Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
173 patents granted to the 6 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 The Manitowoc Company, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
173
171 utility, 2 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
7
Against 12 in 2024 and 9 in 2023
Applications published
89
5 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
6
a subsidiary, its own name
By yearGrantedApplications published
'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
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
Handling25
Mechanical elements3
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy3
Transport2
Machine tools2
Environmental technology1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name6 counted
Manitowoc Crane Group France SAS a subsidiary
FR, as the owner printed on each patent
14 publishedThe Manitowoc Company, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 publishedMANITOWOC CRANE GROUP FRANCE a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in FR
68 publishedGROVE U.S. L.L.C. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
4 publishedManitowoc Crane Group Germany GmbH a subsidiary
DE, as the owner printed on each patent
1 publishedGROVE U.S. L.L.C. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
1 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Nov 11, 2025 | 12,467,532 | Crane having a closed hydraulic circuit | Mechanical elements | Manitowoc Crane Group France SAS |
| Oct 21, 2025 | 12,447,586 | Screwing/unscrewing tool suitable for a screw or a bolt that is difficult to access, in particular on a mast or a jib of a crane | Machine tools | Manitowoc Crane Group France SAS |
| Aug 12, 2025 | 12,388,292 | Method for managing the electric power supply of a crane from a primary source and from a rechargeable secondary source | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | Manitowoc Crane Group France SAS |
| Jul 29, 2025 | 12,371,308 | Double-reeved lifting device with an improved pawl-locking mechanism | Handling | Manitowoc Crane Group France SAS |
| Jul 29, 2025 | 12,371,106 | Mobile crane vehicle frame having detachably connected frame parts | Handling | Manitowoc Crane Group France SAS |
| Feb 11, 2025 | 12,221,326 | Crane control system for automated actuation of crane positioners | Handling | Manitowoc Crane Group France SAS |
| Jan 7, 2025 | 12,187,587 | Mobile lift crane with variable position counterweight | Handling | GROVE U.S. L.L.C. |
| Oct 15, 2024 | 12,116,246 | Method for allocating electrical power to crane equipment | Handling | Manitowoc Crane Group France SAS |
| Sep 24, 2024 | 12,101,049 | Electric motorization system with a preheating function for protecting the motor thereof against the condensation | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | Manitowoc Crane Group France SAS |
| Aug 20, 2024 | 12,066,050 | Fall protection device to retain and prevent the fall of a connecting pin | Mechanical elements | Manitowoc Crane Group France SAS |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Nov 20, 2025 | 2025/0357784 | METHOD FOR MANAGING THE ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY OF A CRANE FROM A PRIMARY SOURCE AND FROM A RECHARGEABLE SECONDARY SOURCE | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | MANITOWOC CRANE GROUP FRANCE |
| Oct 16, 2025 | 2025/0320091 | LUFFING JIB CRANE | Handling | MANITOWOC CRANE GROUP FRANCE |
| Aug 7, 2025 | 2025/0250148 | AUTOMATED PROCESS FOR ESTABLISHING AN INVENTORY OF WORK CARRIED OUT BY LIFTING EQUIPMENT | IT methods for management | MANITOWOC CRANE GROUP FRANCE |
| May 15, 2025 | 2025/0154815 | Crane Cabin Door System | Civil engineering | MANITOWOC CRANE GROUP FRANCE |
| Mar 27, 2025 | 2025/0100852 | METHOD FOR MONITORING ELECTRICAL POWER CONSUMPTION OF A CRANE | Handling | MANITOWOC CRANE GROUP FRANCE |
| Oct 24, 2024 | 2024/0351829 | MOBILE CRANE OUTRIGGER COMPRISING A FIXING DEVICE | Handling | MANITOWOC CRANE GROUP FRANCE |
| Sep 19, 2024 | 2024/0308818 | MOBILE CRANE OUTRIGGER COMPRISING A FIXING DEVICE | Handling | MANITOWOC CRANE GROUP FRANCE |
| Jul 11, 2024 | 2024/0233447 | METHOD OF DIAGNOSING CRANE ACTIVITY TO DETERMINE ANOMALIES CAUSING A DROP IN ACTIVITY | Handling | MANITOWOC CRANE GROUP FRANCE |
| Jul 11, 2024 | 2024/0227540 | COOLANT CIRCUIT FOR A SELF-PROPELLED WORKING MACHINE COMPRISING MULTIPLE ELECTRIC DRIVE COMPONENTS | Transport | MANITOWOC CRANE GROUP FRANCE |
| Jun 20, 2024 | 2024/0199384 | WORKING CRANE CONTROL SYSTEM TO REDUCE THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF VARIABLE SPEED DRIVES | Handling | MANITOWOC CRANE GROUP FRANCE |
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Handling 10 · Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 3 · Transport 2 · Mechanical elements 1 · Digital communication 1 · Civil engineering 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.