Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
77 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 Southern Company’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
77
74 utility, 3 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
none
Against 1 in 2024 and 1 in 2023
Applications published
47
1 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
9
its own name, a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
'09'10'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'21'23'24'25
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
IT methods for management1
Measurement1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name9 counted
The Southern Company its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
37 publishedNorthern Illinois Gas Company a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 publishedThe Southern Company its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
8 publishedAlabama Power Company a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 publishedGeorgia Power Company a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 publishedMississippi Power Company a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 publishedAlabama Power Company a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
1 publishedAtlanta Gas Light Company a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 publishedThe Southern Company, a Delaware Corporation its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 publishedNames not counted (1)
Southern Power Company
Also listed as a subsidiary by Duke Energy CORP. 1 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Aug 27, 2024 | D1,040,118 | Pull box | | Alabama Power Company |
| Mar 28, 2023 | 11,614,406 | Systems and methods for inspecting solar modules using high-power light sources | Measurement | The Southern Company |
| Jul 20, 2021 | 11,067,618 | Systems and methods of diagnosing root causes of anomalous AMI information | IT methods for management | The Southern Company |
| Apr 6, 2021 | 10,971,903 | Utility distribution enclosure | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | Alabama Power Company |
| Jun 4, 2019 | 10,309,727 | Multi-stage circulating fluidized bed syngas cooling | Thermal processes and apparatus | The Southern Company |
| Jan 15, 2019 | 10,180,466 | Systems and methods for determining a root cause of an issue in an electrical grid | Measurement | The Southern Company |
| Nov 7, 2017 | 9,808,757 | Systems and methods for sequestering CO2 | Environmental technology | The Southern Company |
| Aug 1, 2017 | 9,719,891 | Simultaneous multi-point testing systems and methods | Analysis of biological materials | The Southern Company |
| Oct 11, 2016 | 9,464,848 | Multi-stage circulating fluidized bed syngas cooling | Thermal processes and apparatus | The Southern Company |
| May 10, 2016 | 9,335,100 | Ash and solids cooling in high temperature and high pressure environment | Thermal processes and apparatus | The Southern Company |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Jul 24, 2025 | 2025/0237684 | UTILITY METER SOCKET INTRUSION DETECTION (SYSTEMS AND METHODS) | Measurement | The Southern Company |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 2023/0058294 | CONDITION-BASED CIRCUIT BREAKER MAINTENANCE ARRANGEMENT FOR ELECTRICAL POWER DISTRIBUTION INFRASTRUCTURE | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | Alabama Power Company |
| Oct 31, 2019 | 2019/0331602 | Systems and Methods for Inspecting Solar Modules Using High-Power Light Sources | Measurement | The Southern Company · patent 11,614,406 granted from it |
| Jan 24, 2019 | 2019/0025365 | Systems and Methods of Diagnosing Root Causes of Anomalous AMI Information | IT methods for management | The Southern Company · patent 11,067,618 granted from it |
| Jul 26, 2018 | 2018/0210038 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A ROOT CAUSE OF AN ISSUE IN AN ELECTRICAL GRID | Measurement | The Southern Company · patent 10,180,466 granted from it |
| Jul 6, 2017 | 2017/0195945 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES | Digital communication | The Southern Company |
| Feb 9, 2017 | 2017/0038152 | Multi-Stage Circulating Fluidized Bed Syngas Cooling | Thermal processes and apparatus | The Southern Company · patent 10,309,727 granted from it |
| Nov 17, 2016 | 2016/0334310 | SIMULTANEOUS MULTI-POINT TESTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | Analysis of biological materials | The Southern Company · patent 9,719,891 granted from it |
| Jun 12, 2014 | 2014/0158941 | Second Stage Gasifier In Staged Gasification And Integrated Process | Basic materials chemistry | The Southern Company · patent 9,150,800 granted from it |
| Feb 27, 2014 | 2014/0054011 | Multi-Stage Circulating Fluidized Bed Syngas Cooling | Thermal processes and apparatus | The Southern Company · patent 9,464,848 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.