Company Analysis

Powell Industries, Inc. (POWL)

Nasdaq: POWL · Switchgear & Switchboard Apparatus · Houston, TX · filing with the SEC since 1995
Grade6.7
◀ Past 5.9● Present 7.4▶ Future 6.6

Patents

US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

8 patents granted to the 4 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 Powell Industries, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
8
8 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
none
Against 1 in 2024 and none in 2023
Applications published
3
1 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
4
its own name, a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
'80'81'82'12'14'23'24'25
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
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name4 counted
Powell Industries, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
6 granted
0 published
Powell Canada, Inc. a subsidiary
CA, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
1 published
Powell Electrical Systems, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
2 published
Powell Electrical Systems, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
Names not counted (1)
Powell B.V.
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in NL. 1 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Feb 20, 202411,908,645Enabling equipment to withstand and control the effects of internal arcing faultsElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyPowell Electrical Systems, Inc.
Jun 10, 20148,751,188Photoluminescent temperature sensor utilizing singular element for excitation and photodetectionMeasurementPowell Canada, Inc.
Nov 2, 19824,356,840Digital fluid flow control systemMechanical elementsPowell Industries, Inc.
Dec 1, 19814,303,097Digital fluid flow control apparatusMechanical elementsPowell Industries, Inc.
Mar 3, 19814,254,412Controller deviation indicatorControlPowell Industries, Inc.
Feb 3, 19814,248,263Digital fluid flow control apparatusMechanical elementsPowell Industries, Inc.
Jan 13, 19814,244,396Digital fluid flow control systemMechanical elementsPowell Industries, Inc.
Jun 17, 19804,207,919Digital fluid flow control systemControlPowell Industries, Inc.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Oct 2, 20252025/0305891MEASURING TEMPERATURE OF PHOSPHORESCENT MATERIAL USING A DUAL ELEMENT LIGHT EMITTING DIODEMeasurementPowell Electrical Systems, Inc.
Jun 22, 20232023/0197377ENABLING EQUIPMENT TO WITHSTAND AND CONTROL THE EFFECTS OF INTERNAL ARCING FAULTSElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyPowell Electrical Systems, Inc. · patent 11,908,645 granted from it
Feb 2, 20122012/0029864Photoluminescent Temperature Sensor Utilizing Singular Element for Excitation and PhotodetectionMeasurementPowell Canada, Inc. · patent 8,751,188 granted from it
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Measurement 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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