Methode Electronics (MEI)
NYSE: MEI · Electronic Connectors · Southfiled, MI · filing with the SEC since 1994
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Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026429 patents granted to the 18 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 Methode Electronics’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
429
411 utility, 13 design, 4 reissue, 1 statutory invention registration, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
6
Against 10 in 2024 and 12 in 2023
Applications published
189
1 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
18
its own name, a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
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
Measurement11
Transport10
Computer technology7
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy6
Mechanical elements3
Optics2
Telecommunications1
Furniture, games1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name18 counted
Methode Electronics, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 2 more under the same name are not counted (printed in DE)
37 published
TOUCHSENSOR TECHNOLOGIES, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
26 published
Methode Electronics, Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
43 published
Methode Electronics Malta Ltd. a subsidiary
MT, as the owner printed on each patent
7 published
Methode Electronics Malta Ltd. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in MT. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in US)
32 published
TOUCHSENSOR TECHNOLOGIES, LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
14 published
ALSENTIS, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 published
AlSentis, LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
10 published
Nordic Lights Oy a subsidiary
FI, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Hetronic International, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
4 published
DABIR SURFACES, INC. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
8 published
Pacific Insight Electronics Corp. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in CA
4 published
DABIR SURFACES, INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Grakon, LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
2 published
Methode Development Company a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
NORDIC LIGHTS LTD. a subsidiary
FI, as the owner printed on each patent. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in US)
1 published
GRAKON, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Methode Electronics International GmbH a subsidiary
DE, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 13, 2025 | 2025/0349476 | ACTUATORS FOR PARALLEL, LINEAR MOVEMENT WITH SHORT OR LONG TRAVEL | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | Methode Electronics Malta Ltd. |
| Mar 7, 2024 | 2024/0077186 | Modular System For Indirect Illumination | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | Methode Electronics Malta Ltd. · patent 12,270,538 granted from it |
| Feb 1, 2024 | 2024/0039224 | SINGLE-PAIR ETHERNET PLUGGABLE MODULE | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | Methode Electronics, Inc. |
| Nov 9, 2023 | 2023/0355911 | SIMULTANEOUS TIME DOMAIN DIFFERENTIAL SENSING AND ELECTRIC FIELD SENSING | Computer technology | AlSentis, LLC · patent 12,429,985 granted from it |
| Nov 2, 2023 | 2023/0349376 | SCROLL PUMP WITH AXIAL LOAD CONTROL SYSTEM | Engines, pumps, turbines | DABIR SURFACES, INC. |
| Nov 2, 2023 | 2023/0347978 | Rotary Position Sensor | Transport | Methode Electronics Malta Ltd. |
| Nov 2, 2023 | 2023/0346616 | SUPPORT APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD | Furniture, games | DABIR SURFACES, INC. |
| Oct 26, 2023 | 2023/0338215 | SUPPORT SURFACE OVERLAY SYSTEM WITH WORKING FLUID RECYCLING | Medical technology | DABIR SURFACES, INC. |
| Oct 12, 2023 | 2023/0324599 | Backlighting Device | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | Methode Electronics Malta Ltd. · patent 12,038,596 granted from it |
| Oct 5, 2023 | 2023/0318074 | Electrical Conductor for Use in a Battery | Surface technology, coating | Methode Electronics Malta Ltd. |
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 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.