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Norfolk Southern Corp. (NSC)

NYSE: NSC · Railroads, Line-Haul Operating · Atlanta, GA · filing with the SEC since 1994
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US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

44 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 Norfolk Southern Corp.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
44
43 utility, 1 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
2
Against 3 in 2024 and 2 in 2023
Applications published
31
18 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
3
its own name, a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
'04'06'10'11'12'13'14'15'16'19'21'22'23'24'25
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
Transport4
Computer technology4
Civil engineering1
Digital communication1
Measurement1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name3 counted
Norfolk Southern Corporation its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in GB)
36 granted
10 published
Norfolk Southern Corporation its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
21 published
Norfolk Southern Railway Co. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
8 granted
0 published
Names not counted (1)
RIC LLC
Most of its patents print JP; this name counts in US. 4 granted and 2 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Nov 4, 202512,462,362Machine-learning framework for detecting defects or conditions of railcar systemsComputer technologyNorfolk Southern Corporation
Apr 8, 202512,269,524Apparatuses, systems, and methods for monitoring moving vehiclesTransportNorfolk Southern Corporation
Dec 3, 202412,158,333Track geometry inspectionMeasurementNorfolk Southern Corporation
Jan 9, 202411,870,659Industrial equipment diagnostic systemDigital communicationNorfolk Southern Corporation
Jan 2, 202411,859,350Edge weather abatement using hyperlocal weather and train activity inputsTransportNorfolk Southern Corporation
May 30, 202311,663,711Machine-learning framework for detecting defects or conditions of railcar systemsComputer technologyNorfolk Southern Corporation
Apr 25, 202311,634,871Edge weather abatement using hyperlocal weather and train activity inputsTransportNorfolk Southern Corporation
Nov 22, 202211,507,779Two-stage deep learning framework for detecting the condition of rail car coupler systemsComputer technologyNorfolk Southern Corporation
Oct 11, 202211,468,551Machine-learning framework for detecting defects or conditions of railcar systemsComputer technologyNorfolk Southern Corporation
Jul 12, 202211,384,491One-piece bridge tie restraining clipCivil engineeringNorfolk Southern Corporation
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 25, 20252025/0388248APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR MONITORING MOVING VEHICLESAudio-visual technologyNorfolk Southern Corporation
Oct 23, 20252025/0326415INSPECTION PORTAL SYSTEM AND METHODS THERETOTransportNorfolk Southern Corporation
Oct 23, 20252025/0326414INSPECTION PORTAL SYSTEM AND METHODS THERETOTransportNorfolk Southern Corporation
Oct 23, 20252025/0326413INSPECTION PORTAL SYSTEM AND METHODS THERETOTransportNorfolk Southern Corporation
Oct 23, 20252025/0326412INSPECTION PORTAL SYSTEM AND METHODS THERETOTransportNorfolk Southern Corporation
Oct 23, 20252025/0326411UNDERCARRIAGE INSPECTION ASSEMBLIES SYSTEMSTransportNorfolk Southern Corporation
Oct 16, 20252025/0319913UNDERCARRIAGE INSPECTION ASSEMBLIES AND SYSTEMSTransportNorfolk Southern Corporation
Sep 11, 20252025/0282401RAIL-SIDE INSPECTION ASSEMBLIES AND SYSTEMSTransportNorfolk Southern Corporation
Aug 14, 20252025/0260905APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR MONITORING MOVING VEHICLESTransportNorfolk Southern Corporation
Jun 26, 20252025/0209592MACHINE-LEARNING FRAMEWORK FOR DETECTING DEFECTS OR CONDITIONS OF RAILCAR SYSTEMSComputer technologyNorfolk Southern Corporation
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Transport 16 · Computer technology 2 · Audio-visual technology 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.

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