Nucor Corporation (NUE)
NYSE: NUE · Steel Works, Blast Furnaces & Rolling Mills (Coke Ovens) · Charlotte, NC · filing with the SEC since 1994
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Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026329 patents granted to the 22 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 Nucor Corporation’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
329
308 utility, 20 design, 1 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
10
Against 15 in 2024 and 11 in 2023
Applications published
344
9 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
22
its own name, a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
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
Materials, metallurgy32
Civil engineering13
Mechanical elements3
Computer technology3
Surface technology, coating2
Machine tools2
Handling1
Engines, pumps, turbines1
Environmental technology1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name22 counted
Nucor Corporation its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
209 published
Rytec Corporation a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 2 more under the same name are not counted (printed in CA)
29 published
NUCOR CORPORATION its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
61 published
VERCO DECKING, INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
11 published
Rytec Corporation a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
20 published
Skyline Steel, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2 published
C.H.I. Overhead Doors, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
NUCOR INSULATED PANEL GROUP, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2 published
California Steel Industries, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Nucor Yamato Steel Company a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 published
REPUBLIC CONDUIT, INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Verco Decking, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
2 published
C.H.I. Overhead Doors, LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
1 published
Magnatrax Corporation a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
NUCOR STEEL GALLATIN, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
NUCOR STEEL GALLATIN, LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
1 published
NUCOR STEEL LOUISIANA, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 published
NUCOR TOWERS & STRUCTURES INC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 published
Nucor Insulated Panel Group LLC., a Nucor Company a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 published
Nucor Steel Birmingham, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
1 published
Republic Conduit, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
1 published
The David J. Joseph Company a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Civil engineering 10 · Materials, metallurgy 9 · Machine tools 4 · Mechanical elements 2 · Engines, pumps, turbines 2 · Surface technology, coating 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.