Miller Industries, Inc. (MLR)
NYSE: MLR · Truck & Bus Bodies · Ooltewah, TN · filing with the SEC since 1996
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Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 202631 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 Miller Industries, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
31
28 utility, 3 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
1
Against none in 2024 and 1 in 2023
Applications published
26
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.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
Transport2
Thermal processes and apparatus1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name3 counted
Miller Industries Towing Equipment Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
25 published
Miller Industries, LLC its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Miller Industries Towing Equipment, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
1 published
Names not counted (1)
Jige International S.A.
No country is printed for it. 0 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 2025 | 12,280,624 | Self-aligning, rotating D-ring for recovery vehicles | Transport | Miller Industries Towing Equipment Inc. |
| Oct 3, 2023 | 11,774,139 | Air handling apparatus for HVAC systems | Thermal processes and apparatus | Miller Industries, LLC |
| Feb 15, 2022 | 11,247,600 | Carrier with slidable bed and zero-degree load angle | Transport | Miller Industries Towing Equipment Inc. |
| Jan 12, 2021 | D907,530 | Dolly assembly support on tow truck | Miller Industries Towing Equipment Inc. | |
| Nov 10, 2020 | 10,829,027 | Carrier with slidable bed and zero-degree load angle | Transport | Miller Industries Towing Equipment Inc. |
| Jan 7, 2020 | 10,526,054 | Pipe-laying vehicle with rotator platform leveling system | Handling | Miller Industries Towing Equipment Inc. |
| Oct 2, 2018 | 10,086,774 | Rotary chain rack for recovery vehicles | Transport | Miller Industries Towing Equipment Inc. |
| May 23, 2017 | 9,656,587 | Tiltloader for transferring cargo | Transport | Miller Industries Towing Equipment Inc. |
| Sep 13, 2016 | 9,440,577 | Vehicle wrecker with improved controls | Transport | Miller Industries Towing Equipment Inc. |
| Mar 29, 2016 | D752,492 | Console with recovery vehicle controls | Miller Industries Towing Equipment Inc. |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 2023 | 2023/0115353 | SELF-ALIGNING, ROTATING D-RING FOR RECOVERY VEHICLES | Transport | Miller Industries Towing Equipment Inc. · patent 12,280,624 granted from it |
| Jan 14, 2021 | 2021/0009025 | CARRIER WITH SLIDABLE BED AND ZERO-DEGREE LOAD ANGLE | Transport | Miller Industries Towing Equipment Inc. · patent 11,247,600 granted from it |
| Nov 19, 2020 | 2020/0361358 | CARRIER WITH SLIDABLE BED AND ZERO-DEGREE LOAD ANGLE | Transport | Miller Industries Towing Equipment Inc. · patent 10,829,027 granted from it |
| Jun 6, 2019 | 2019/0168846 | PIPE-LAYING VEHICLE WITH ROTATOR PLATFORM LEVELING SYSTEM | Handling | Miller Industries Towing Equipment, Inc. · patent 10,526,054 granted from it |
| May 12, 2016 | 2016/0129852 | ROTARY CHAIN RACK FOR RECOVERY VEHICLES | Transport | Miller Industries Towing Equipment Inc. · patent 10,086,774 granted from it |
| Dec 24, 2015 | 2015/0367766 | LOW CENTER OF GRAVITY CARRIER | Transport | Miller Industries Towing Equipment Inc. |
| Oct 29, 2015 | 2015/0307331 | TRAVELER ROLLER | Transport | Miller Industries Towing Equipment Inc. |
| Oct 8, 2015 | 2015/0284219 | VEHICLE WRECKER WITH IMPROVED CONTROLS | Transport | Miller Industries Towing Equipment Inc. · patent 9,440,577 granted from it |
| Jul 24, 2014 | 2014/0205406 | TILTLOADER FOR TRANSFERRING CARGO | Transport | Miller Industries Towing Equipment Inc. · patent 9,656,587 granted from it |
| Feb 6, 2014 | 2014/0037411 | TRAVELER ROLLER | Transport | Miller Industries Towing Equipment Inc. · patent 9,028,196 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.