Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
25 patents granted to the 2 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 Nephros, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
25
25 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
none
Against 1 in 2024 and none in 2023
Applications published
15
since 2001, to Dec 31, 2025
Names they are printed under
2
its own name
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
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name2 counted
Nephros Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
10 publishedNephros Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
5 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Apr 23, 2024 | 11,964,238 | Method and apparatus for forward and reverse flushable filter system | Chemical engineering | Nephros Inc. |
| Nov 3, 2020 | 10,821,216 | Method and apparatus for a hemodiafiltration module for use with a dialysis machine | Medical technology | Nephros Inc. |
| Nov 15, 2016 | 9,492,793 | Method and apparatus of flush pump feature for portable liquid purifying filter | Chemical engineering | Nephros Inc. |
| Sep 1, 2015 | 9,120,058 | Method and apparatus of flush pump feature for portable liquid purifying filter | Chemical engineering | Nephros Inc. |
| Feb 4, 2014 | 8,640,882 | Compact fluid purification device with manual pumping mechanism | Chemical engineering | Nephros Inc. |
| Oct 15, 2013 | 8,557,115 | Dual stage ultrafilter devices in the form of portable filter devices, shower devices, and hydration | Chemical engineering | Nephros Inc. |
| Jan 1, 2013 | 8,343,347 | Dual stage ultrafilter devices in the form of portable filter devices, shower devices, and hydration packs | Chemical engineering | Nephros Inc. |
| Oct 9, 2012 | 8,281,937 | Compact fluid purification device with manual pumping mechanism | Chemical engineering | Nephros Inc. |
| Aug 17, 2010 | 7,775,375 | Redundant ultrafiltration device | Chemical engineering | Nephros Inc. |
| May 19, 2009 | 7,534,349 | Dual stage ultrafilter devices in the form of portable filter devices, shower devices, and hydration packs | Chemical engineering | Nephros Inc. |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Jul 15, 2021 | 2021/0215577 | Portable System and Process Thereof to Rapidly Detect the Presence, Family of Origin and Ratio of Any Bacteria and Estimate the Endotoxin-Producing Bacteria Levels of a Water Sample | Measurement | Nephros Inc. |
| May 13, 2021 | 2021/0138406 | Method and Apparatus for Forward and Reverse Flushable Filter System | Chemical engineering | Nephros Inc. · patent 11,964,238 granted from it |
| Oct 29, 2020 | 2020/0340038 | Portable System and Process Thereof to Rapidly Filter, Concentrate, and Detect Waterborne Pathogens | Measurement | Nephros Inc. |
| Nov 15, 2018 | 2018/0326329 | Method and Apparatus for Flushable Filter System | Chemical engineering | Nephros Inc. |
| Nov 19, 2015 | 2015/0329376 | Method and Apparatus of Flush Pump Feature for Portable Liquid Purifying Filter | Chemical engineering | Nephros Inc. · patent 9,492,793 granted from it |
| Dec 5, 2013 | 2013/0319084 | Method and Apparatus of Flush Pump Feature for Portable Liquid Purifying Filter | Chemical engineering | Nephros Inc. · patent 9,120,058 granted from it |
| Mar 7, 2013 | 2013/0056403 | COMPACT FLUID PURIFICATION DEVICE WITH MANUAL PUMPING MECHANISM | Chemical engineering | Nephros Inc. · patent 8,640,882 granted from it |
| Oct 18, 2012 | 2012/0261315 | DUAL STAGE ULTRAFILTER DEVICES IN THE FORM OF PORTABLE FILTER DEVICES, SHOWER DEVICES, AND HYDRATION | Chemical engineering | Nephros Inc. · patent 8,557,115 granted from it |
| Jun 30, 2011 | 2011/0155657 | TEE-CONNECTOR FOR USE IN A FILTRATION SYSTEM | Chemical engineering | Nephros Inc. |
| Jun 16, 2011 | 2011/0138936 | MEANS FOR TESTING FILTER INTEGRITY IN A LIQUID PURIFICATION SYSTEM | Chemical engineering | Nephros Inc. |
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.