Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
120 patents granted to the 16 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 Materialise NV’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
120
116 utility, 4 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
10
Against 6 in 2024 and 9 in 2023
Applications published
160
12 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
16
its own 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
Medical technology25
Other special machines5
Computer technology5
Optics2
Materials, metallurgy2
Digital communication2
IT methods for management1
Textile and paper machines1
Mechanical elements1
Chemical engineering1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name16 counted
Materialise N.V. its own name
BE, as the owner printed on each patent
92 granted
30 publishedMATERIALISE N.V. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in BE
0 granted
98 publishedFEops NV a subsidiary
BE, as the owner printed on each patent
8 granted
10 publishedOBL a subsidiary
FR, as the owner printed on each patent
7 granted
4 publishedOBL S.A. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in FR
0 granted
9 publishedACTECH GmbH a subsidiary
DE, as the owner printed on each patent
2 granted
3 publishedOBL S.A. a subsidiary
FR, as the owner printed on each patent
4 granted
0 publishedFEops NV a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in BE
0 granted
2 publishedMaterialise USA, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
1 publishedMaterialise, Naamloze Vennootschap its own name
BE, as the owner printed on each patent
2 granted
0 publishedRAPIDFIT, NV a subsidiary
BE, as the owner printed on each patent
2 granted
0 publishedACTECH GmbH a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in DE
0 granted
1 publishedMaterialise Motion N.V. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in BE
0 granted
1 publishedMeridian Technique Limited a subsidiary
GB, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 publishedOBL (Société Anonyme) a subsidiary
FR, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 publishedRAPIDFIT NV a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in BE
0 granted
1 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 9, 2025 | 12,491,027 | Augmented reality assisted joint arthroplasty | Medical technology | Materialise N.V. |
| Nov 18, 2025 | 12,472,063 | Method and apparatus for treating hyperinflation and associated complications in lung regions | Medical technology | Materialise N.V. |
| Nov 18, 2025 | 12,471,997 | Systems and methods for automatically detecting anatomical features for preoperative cardiac implant simulations | Medical technology | FEops NV |
| Oct 14, 2025 | 12,440,273 | System and method for catheter based intervention | Medical technology | Materialise N.V. |
| Jun 24, 2025 | 12,336,766 | System and method of fluid passageway cross-sectional area determination in an anatomy | Medical technology | Materialise N.V. |
| May 20, 2025 | 12,306,981 | System and method for data management and security for digital manufacturing | Digital communication | Materialise N.V. |
| May 13, 2025 | 12,299,362 | System and methods for predicting overheating for additive manufacturing using simulation | Computer technology | Materialise N.V. |
| Apr 15, 2025 | 12,275,063 | Device for cleaning three-dimensional components made of adhesive powder particles, said components being printed in a powder bed | Chemical engineering | ACTECH GmbH |
| Mar 25, 2025 | 12,256,966 | Implant and guide | Medical technology | Materialise N.V. |
| Jan 7, 2025 | 12,186,021 | Method and system for patient-specific virtual percutaneous structural heart intervention | Medical technology | FEops NV |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 11, 2025 | 2025/0375287 | SCAFFOLD BASED IMPLANTS | Medical technology | MATERIALISE N.V. |
| Oct 23, 2025 | 2025/0328672 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA MANAGEMENT AND SECURITY FOR DIGITAL MANUFACTURING | Digital communication | MATERIALISE N.V. |
| Oct 23, 2025 | 2025/0328030 | POPULATION BASED EYEWEAR FITTING | Computer technology | MATERIALISE N.V. |
| Sep 11, 2025 | 2025/0281296 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING HYPERINFLATION AND ASSOCIATED COMPLICATIONS IN LUNG REGIONS | Medical technology | MATERIALISE N.V. · patent 12,472,063 granted from it |
| May 1, 2025 | 2025/0134643 | A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A MODEL OF A CARDIAC IMPLANT | Medical technology | FEops NV |
| May 1, 2025 | 2025/0134597 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PATIENT-SPECIFIC VIRTUAL PERCUTANEOUS STRUCTURAL HEART INTERVENTION | Medical technology | FEops NV |
| Apr 24, 2025 | 2025/0127547 | IMPLANT AND GUIDE | Medical technology | MATERIALISE N.V. |
| Mar 27, 2025 | 2025/0099248 | FLEXIBLE POROUS IMPLANT FIXATION SYSTEM | Medical technology | MATERIALISE N.V. |
| Feb 27, 2025 | 2025/0064169 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR DESIGNING FOOTWEAR | Other consumer goods | Materialise Motion N.V. |
| Feb 6, 2025 | 2025/0045920 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MITRAL VALVE QUANTIFICATION | Computer technology | MATERIALISE N.V. |
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Medical technology 12 · Computer technology 3 · Digital communication 2 · Other consumer goods 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.