Company Analysis

Tenax Therapeutics, Inc. (TENX)

Nasdaq: TENX · Pharmaceutical Preparations · Chapel Hill, NC · filing with the SEC since 1996
Grade5.1
◀ Past 3.2● Present 4.8▶ Future 6.5
6 est.

Patents

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

11 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 Tenax Therapeutics, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
11
11 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
none
Against 1 in 2024 and 2 in 2023
Applications published
16
2 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
4
its own name, a former name, a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
'97'98'01'12'13'14'15'16'20'21'22'23'24'25
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
Pharmaceuticals4
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name4 counted
TENAX THERAPEUTICS, INC. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
4 granted
10 published
OXYGEN BIOTHERAPEUTICS, INC. a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
3 granted
5 published
Synthetic Blood International, Inc. a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
4 granted
0 published
PHPrecisionMed, LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
1 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Apr 30, 202411,969,424Levosimendan for treating pulmonary hypertension with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (PH-HFpEF)PharmaceuticalsTENAX THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Jul 18, 202311,701,355Levosimendan for treating pulmonary hypertension with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (PH-HFpEF)PharmaceuticalsTENAX THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Mar 21, 202311,607,412Levosimendan for treating pulmonary hypertension with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (PH-HFpEF)PharmaceuticalsTENAX THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Jan 4, 202211,213,524Pharmaceutical compositions for subcutaneous administration of levosimendanPharmaceuticalsTENAX THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Aug 20, 20138,513,309Perfluorocarbons for use in treating pruritusPharmaceuticalsOXYGEN BIOTHERAPEUTICS, INC.
Mar 26, 20138,404,752Method of treating traumatic brain injuryPharmaceuticalsOXYGEN BIOTHERAPEUTICS, INC.
Jan 1, 20138,343,515Perfluorocarbon gel formulationsPharmaceuticalsOXYGEN BIOTHERAPEUTICS, INC.
Jan 2, 20016,167,887Selected C-10 perfluorinated hydrocarbons for liquid ventilation and artificial bloodPharmaceuticalsSynthetic Blood International, Inc.
Nov 24, 19985,840,767Perfluorocarbons for biological gas exchange and methodPharmaceuticalsSynthetic Blood International, Inc.
Oct 20, 19985,824,703Method of assisting normal breathing in a mammal having a lung disorderPharmaceuticalsSynthetic Blood International, Inc.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Feb 27, 20252025/0064799ORAL FORMULATIONS OF LEVOSIMENDAN FOR TREATING PULMONARY HYPERTENSION WITH HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTIONPharmaceuticalsTENAX THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Jan 23, 20252025/0025460USE OF A COMBINATION OF LEVOSIMENDAN AND AN SGLT-2 INHIBITOR TO TREAT HEART FAILUREPharmaceuticalsTENAX THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Aug 15, 20242024/0269134LEVOSIMENDAN FOR TREATING PULMONARY HYPERTENSION HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION (PH-HFpEF)PharmaceuticalsTENAX THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Apr 6, 20232023/0107461LEVOSIMENDAN FOR TREATING PULMONARY HYPERTENSION WITH HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION (PH-HFpEF)PharmaceuticalsTENAX THERAPEUTICS, INC. · patent 11,701,355 granted from it
Mar 31, 20222022/0096470PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS FOR SUBCUTANEOUS ADMINISTRATION OF LEVOSIMENDANPharmaceuticalsTENAX THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Dec 23, 20212021/0393625LEVOSIMENDAN FOR TREATING PULMONARY HYPERTENSION WITH HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION (PH-HFpEF)PharmaceuticalsTENAX THERAPEUTICS, INC. · patent 11,607,412 granted from it
Jun 17, 20212021/0177840LEVOSIMENDAN FOR TREATING PULMONARY HYPERTENSION WITH HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION (PH-HFpEF)PharmaceuticalsTENAX THERAPEUTICS, INC. · patent 11,969,424 granted from it
May 27, 20212021/0154193PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSIONPharmaceuticalsPHPrecisionMed, LLC
Oct 22, 20202020/0330463Pharmaceutical Compositions for Subcutaneous Administration of LevosimendanPharmaceuticalsTENAX THERAPEUTICS, INC. · patent 11,213,524 granted from it
Aug 25, 20162016/0243237EMULSIONS OF PERFLUOROCARBONSPharmaceuticalsTENAX THERAPEUTICS, INC.
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Pharmaceuticals 3.

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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