Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
458 patents granted to the 17 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 Mine Safety Incorporated’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
458
428 utility, 29 design, 1 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
13
Against 10 in 2024 and 15 in 2023
Applications published
206
12 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
17
a former name, a subsidiary
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
Other consumer goods23
Measurement21
Analysis of biological materials10
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy2
Mechanical elements2
Control2
Civil engineering1
Optics1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name17 counted
Mine Safety Appliances Company, LLC a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
12 publishedMSA Technology, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2 publishedMSA Technology, LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
101 publishedLatchways plc a subsidiary
GB, as the owner printed on each patent
22 publishedLatchways Plc a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in GB
22 publishedGlobe Holding Company LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in CN)
9 publishedGeneral Monitors, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2 publishedMSA Europe GmbH a subsidiary
CH, as the owner printed on each patent. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in DE)
2 publishedLatchways Limited a subsidiary
GB, as the owner printed on each patent
0 publishedMSA Europe GmbH a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in CH
15 publishedGeneral Monitors, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
7 publishedMine Safety Appliances Company a former name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
5 publishedMSA (Suzhou) Safety Equipment R&D Co., Ltd. a subsidiary
CN, as the owner printed on each patent
0 publishedGlobe Holding Company LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
3 publishedMSA (Suzhou) Safety Equipment R&D Co., Ltd. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in CN
3 publishedM & C TechGroup Germany GmbH a subsidiary
DE, as the owner printed on each patent
1 publishedSenscient Limited a subsidiary
GB, as the owner printed on each patent
0 publishedNames not counted (1)
M&C Techgroup Germany GmbH
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 |
|---|
| Dec 2, 2025 | 12,485,301 | Articulated harness connection arrangement with integrated attachment element | Other consumer goods | MSA Technology, LLC |
| Oct 21, 2025 | 12,447,363 | Energy absorber | Other consumer goods | Latchways plc |
| Oct 7, 2025 | 12,433,363 | Systems and methods for releasably connecting a helmet liner and headband assembly | Other consumer goods | MSA Technology, LLC |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 12,429,494 | Fall protection compliance system and method | Control | MSA Technology, LLC |
| Sep 9, 2025 | 12,412,464 | Fall protection compliance system and method | Measurement | MSA Technology, LLC |
| Jul 29, 2025 | 12,372,508 | Alignment tool for open-path gas detectors | Optics | MSA Technology, LLC |
| Jul 29, 2025 | 12,369,669 | Systems and methods for providing reliable helmet suspension installation | Other consumer goods | MSA Technology, LLC |
| Jul 15, 2025 | 12,360,081 | Detection of blockage in a porous member | Measurement | MSA Technology, LLC |
| Jul 15, 2025 | 12,360,080 | Detection of blockage in a porous member | Measurement | MSA Technology, LLC |
| Jun 10, 2025 | 12,326,431 | Gas detector device control based upon accessory identification | Analysis of biological materials | MSA Technology, LLC |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 4, 2025 | 2025/0367481 | Easy Connect and Disconnect Height Safety Apparatus | Other consumer goods | MSA Europe GmbH |
| Oct 23, 2025 | 2025/0325852 | Fall Protection Compliance System and Method | Other consumer goods | MSA Technology, LLC |
| Oct 9, 2025 | 2025/0312626 | Electronically Controlled Tactile Alerting Systems for Breathing Apparatus | Other consumer goods | MSA Technology, LLC |
| Oct 9, 2025 | 2025/0311839 | Locking Clip for Personal Electronic Device | Other consumer goods | MSA Technology, LLC |
| Jul 24, 2025 | 2025/0240552 | Systems and Methods for Powering Communication Devices | Telecommunications | MSA Technology, LLC |
| Jul 17, 2025 | 2025/0228325 | Systems and Methods for Providing an Assembly for Releasably Connecting an Inner Helmet and Outer Helmet Shell | Other consumer goods | MSA Technology, LLC |
| Jul 3, 2025 | 2025/0213896 | Systems and Methods for Reserving a Portion of a Lifeline for Fall Arrest | Other consumer goods | Latchways Plc |
| Jun 5, 2025 | 2025/0177788 | SELF-RETRACTING DEVICE HARNESS TUNNEL ADAPTER | Other consumer goods | MSA Technology, LLC |
| Mar 27, 2025 | 2025/0102424 | Systems and Methods For An Open Path Gas Detector With An Integrated Optical Sensor | Measurement | MSA Technology, LLC |
| Mar 6, 2025 | 2025/0078641 | Fall Protection Compliance System and Method | Control | MSA Technology, LLC |
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Other consumer goods 14 · Analysis of biological materials 4 · Measurement 3 · Civil engineering 1 · Control 1 · Telecommunications 1.
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.