Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
275 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 Tennant Company’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
275
253 utility, 18 design, 4 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
2
Against 1 in 2024 and 2 in 2023
Applications published
133
4 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
4
its own name, a subsidiary
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
Furniture, games3
Transport2
Digital communication1
Other special machines1
Mechanical elements1
Chemical engineering1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name4 counted
TENNANT COMPANY its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
92 publishedTennant Company its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
37 publishedIPC EAGLE CORPORATION a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
3 publishedVaclensa Plc a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in GB
1 publishedNames not counted (5)
IP Cleaning S.r.l.
Most of its patents print IT; this name counts in US. 4 granted and 6 published under it are not counted.
IP Cleaning S.r.l.
Most of its patents print IT; this name counts in US. 4 granted and 4 published under it are not counted.
IP Cleaning S.r.l.
Most of its patents print IT; this name counts in US. 0 granted and 7 published under it are not counted.
TENNANT CO
Most of its patents print NL; this name counts in US. 3 granted and 3 published under it are not counted.
Tennant GmbH & Co. KG
One word once its "& Company" is set aside.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Sep 16, 2025 | 12,414,667 | Application of cleaning solution on a surface maintenance machine | Chemical engineering | TENNANT COMPANY |
| Jan 28, 2025 | 12,209,609 | Torque transmitting ball joint | Mechanical elements | TENNANT COMPANY |
| Jan 2, 2024 | 11,859,795 | Surface maintenance machine light projection | Furniture, games | TENNANT COMPANY |
| Aug 22, 2023 | 11,730,331 | Sweeper/scrubber system capable of handling large debris | Furniture, games | TENNANT COMPANY |
| Jul 11, 2023 | 11,697,137 | Mobile surface maintenance machine with an onboard pressure washer | Transport | TENNANT COMPANY |
| Jan 18, 2022 | 11,224,998 | Thread forming apparatus and method for rotationally molded product | Other special machines | TENNANT COMPANY |
| Dec 7, 2021 | D938,118 | Interchangeable scrub brush or scrub pad for a floor maintenance vehicle | | TENNANT COMPANY |
| Oct 26, 2021 | 11,154,175 | Surface maintenance machine with removable storage | Transport | TENNANT COMPANY |
| Jan 5, 2021 | 10,885,768 | Systems and methods for measuring performance of site maintenance | Digital communication | TENNANT COMPANY |
| Jan 5, 2021 | 10,881,260 | Surface maintenance machine with a quick alignment mechanism for a cleaning tool | Furniture, games | TENNANT COMPANY |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 25, 2025 | 2025/0386996 | APPLICATION OF CLEANING SOLUTION ON A SURFACE MAINTENANCE MACHINE | Chemical engineering | Tennant Company |
| Sep 18, 2025 | 2025/0288174 | SURFACE MAINTENANCE MACHINES HAVING VISUAL INDICIA FOR MAINTENANCE INTERVALS | Furniture, games | Tennant Company |
| May 29, 2025 | 2025/0169669 | REVERSIBLE SQUEEGEE SYSTEM FOR SURFACE MAINTENANCE MACHINE | Furniture, games | Tennant Company |
| Apr 10, 2025 | 2025/0116292 | TORQUE TRANSMITTING BALL JOINT | Mechanical elements | Tennant Company |
| Aug 10, 2023 | 2023/0250938 | SURFACE MAINTENANCE MACHINE LIGHT PROJECTION | Furniture, games | Tennant Company · patent 11,859,795 granted from it |
| May 4, 2023 | 2023/0135665 | TORQUE ASSISTED SURFACE MAINTENANCE MACHINE | Furniture, games | Tennant Company |
| Dec 29, 2022 | 2022/0412399 | TORQUE TRANSMITTING BALL JOINT | Mechanical elements | Tennant Company · patent 12,209,609 granted from it |
| Nov 11, 2021 | 2021/0346903 | FLUID DISPENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD | Chemical engineering | Tennant Company |
| Sep 16, 2021 | 2021/0282616 | APPLICATION OF CLEANING SOLUTION ON A SURFACE MAINTENANCE MACHINE | Chemical engineering | Tennant Company · patent 12,414,667 granted from it |
| Sep 24, 2020 | 2020/0298287 | MOBILE SURFACE MAINTENANCE MACHINE WITH AN ONBOARD PRESSURE WASHER | Transport | Tennant Company · patent 11,697,137 granted from it |
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Furniture, games 2 · Mechanical elements 1 · Chemical engineering 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.