Rockwell Automation, Inc. (ROK)
NYSE: ROK · Measuring & Controlling Devices, NEC · Milwaukee, WI · filing with the SEC since 1996
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Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 20266,582 patents granted to the 14 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 Rockwell Automation, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
6,582
6,465 utility, 102 design, 15 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
135
Against 168 in 2024 and 188 in 2023
Applications published
2,779
221 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
14
a subsidiary, a former name, its own name
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
Control205
Computer technology199
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy172
Digital communication83
IT methods for management35
Measurement28
Audio-visual technology23
Transport12
Civil engineering10
Handling9
Engines, pumps, turbines8
Mechanical elements4
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name14 counted
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1,153 published
Rockwell International Corporation a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 3 more under the same name are not counted (printed in DE)
0 published
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in CH)
1,492 published
Rockwell Automation Asia Pacific Business Center Pte. Ltd. a subsidiary
SG, as the owner printed on each patent
35 published
Sensia LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
17 published
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION ASIA PACIFIC BUSINESS CENTER PTE. LTD. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in SG
25 published
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US. 8 more under the same name are not counted (printed in GB, printed in CH)
24 published
Sensia Netherlands B.V. a subsidiary
NL, as the owner printed on each patent
8 published
Sensia LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
13 published
Sensia Netherlands B.V. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in NL
8 published
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION CANADA LTD. a subsidiary
CA, as the owner printed on each patent
1 published
ASEM S.P.A. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in IT
2 published
ASEM S.R.L. a subsidiary
IT, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION CONTROL SOLUTIONS (HARBIN) CO., LTD. a subsidiary
CN, as the owner printed on each patent
1 published
Names not counted (3)
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC
Most of its patents print GB; this name counts in US. 63 granted and 9 published under it are not counted.
ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORP
Most of its patents print DK; this name counts in US. 1 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC
Most of its patents print NL; this name counts in US. 1 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
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: Control 140 · Computer technology 105 · Digital communication 44 · Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 40 · IT methods for management 32 · Handling 15.
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.