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The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (SMG)

NYSE: SMG · Agricultural Chemicals · Marysville, OH · 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

322 patents granted to the 9 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 The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
322
163 design, 142 utility, 17 plant, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
16
Against 23 in 2024 and 29 in 2023
Applications published
159
5 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
9
a subsidiary, a former name
By yearGrantedApplications published
'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
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
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy17
Other special machines13
Basic materials chemistry11
Biotechnology3
Chemical engineering2
Measurement1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name9 counted
OMS Investments, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
180 granted
47 published
HGCI, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
124 granted
0 published
OMS Investments, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
55 published
HGCI, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
30 published
AeroGrow International, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
7 granted
18 published
The Scotts Company LLC a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
3 granted
4 published
Scotts Canada Ltd. a subsidiary
CA, as the owner printed on each patent
6 granted
0 published
Scotts Canada Ltd. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in CA
0 granted
5 published
Sanford Scientific, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2 granted
0 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Oct 7, 2025D1,097,294Light fixture including heat sink and elongated driver housingsHGCI, Inc.
Oct 7, 2025D1,097,265Plant grow lightOMS Investments, Inc.
Aug 19, 202512,391,626Nutrient sources for plant growth mediumsBasic materials chemistryOMS Investments, Inc.
Aug 12, 202512,382,946Retracting tunnel rodent trapOther special machinesOMS Investments, Inc.
Aug 5, 2025D1,087,451Housing for a lighting ballastHGCI, Inc.
Aug 5, 2025D1,087,450Housing for a lighting ballastHGCI, Inc.
Aug 5, 2025D1,087,449Bracket for a reflector of a light fixtureHGCI, Inc.
Jul 29, 2025D1,086,542Bracket for a reflector of a light fixtureHGCI, Inc.
Jul 29, 202512,371,393Controlled-release fertilizer compositionsBasic materials chemistryOMS Investments, Inc.
Jul 22, 2025D1,085,500Plant grow lightOMS Investments, Inc.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 11, 20252025/0377085LIGHT FIXTURE INCLUDING A LENS COVER HAVING A PARYLENE COATINGElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyHGCI, Inc.
Sep 11, 20252025/0280816INSECT TRAPOther special machinesScotts Canada Ltd.
May 22, 20252025/0164100LIGHT FIXTURE INCLUDING HEAT SINK FOR SUPPORTING LIGHTING MODULEElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyHGCI, Inc.
May 8, 20252025/0146634LIGHT FIXTURE INCLUDING A HOUSING FOR A BALLASTElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyHGCI, Inc.
Apr 24, 20252025/0129922FOLDABLE LIGHT FIXTUREElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyHGCI, Inc.
Oct 24, 20242024/0349655LIGHT FIXTURE FOR INDOOR GROW APPLICATION AND COMPONENTS THEREOFElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyHGCI, Inc.
Aug 15, 20242024/0276622CONTROLLER FOR AN INDOOR GROW LIGHTING SYSTEMElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyHGCI, Inc.
Aug 15, 20242024/0271766LIGHT FIXTURE INCLUDING A HOUSING FOR A BALLASTElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyHGCI, Inc. · patent 12,222,085 granted from it
May 9, 20242024/0151705SOIL SENSOR AND METHODS THEREOFMeasurementHGCI, Inc.
May 9, 20242024/0151603VAPOR PRESSURE DEFICIT SENSORMeasurementHGCI, Inc.
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 7 · Measurement 2 · Other special machines 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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