · Mechanical elements 3 · Surface technology, coating 3.
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.